In a release, LBPD says Mr. Alford "was inside a blue Chevrolet Impala in the parking lot when the shooting occurred. LBFD paramedics pronounced him deceased at the scene. LBPD's overnight Watch Commander told LBREPORT.com that homicide investigators were on-scene through the night conducting an investigation.

In its release, LBPD says "the motive for the shooting is unknown and the investigation remains ongoing."

On June 28, a woman was fatally shot in the nearby Carmelitos housing project.

And it's the second 8th district shooting in less than 30 days. On August 30, a man was shot/wounded in broad daylight at midmorning in the busy 5300 block of LB Blvd. south of Market St

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Jan 1, 2018 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) shows shootings in Central LB

For context, LBREPORT.com provides a map below showing cumulated shootings in the area Jan. 1, 2014-Dec. 31, 2017:

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