Deputies responded to Mike's Car Wash on the 10100 block of Vermont Avenue at approximately 11:08 a.m. and found a man shot in the upper torso area. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
As the suspect was attempting to get away, an off-duty LAPD officer who was at the scene tried detaining him and shot at the suspect, police said.
The suspect managed to get away. It was not believed he was struck.
The officer was uninjured in the shooting.
The motive for the shooting was not immediately known.