THE ANGELS.- He actor Johnny Wactor, who acted in the soap opera General Hospitalwas shot dead while preventing thieves The catalytic converter was stolen from his car in Los Angeles, his family reported on Sunday, May 26. She was 37 years old.
The crime occurred around 3:00 a.m. Saturday, when Wactor approached three men in downtown Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Statements from the mother of Johnny Wactor
His mother, Scarlett Wactor, told ABC 7 that her son had left work at a bar with a colleague when he saw a person next to his vehicle and thought he was going to be towed. “The suspect, with his face covered, shot her,” her mother added.
“The three men fled the scene in a vehicle,” police said. Wactor was rushed to a hospital, where he died.
No person has been arrested in connection with the case as of Sunday night.
Wactor’s representative, David Shaul, said the actor was a true moral example to everyone who knew him.
“Throughout the ups and downs of a complicated profession, he always kept his head held high and continued to try to be the best version of himself,” Shaul said in a statement released Sunday. “Spending time with Johnny was a privilege we would have wished on anyone. He literally would have taken off his shirt to give it to you. After more than a decade together, he will forever leave a void in our hearts.”
Wactor played Brando Corbin on the ABC soap opera from 2020 to 2022. He also appeared in several films and television series, such as Station 19, NCIS, Westworldand the video game Call of Duty: Vanguard.
Source: AP
