Cyclist shot in Mar Vista!??!?!

[david p.]

You guys, someone on a bike was shot and killed in Mar Vista
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-shooting16apr16,1,4819881.story

Do we know anything about this?

[Alex Thompson]

There's a thread on Ridazz.  So far no useful info has come out of it . . . but sometimes they dig something up.  BikeForums might also have something in the Southern California section.

http://midnightridazz.com/forums.php?topicId=2763&pgnum=1

[faultymonk]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/homicidereport/2008/04/man-shot-and-ki.html

Mar Vista homicide

Mar Vista: A Latino man was shot and killed at 4506 S. Slauson Ave. near the Mar Vista area at about 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, April 15. According to Los Angeles police spokeswoman Ana Aguirre, the man was shot while riding his bicycle. She said a dark Ford SUV drove next to the man and then someone from inside the vehicle shot him. The man was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Aguirre said.

Update: Police have identified the Latino man as Vidal Jose Ventura-Jimenez, 24.

[Alex C]