A man was shot and killed in Norwalk Tuesday morning in an apparent botched robbery, according to authorities and local media.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed it was investigating the incident, which happened at 8:54 a.m. in the 10900 block of Firestone Boulevard. IN a statementauthorities said the wounded man was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Sheriff’s officials did not immediately elaborate on the circumstances of the shooting, but KTLA-TV reported the dead man was one of three people who tried to hold up a tobacco shop.
The man was shot in the chest by the store owner, according to the news agency, and was later found by deputies in an adjacent alley.
The two other would-be robbers fled on foot, the station reported.