Homicide Investigation in Van Nuys

Van Nuys – On Friday, May 18, 2001, at approximately 1:40 p.m., Van Nuys Area patrol officers responded to a radio call at 7201 Lennox Avenue. Upon arrival, officers found the victim shot to death inside the parking lot of the apartment complex, where the victim resided. The victim, Naguib Girgis Sadek, a male White, 43 years of age, had been shot once in the upper torso. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by responding Los Angeles Fire Department’s paramedics.
No motive for the shooting has been established and no witnesses to the incident have been found.
Van Nuys Homicide Detectives are conducting this investigation. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Van Nuys Homicide Detectives Moore and Lopez at 818-756-8377.
This press release was prepared by Public Information Officer Jason Lee, Media Relations Section, 213-485-3586.