A 24-year-old man was found shot dead at the bottom of an embankment in the San Gabriel riverbed in Lakewood, authorities said Sunday.
Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies found the man shortly after 10:30 a.m. Saturday near Carson Street, Deputy Crystal Hernandez said.
The man, who had a single gunshot wound to the upper torso, was pronounced dead at the scene, Hernandez said.
He has not been identified, Hernandez said.
Sheriff's homicide detectives asked anyone with information regarding the shooting death to call them at (323) 890-5500.
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