Man killed in Van Nuys carport by multiple gunshots

A man standing in a Van Nuys carport was shot multiple times and killed late Tuesday night, police said.
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Police Department identified the victim as Javier Indalecio, 21.
“He was hit in the head and lower body and died at the scene,” officer Norma Eisenman said shortly after dawn Wednesday.
• Video: Memorial grows at scene of shooting
Indalecio was a known gang member, said Lt. Jim Gavin of the LAPD’s Van Nuys Division. But it has not been determined if the shooting was gang-related.
However, gang unit officers were in the area Wednesday conducting interviews, he said.
So far no witnesses to the killing have been found.
Indalecio was killed sometime between 11 and 11:45 p.m. near the rear of small, two-story white stucco apartment complex at 14102 Gilmore St.
The building is at the southwest corner of Gilmore and Hazeltine Avenue, and the six-vehicle parking area is open to the street on the east and a small walkway on the west.
The shooting occurred just north of Victory Boulevard, a bustling area of shops and eateries that give the neighborhood a fast-food aroma. Hazeltine in a busy north-south street while Gilmore is lined with two-story, decades-old apartment buildings. Late-model cars and trucks line the street even on workdays.
Gavin said that the victim’s aunt told officers her nephew routinely slept in his truck at the carport.
Just after 11 p.m. Indalecio’s aunt called 9-1-1 to report gun shots in the vicinity of Hazeltine and Victory, but officers did not find any signs of trouble when they arrived in the area, Gavin said.
They called for more units around 11:30, and 15 minutes later the aunt called back with the apartment’s address and officers found the victim.
The crime scene had been cleaned up by early Wednesday morning. Family members and friends had assembled a small memorial in front of Indalecio’s red pickup truck consisting of four candles, a tan teddy bear, some flowers, a New York Yankee’s baseball cap and a red, white and green Mexican flag with “Javier” written on it.
Van Nuys detectives are asking for the public’s help in providing any information that would lead to the arrest and prosecution of the suspect or suspects responsible for the killing, the LAPD said in a statement.
Anyone with information is urged to contact homicide detectives at (818) 374-0040. During non-business hours or on weekends, calls should be directed to 8770-527-3247. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should call Crime Stoppers at (800)-222-8477.