Man found fatally shot in car in Hawaiian Gardens, suspect at large

HAWAIIAN GARDENS — A man found shot to death in a car in Hawaiian Gardens was a Cudahy resident, authorities said Saturday.

Jairo Mijango was 21 years old according to the coroner’s office.

Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department’s Lakewood Station responded at 7:52 p.m. Friday to a shots fired call in the 12200 block of Belshire Avenue where they found Mijango in the front seat of the car, the Sheriff’s Information Bureau said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

There was no suspect description.

Anyone with information about this shooting was asked to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be called in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477or submitted to lacrimestoppers.org

Source: Orange County Register