American actor, Johnny Wactor, has been shot dead in Los Angeles, by a thief who was trying to steal a part from his car.

The 37-year-old suffered fatal injuries after interrupting three men who were attempting to remove the catalytic converter from his parked vehicle, at the corner of West Pico Boulevard and South Hope Street in downtown LA.

Wactor – who previously featured in the US soap opera General Hospital – was pronounced dead early on Saturday, and no arrests have been made.

Wactor’s mother Scarlett told newsmen her son was returning to his car after work and discovered a man tampering with it, and believing it was being towed and not suspecting danger, he approached the man to ask what was happening, then was immediately shot.

She told the outlet the suspect fled with two other men, and described her son’s killing as “senseless”.

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