Southern California store owner reportedly run over by shoplifters

A man was killed in the city of South El Monte Wednesday afternoon while attempting to stop a shoplifter, authorities said.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department received a call around 12:15 p.m. for a man who had been hit by a car in the 2000 block of Durfee Avenue. He was unconscious and not breathing, according to a department spokesperson.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, and homicide investigators are investigating the incident, according to the Sheriff’s Department.

A man who identified himself as the victim’s brother told KTLA News that the victim was working at the Giant Discount store when a group of people entered and stole merchandise.

The victim then chased the suspected shoplifters out of the store into the parking lot, where they hit him in the head and ran him over, the station alleged.

This is a developing story.