Police have identified the man shot dead on an LA Metro train near Baldwin Hills in South LA.
A man shot to death while on an LA Metro train in South Los Angeles was identified by authorities Saturday.Juan Garcia, 38, was on the E-Line train at the La Cienega/Jefferson station when someone approached him as the train was leaving the station and opened fire around 7:20 p.m. Friday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The gunman then fled the area with several other people, who police have only described as male as their ages are not known.
Initially, the department's account of the shooting appeared to indicate it happened on the train but police later clarified it was on the platform. Meanwhile, police said the shooting may have stemmed from some earlier altercation at the station.'There's some indication that there was possibly an altercation or fight here at the ground level and that the individuals ran upstairs on the platform and boarded a train that was here at the station,' LAPD Captain Jaime Bennett.
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