A family was left heartbroken and searching for answers after an off-duty security guard was fatally shot in the stomach in the parking lot of a Hawthorne burger restaurant.
Authorities said the victim got into a fight with the suspect in the parking lot of Fabulous Charbroiled Burgers in the 3300 block of W. Rosecrans Avenue, near the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard, just before 2 a.m. Wednesday.
Investigators called the incident a “senseless shooting.”
Family members said the victim, identified by loved ones as Eddie McAllister of Lawndale, was just getting off work as an unarmed security guard.
“Everybody loves him wherever he goes,” the victim’s daughter, Emani McAllister.
Surveillance video from the restaurant shows both men throwing punches before they both fell to the ground. The video proceeds to show the suspect pulling out a gun and shooting McAllister.
Police have not released the suspect’s vehicle description and continue to canvass the scene and surveillance footage for clues.
Those with information about the deadly shooting are asked to contact Hawthorne PD.
Source: Fox11