Man Found Shot To Death, 1000 block Norman Court (north of 10th St., east of Orange Ave.)

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(Feb. 28, 2016, 7:10 p.m.) -- A man was found shot to death in the predawn hours today (Sun. Feb. 28) along a small street north of 10th St. and east of Orange Ave. and LBPD confirms it is currently investigating what took place as a homicide

Initial information is very sketchy. LBPD says that on Sunday, Feb. 28 at 3:24 a.m., LBPD was called to assist LBFD on a call of a dead body in the 1000 block of Norman Court. Officers arrived and found a deceased man (adult) with a gunshot wound to the torso. LBPD says the motive for the shooting is unknown, but it is currently investigating what took place as a homicide.

LBPD isn't releasing the victim's identity; the L.A. County Coroner will positively ID the victim and notify the next of kin.

No one is in custody and LBPD's investigation is ongoing.

2014 to date: Red Xs=homicides; Blue Xs= shootings, person wounded; Brown Xs=shots fired at victim(s), not hit; Purple Xs=shots at occupied residence/vehicle; Green Xs= shots at unoccupied vehicle/residence; Grey Xs=shots fired (no hit, no target identified); Orange X's=non-fatal stabbings. Map is unofficial. A separate map (not shown here) indicates add'l shootings in NLB.

The grim discovery comes less than 24 hours after Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal held what she described on her Facebook page as a "10th Street Visioning" process (Feb. 27) and "the final streetscape design that I am completing within the 2nd Council District."

Later that day after nightfall (Feb. 27) gunfire hit someone's house (no person was hit) about a block north and 1.3 miles east in the area of 11th St./Ohio Ave. (4th Council district, south of Anaheim St., west of Temple Ave.)