Gunman kills man outside Melrose Avenue shoe store and flees in Toyota

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Gunman kills man at Melrose Shoe Palace store flees in Toyota

Police are looking for a gunman in dark clothing who fatally shot another man in front of a shoe store in the Fairfax district on Wednesday afternoon, then fled in a silver Toyota Camry.

Detectives said the LAPD responded about 12:30 p.m. to the shooting, which followed a dispute among a group of “males and females” outside Shoe Palace on Melrose Avenue, where a shoe raffle had been underway. The Camry was seen traveling three blocks east of Fairfax Avenue, then headed north on Genesee Avenue. It had a temporary license plate: BC10D32.

The victim was described only as being in his 20s. He suffered a single gunshot wound and was taken by paramedics to a hospital, where he died.Anyone with information on the case is urged to call the LAPD’s West Bureau homicide investigators at 382-9470. During nonbusiness hours or on weekends, call 527-3247.

 

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