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Suspect in South LA fatal shooting escapes the scene on bicycle

Los Angeles Police Department officers found a person shot and killed in South LA early Tuesday morning with the suspect seen fleeing the scene on a bicycle. 

Officers found the male victim with a gunshot wound to the head after receiving a call at 5:46 a.m. about a shooting in the 2800 block of South Grand Avenue, according to LAPD. The department said investigators believe it's a homicide. 

The victim's age has not been released by police. 

LAPD said the suspect was seen riding away from the shooting on a red and white bicycle, traveling northbound on Grand Avenue. 

No other details have been released by police. 

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