Former "General Hospital" actor Johnny Wactor shot and killed in downtown LA

FORMER GENERAL HOSPITAL ACTOR SHOT AND KILLED BY CATALYTIC CONVERTER THIEVES IN DOWNTOWN LA. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M LESLEY MARIN. >> SHOT AFTER POLICE SAY HE TRIED TO STOP THE THIEVES. >> REPORTER COMSTOCK IS LIVE WITH THE VERY LATEST. >> THE LAPD IS NOT YET CONFIRMING HIS IDENTITY BUT DAVID SCHALL IS SAYING NOT ONLY WAS HE COMPLETELY COMMITTED TO HIS CRAFT BUT HE SET A MORAL EXAMPLE TO EVERYONE HE KNEW SO HE WILL BE LEAVING A HOLE BEHIND IN SAND 70s PEOPLE'S HEARTS FOREVER. >> THE BROTHER OF THE BELOVED SOAP OPERA STAR TELLS US THE 37-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT TO DEATH IN DOWNTOWN LA'S EARLY SATURDAY MORNING KILLED WHILE TRYING TO STOP A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFT IN PROGRESS. HE WAS STANDING UP FOR WHAT HE BELIEVED WAS RIGHT AND PROTECTING THE VEHICLE AND CAR AND HE WAS BEING BRAVE AND NEVER ANTICIPATED TO KILL SOMEONE FOR THAT. >> THE ACTOR WAS HER FRIEND AND FORMER FIANCÉ. HE MOVED TO LA FROM SOUTH CAROLINA TO FOLLOW HIS DREAMS. AS A MAIN CHARACTER ON GENERAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE FILMED 164 EPISODES BUT FOR 2020 AND 22. THE LAPD SAYS INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THREE MALE SUSPECTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING AND RIGHT NOW THEY ARE NOT RELEASING A DESCRIPTION OF THEM OR HOW THEY GOT AWAY. BUT THE COWORKERS AT THE DOWNTOWN LA BAR WHERE WITNESSES WERE TO THE ATTACK. SHE SAYS SHE HOPES THAT KILLING SHINES A LIGHT ON VIOLENT CRIME IN LA. >> TO CELEBRATE LIFE AND PUSH THE EXPERIENCE. THE ACTOR WAS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER AND TWO BROTHERS. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHOOTING YOU CAN CONTACT THE LAPD AND REPORTED

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Length: 2min 19sec (139 seconds)

Published: Mon May 27 2024