By Associated Press - Thursday, September 10, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man was shot to death during a marijuana deal inside a Los Angeles apartment building early Thursday and three people were being sought by homicide investigators, police said.

The shooting was reported in Hollywood around 12:45 a.m. and officers found residents of the building attempting to provide first aid to the victim, a police statement said. Firefighters pronounced the man dead at the scene.

Detectives determined that the man was shot and robbed of marijuana during a transaction, police said.



Two men and a woman fled the apartment and may have left in a car.

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