19-year-old man killed in Westlake shooting identified

Authorities Thursday morning identified a man who was shot and killed in the Westlake District.

Officers responded about 1:20 a.m. Wednesday to the 1900 block of Third Street, near Alvarado Street, and found the victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

According to CBS Los Angeles, the man was shot multiple times.

The victim was identified by the Los Angeles County coroner’s office as 19-year-old Johnathan Hernandez.

A preliminary investigation determined two suspects approached Hernandez and one opened fire before both suspects ran off, police said.

A detailed description of the suspects was not immediately available.

Add a comment

Leave a Reply

Keep Up to Date with the Most Important News

By pressing the Subscribe button, you confirm that you have read and are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
Skip to content
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

Essential Cookies

Essential Cookies should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

3rd Party Cookies

This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages.

Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.