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# Man fatally shot in SM
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/man-fatally-shot-in-sm/
- Published: 2006-03-01T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:18:55.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Crime, Pico, #archive-import

*By Daily Press Staff*

PICO NEIGHBORHOOD — Santa Monica’s first homicide of 2006 occurred here shortly after 9 p.m on Tuesday.

The Santa Monica Police Department responded to a call of shots fired in the 2600 block of Pico Boulevard at 9:21 p.m.

Officers found a Hispanic man in his early 20s with a gunshot wound to his upper torso. He was transported to a local hospital where he later died, police said.

The identification of the man is not known pending notification of next of kin.

At presstime, police hadn’t located a suspect or identified a motive for the murder.

It appears that the shooting may have occurred outside of a liquor store on the southeast corner of 26th street and Pico Boulevard.

After he was shot, the victim ran across the street and collapsed.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 1, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/030106.pdf?ref=smdp.com)