Crime & Safety

Man Strangled In Compton, Police Say

A man in his 60s was strangled in Compton early Saturday morning, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.

 man in his 60s was strangled in Compton early Saturday morning, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.
man in his 60s was strangled in Compton early Saturday morning, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. (Rachel Nunes/Patch)

COMPTON, CA — A man in his 60s was strangled in Compton early Saturday morning, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.

Deputies and county fire department personnel responded at 12:50 a.m. to a call of a person down in the area of South Gibson Avenue and East Rose Street and located the victim, according to sheriff's Deputy Michelle Sanchez.

The victim -- whose name will be released pending notification of kin - - was pronounced dead at the scene, Sanchez said.

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A motive for the strangling or description of a suspect were not available.

—City News Service

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