MAN FOUND SHOT TO DEATH INSIDE MOTEL ROOM IN SOUTH GATE
LASD HOMICIDE DETECTIVES ARE ASSISTING SOUTH GATE POLICE WITH THE SHOOTING DEATH INVESTIGATION OF A MAN INSIDE THE OAK TREE INN MOTEL IN SOUTH GATE.
SOUTH GATE POLICE RESPONDED TO A SHOTS FIRED CALL ON THE 9000 BLOCK OF LONG BEACH BLVD IN SOUTH GATE ON SATURDAY, SHORTLY BEFORE 7 P.M. UPON ARRIVAL, THEY LOCATED AN ADULT MALE HISPANIC INSIDE ONE OF THE INN SUFFERING FROM A FATAL GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS UPPER TORSO.
LT. MENDOZA WITH THE LASD HOMICIDE BUREAU, SAID DETECTIVES LEARNED THE VICTIM AND AN ADULT FEMALE HISPANIC CHECKED-IN TO THE MOTEL TOGETHER EARLIER THAT DAY. THE WOMAN, WHO IS NOW SOUGHT FOR QUESTIONING FLED BEFORE SOUTH GATE PD ARRIVED ON SCENE. DETECTIVES HAVE NOT RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF THE WOMAN OR VICTIM.
SHE IS NOW CONSIDERED A PERSON OF INTEREST. THE INVESTIGATION IS ON-GOING.