The Los Angeles Police Department has released photos of three suspects wanted in connection with the murder of General Hospital star Johnny Wactor, as the killers remain at large over two months on from the shooting. Wactor was shot dead on 25 May when he confronted three men who were trying to steal the catalytic converter on his car, police said. New photos, released on Sunday, show the three suspects standing around a black four-door Infiniti Q50 sedan with a tan interior in a Los Angeles parking lot.
The vehicle has been identified as stolen, the LAPD said. The three men are all wearing dark and hooded clothing with police revealing that the suspect believed to have shot Wactor has a distinctive tattoo above his left eye and on his right cheek. Following the shooting, the hooded men fled the scene in the stolen sedan.
Wactor had been working as a bartender in restaurant and lounge bar Level 8 on the night of his death. He was walking his coworker Anita Joy to her car at around 3 am after their shift at the bar when they stumbled upon the three men. Wactor, 37, initially believed his car was being towed and he confronted the suspects, Joy revealed.
When he confronted them, one of the men opened fire, shooting him in the chest. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival. Following his death, Joy took to Instagram to say that her “heart is shattered” with the loss of her “beautiful” friend of eight years.
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