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.