A man who was fatally shot as he sat in a car in South Los Angeles, California, on Friday night was a possible witness in the Ezell Ford police shooting case, an attorney for the Ford family said.
The slain man was identified by the LA County Coroner's Office as 46-year-old Leroy Hill. He was gunned down about 11:49 p.m. near 65th Street and Broadway in what investigators said was a possible gang-related shooting.
Hill was killed in the same neighborhood where Ford, a 25-year-old mentally ill man, was killed by LAPD officers last August.
An attorney for the Ford family said Hill was a witness in that case, but his death was unlikely to affect any legal proceeding connected to the Ford incident.
After he was shot, Hill crashed his car and was later pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Officers later said another person also approached Hill on a bike, and that one of the two shot the him in the torso.
Police have not found the gunman and do not have a description, officers said.
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Ford, 25, was shot Aug. 11 when LAPD Officers Sharlton Wampler and Antonio Villegas confronted Ford, who police said was making "suspicious movements" when he turned and "grabbed one of the officers."
City News Service contributed to this report.
