Police in Los Angeles have identified a homeless man who was shot and killed in North Hollywood. His killer is still at large.
January 15 at about 9 a.m. the officers responded to a call in the 7100 block on Whitsett Avenue near Whitsett Park. There in the Parking lot of the Park, they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds. Paramedics declared him dead at the scene. The victim was 34-year-old homeless man who lived in the area. On 17 January he has been identified as brad Hanaway.
The police don’t know what caused the shooting. This is the second time in the last few months, when you shot a homeless man.
Early on the morning of 24 November last year, the suspect approached the tent near highway 405, opened it and fired several shots at the young man who slept there. 24-year-old homeless Francisco Javier rodríguez died on the spot. His body was found by passers-by.
Officer Rosario Herrera, a representative of the police Department of Los Angeles, said that the murder occurred at approximately 6:50 on Plummer Street under the overpass of the 405. Murder suspect described as a man of strong physique. He was driving a gray or silver sedan. After the killer shot at Rodriguez, he got back in his car and disappeared in the West Plummer Street.
Police have not yet determined the motive for these two murders and said, is there between them any relationship.
Anyone who has information about these incidents is asked to contact detective Dave Piticu at (818) 374-1934, (800) 222-8477 or leave an anonymous message on the website lacrimestoppers.org.
