‘General Hospital’ star Johnny Wactor killed in Los Angeles: ‘They took a great human being,’ mother says

'General Hospital' alum Johnny Wactor was shot and killed in downtown Los Angeles early Saturday morning, Fox News Digital has learned. His mother, Scarlett Wactor, spoke with Fox News Digital on the phone and confirmed the news. According to her, he and a co-worker were asked to stay late at a rooftop bar where he was bartending to clean and were returning to their cars around 3 or 3:30 a.m.

Wactor got his start on television in the series 'Army Wives,' before appearing in other shows like 'Animal Kingdom,' 'Criminal Minds,' and 'Westworld.' On 'General Hospital,' he played Brando Corbin for 164 episodes from 2020 to 2022. His most recent credit is in the horror anthology film 'Dead Talk Tales: Volume I.' LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING?

Wactor’s mother said authorities are planning an autopsy and the family will bring him back to South Carolina for funeral services when his body is released. 'What I’d like for everybody to know is that they took a great human being. It is leaving a very large hole in me and his brother’s lives. We just buried my husband, their dad, four years ago. And he was very loved by his friends, his families.

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