socialmedian: Man fatally shot near park in Santa Monica

Hi there. I'm Jason, one of the founders of socialmedian.

socialmedian delivers the news, filtered by your network.

We'd love to have you join in.

You can use facebook connect to sign in.

Add News Flash

User-submitted headlines for this story

Clips

Man fatally shot near park in Santa Monica

Source: feeds.latimes.com

Nov 04, 2009

Summary

A man was shot and killed tonight near a park in Santa Monica, police said.

The shooting was reported at 8:58 p.m. near Pico Boulevard and 20th Street by Virginia Park, police said.

The victim "was just hanging out by the park," said Lt. Mohamed Marhaba of the Santa Monica Police Department.

The park is in the city's Pico neighborhood, which has been the scene of several gang-related shootings in recent years.

Police had set up a perimeter around the park and were searching for a suspect. One person was detained for questioning. "We don't know if he's a suspect," Marhaba said.

Details on the victim and the circumstances of the killing were not available tonight.

-- Robert J. Lopez