Investigation continues after man found shot to death inside car in Santa Clarita

Detectives were investigating a fatal shooting in Santa Clarita. 

The shooting unfolded after 4:30 a.m. Sunday in the 25700 block of Vista Fairways Drive. Once there, authorities located a man who had been shot inside of a car, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

He was taken to a hospital where he died. His identity has not yet been released.

"As deputies responded to the location, they were updated that a vehicle was in the middle of the roadway," said the LASD statement. "Upon deputies' arrival, they located the vehicle and discovered the victim in the driver's seat, unresponsive and suffering from an apparent gunshot wound."

A motive for the shooting was not immediately known. 

Anyone with information was asked to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.