Man shot to death below Sixth Street Bridge during unauthorized filming of music video

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Man shot to death below Sixth Street Bridge during unauthorized filming of music video

LOS ANGELES — A man was shot and killed below the Sixth Street Bridge in downtown Los Angeles during an unauthorized music video shoot, police said Saturday.

The shooting was reported at 10: 03 p.m. Friday on the 500 block of South Mission Road, where an argument between the victim and the suspect escalated into a shooting, the Los Angeles Police Department reported.

Officers from the LAPD’s Newton Division found a man approximately 25 years old lying on the ground with gunshot wounds, Officer Drake Madison told City News Service.

Police said the attack occurred during the unauthorized shooting of a music video at the bridge. Witnesses said the suspect, who is between 18 and 20 years old, fired several shots at the victim drove from the scene in a blue Dodge Charger with a white racing stripe, according to Madison.

Police believe the shooting was gang-related.