LAPD launches homicide investigation after security guard shot to death in Downtown Los Angeles

Police are investigating after a shooting in downtown Los Angeles, late Thursday evening, near a movie set claimed the life of a 33-year-old security guard

According to Los Angeles Police Department, the shooting was first reported at around 11:40 p.m. in the 1900 block of Bay Street near Mateo Street. 

When first responders arrived they found the security guard, Jairo Ortiz, dead in the back of a warehouse at the scene. It was unclear if that was where the shooting took place. 

As the investigation continued, officers learned that a second person was shot in the leg and wounded during the shooting, but drove themselves to the hospital. 

"We have detectives and investigators going to the hospital to interview that person," said LAPD Lieutenant Ryan Rabbett.

Police revealed that the shooting happened near a film set and security officers working at that location heard the shots and reported it to LAPD. No one from that location was believed to be involved. 

A witness on the set spoke with CBS reporter Kara Finnstrom and relayed the moments that the shooting occurred. 

"It was not part of the movie, I was chilling in the car watching them film the movie and real shooting was happening," he said. "About 10 shots... they ran out. One got hit in the leg, it was crazy."

Ortiz's brother told CBSLA that he can't wrap his mind around why Jairo was shot and killed. He said his brother was working as a security guard for a nearby marijuana dispensary. 

"My brothers job was specifically to watch cameras and be a security
guard to prevent people from breaking into the company where he was working," the victim's brother said on a phone call. 

He added that Jairo's family wants to bring his remains back to Turner, Oregon, where he grew up, and that they want justice in the case. 

Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact LAPD.