Man Shot To Death Near Montecito Heights Dog Park

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A man was shot to death near a dog park in the Montecito Heights neighborhood of Northeast Los Angeles Wednesday morning.

At 7:53 a.m., Los Angeles police officers responded to a 911 call reporting multiple gunshots in the area of South Avenue 60 and Monterey Road, near Hermon Dog Park.

Officers arrived to find the man in his 30s or 40s dead at the scene from several gunshot wounds, police said.

The victim was alone and did not have a dog with him, police confirmed. Investigators were interviewing people from a nearby homeless encampment. It's unclear if the victims himself was a transient.

"Detectives are talking to some homeless folks -- we'll call them witnesses in the park at this point -- to try to figure that out: exactly what the motive was and why this person was shot here in the park," LAPD Lt. Ryan Rabbett said. "At this point, we don't know."

The man had no identification on him. There was also no immediate suspect description.