Mario De Leon Rivera, a 51-year-old Latino, died of multiple gunshot wounds Tuesday, March 23, in the 4100 block of West 29th Street in Jefferson Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Shortly before 6 p.m., De Leon Rivera and two men were walking along the street when two assailants in a dark-colored vehicle opened fire.
LAPD Officer Karen Rayner said De Leon Rivera was pronounced dead at a hospital. The two other men he was with were not hit. Their names were not released.
-- Robert J. Lopez