Authorities are looking into the circumstances behind a shooting that left a professional boxer dead on Sunday afternoon.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, a call regarding a shooting in the 1600 block of 87th Street came out at 4:50 p.m.
The preliminary investigation revealed that the victim was standing outside a vehicle that his girlfriend was inside of when another vehicle approached.
“A dark-colored SUV drove by westbound on 87th and shot at the victim,” an LAPD spokesperson confirmed to KTLA. “The victim then ran towards his residence [when] two suspects from the vehicle started chasing him while shooting at him.”
The victim fell to the ground in the driveway, the spokesperson added. First responders arrived and rushed him to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.
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Mylik “King Mylik” Birdsong as seen in a photo posted to his Instagram page. (IG/@kingmylik_theboxer) -
Mylik “King Mylik” Birdsong as seen in a photo posted to his Instagram page. (IG/@kingmylik_theboxer) -
Mylik “King Mylik” Birdsong as seen in a photo posted to his Instagram page. (IG/@kingmylik_theboxer)
He was found to have suffered seven gunshot wounds to the torso.
Following the shooting, the suspects fled the area in the dark-colored SUV, LAPD said.
The victim was later identified as Mylik Birdsong, a professional boxer known as “King Malik” and the
Birdsong, 31, had a record of 15-1-1 with 10 KOs and was the reigning World Boxing Foundation International Welterweight champion.
The L.A. native’s next scheduled fight was set for Oct. 26 against Gor Yeritsyan at the Commerce Casino.
