Soon-to-be father shot and killed in Norwalk

Homicide investigators with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Wednesday began looking into a shooting death incident in Norwalk.

Deputies first responded to the area of Pioneer Boulevard and Los Alisos Circle at around 12:30 p.m. and found a man with gunshot wounds.

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The victim was identified by family as Geovani Manuel Bliss Chavez, an 18-year-old who was about to become a father.

"Loving, he was funny, he loved to get me mad," said Roxanne Chavez, the mother of Geovanni. "He had a beautiful heart."

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The family told NBC4 that Chavez and his teen brother were selling clothes to a person they met online outside of the apartment complex.

There appears to have been some sort of altercation between them and that's when the shooting took place, according to the LA County Sheriff's Department.

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