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Man found in Pasadena driveway with fatal gunshot wound

Police are searching for whoever killed a man who was found on a driveway in Pasadena with a gunshot wound Monday night.

Authorities were alerted to the incident in the 1700 block of North Fair Oaks Avenue by the city’s ShotSpotter gunfire-detection system at about 8:42 p.m., Pasadena Police Department Lt. Taglioretti said.


The ShotSpotter system consists of a series of sensors set up around the city that alerts the Police Department when shots are fired.

Arriving officers found a man with at least one gunshot wound down in the driveway of an apartment building.

The victim, later identified by the L.A. County coroner’s office as 28-year-old Eric Lynn Thomas, was pronounced dead at the scene, Taglioretti said.

No information was available on a possible motive for the shooting.

Investigators have not released a description of the shooting suspect or suspects.

Anyone with information about the deadly shooting is urged to contact the Pasadena Police Department at 626-744-4241. You can also submit an anonymous tip online at LACrimestoppers.org.