19-Year-Old Man Slain in Drive-By Shooting
A 19-year-old man died Sunday morning after being gunned down at an Arleta intersection, police said.
The victim, Francisco Hernandez, was standing on the southwest corner of Plummer Street and Woodman Avenue shortly before 8 a.m. when a car carrying an unknown number of assailants pulled up and fired several shots at him, according to Los Angeles Police Det. Dan O’Hanian.
The gunfire struck Hernandez, who was taken to Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, where he later died.
No motive had been established for the slaying and no suspects had been arrested.
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