A 26-year-old man was shot and killed while trying to break up a fight between two women at a Wilmington pizza restaurant.
Saturday at Red West Pizza, located at 614 W. Pacific Coast Highway, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Authorities say the victim attempted to intervene while the two women were fighting when another man pulled out a gun and fired several bullets, hitting the 26-year-old man and another man.
Paramedics took both victims to a local hospital, where the 26-year-old man was pronounced deceased. The other man was in stable condition and is expected to survive, police said.
The gunman, described as between 20 and 25 years old, fled on foot. No additional information was immediately available.
The investigation is ongoing.
