American professional boxer, Mylik Birdsong has been sh0t de@d by gunmen in a moving car in Gramercy Park neighborhood in South Los Angeles.
The shooting occurred at 4:50 p.m. Sunday in the 1600 block of West 87th Street at Denker Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The police said Birdsong was standing outside a home when two suspects approached in a vehicle and fired shots at him.
The victim took to his heels and the suspects got out of the vehicle and chased him, firing shots until he was fatally wounded.
He was rushed to a hospital by paramedics, but he did not make it.
Nobody seemed to get a good look at the assailants or their vehicle.
The motive for the action is also not yet known.
His identity was not released by authorities, but TMZ identified the victim as the 31-year-old pro boxer, who was scheduled to step into the ring on Oct. 26.
Birdsong had a 15-1-1 career boxing record with 10 knockouts before his demise
He won the vacant World Boxing Foundation international welterweight championship in his final fight on March 23 with a unanimous eight-round decision over Jerry Bradford at St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower.
