(Dec. 31, 2003, initial post) -- A man driving in the 1500 block of E. 14th St. -- roughly a couple of blocks east of MacArthur Park in the 6th Council district -- was fatally shot on the final afternoon of 2003.

LBPD Public Information Officer Sgt. Paul LeBaron tells LBReport.com that police responded to a traffic accident...and discovered that the man in the driver's seat had at least one gunshot wound to the chest.

The victim was taken to a local hospital where he died as a result of his wounds. No suspect information as we post.

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Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call LBPD Homicide Detectives Steven Smith or Scott Lasch at (562) 570-7244.