A 51-year-old man was shot and killed in South Los Angeles on Saturday after getting into a minor car crash with the suspected gunman and refusing to pay him $500 for damage, authorities said.
The killing was reported at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the 200 block of East 121st Street in the Willowbrook neighborhood, Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials said.
Detectives learned that the victim and the gunman had been in a traffic crash at the intersection of Main Street and El Segundo Boulevard. No one was hurt in the collision.
When they both stopped, the victim attempted to exchange information with the gunman, who refused but instead demanded $500 for the damage to his vehicle, sheriff’s Deputy Amber Smith said.
"The victim drove away, towards his home,'' she said. “The suspect followed the victim home and confronted the victim at gunpoint at his house and again demanded the $500. The victim refused and the suspect drove away.”
The man returned about an hour later and spotted the victim, in his vehicle, in the driveway of his home, Smith said. The gunman fired multiple rounds at the victim, striking him in his upper body, before running away.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, she said. He was identified by the coroner's office as Darrell Daniels.
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A description of the gunman was not made available.
Anyone with information about the shooting was asked to call the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.
