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Man Fatally Shot While Sitting Inside Car In El Monte

EL MONTE (CBSLA.com) — Authorities say a man was shot and killed in El Monte early Saturday morning.

The deadly shooting occurred in the 11300 block of Medina Court about 12:32 a.m., according to a written statement issued by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Detectives said the victim was in the driver's seat of his vehicle when he was shot several times.

The victim -- now identified by a coroner's investigator as 40-year-old Simon Mendoza of Whittier -- was struck several times in the chest. Mendoza died at the scene.

A second victim,  a woman, was seated in the passenger seat. She sustained non-life threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital where she was listed in stable condition.

The suspected shooter remains at large.

Anyone with information about this case was asked to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.

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