L.A. police detectives were investigating Tuesday the shooting death of a man in Wilmington.
Juan Zarate, 45, of Wilmington, was killed by two men, one armed with a pistol and the other with a shotgun, police said.
They approached Zarate about 8:45 p.m. Monday as he walked on the 900 block of Lakme Avenue, according to a police report.
[Updated at 11:35 a.m.: At least 55 homicides have been reported within two miles of Monday's shooting since January 2007, according to coroner’s data collected for The Times’ interactive Homicide Report.]
Detectives were trying to determine the motive and had no suspect.
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Map: Shows location of Monday's shooting in purple, as well as 55 other homicides, in red, since January 2007. Credit: Los Angeles Times
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