SOUTH LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Homicide detectives Monday investigated the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a man in South Los Angeles.

The shooting was reported shortly after 3 a.m. near 81st Street and Western Avenue, according to police.

Upon their arrival, authorities located a man in his twenties seated in the driver's seat of a Honda Civic suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.

Paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene. His identity is being withheld pending family notification.

A preliminary investigation revealed a gunman fired several rounds at the victim's vehicle.

At one point, the man was struck by gunfire and subsequently crashed his vehicle into a tree.

Detectives said the gunman traveled in a grey Nissan Sentra with tinted windows.

The motive for the shooting remains under investigation.