DIAMOND BAR — A man in his 20s was fatally shot Monday in the Diamond Bar area of Los Angeles County, and an investigation was underway.

Officers were dispatched to Pathfinder Road, near the Orange (57) Freeway, around 6 a.m. Monday following reports of a shooting, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the California Highway Patrol.

Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Walnut Station also arrived to assist CHP officials, where they found an Apple Valley man located inside his vehicle with a gunshot wound.

CHP officials said the shooting occurred at a park-and-ride.

Although details leading up to the shooting remain limited, CHP officials said they believe the victim to into a verbal altercation with the suspect, possibly motivating the shooting.

The victim fled the scene heading westbound on Pathfinder Road but lost control of his vehicle due to his injuries and crashed into a concrete wall over the 57 Freeway.

He was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was being withheld pending notification of relatives.

A passenger in the vehicle during the shooting was unharmed.

CHP Baldwin Park Area Special Enforcement Team personnel, along with Southern Division Major Crimes Unit officials, were continuing to investigate Monday evening, searching a home in the 2600 block of Second Street in La Verne. It was unclear if any suspects were arrested.

Fox11 reported, citing information from authorities, that the suspect drove away from the shooting scene in a white SUV.

Traffic was routed away from the area during the investigation, but all lanes have since reopened.

Anyone with information regarding the shooting is urged to contact the CHP Southern Division at 323-259-3200.

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