DATE: Saturday, January 3, 2026
REPORTED AT: Approximately 5:30 A.M.
LOCATION: 5500 blk of Leeds Street, South Gate
VICTIM(S): Male Adult
SUSPECT(S): Unknown
UNIT: Homicide Bureau – Lieutenant Christopher Oakley
NARRATIVE:
Los Angeles County Homicide investigators are assisting South Gate Police Department with a death investigation of a male adult. The incident was reported on Saturday, January 3, 2026, at approximately 5:30 A.M. on the 5500 block of Leeds Street in South Gate.
Los Angeles County Fire Department responded and pronounced the victim deceased at the scene.
There is no additional information available at this time.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.
If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org
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Robert G. Luna, Sheriff
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