47-year-old Long Beach resident Christopher Ragland was found murdered in a Palmdale apartment complex this past Wednesday.

According to investigators, Ragland was standing with another man in the courtyard of an apartment complex that sits along the 38600 block of 11th Street east of the Antelope Valley Freeway and slightly north of Palmdale Boulevard. Around 9:45PM, a suspect came into the courtyard and took fire.

According to Deputy Peter Gomez of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Headquarters Bureau, Ragland was struck in the upper torso multiple times before collapsing a few feet from his original position. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital.

Gomez stated the suspect fled away on foot and there is currently no explanation for the shooting.

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