This is really late Friday night. I also believe some kind of illegal activity, most likely drugs.
Santana, 26, was killed early Saturday in South Los Angeles, police spokeswoman Lucy Diaz said.
He was sitting in the passenger seat shortly after 2:30 a.m. when at least one person approached the car and fired, Lt. Clay Farrell said.
The driver escaped injury, drove off and flagged down police. Paramedics responded but Santana was pronounced dead at the scene, Farrell said.
No arrests were immediately made and investigators had not determined a motive for the attack.
The New York-born Santana had a recurring role on The Steve Harvey Show , playing Romeo Santana. The role won him nominations for NAACP Image Awards and ALMA Awards, which honor Hispanic performers.
One of his earliest roles was as Stanley, the faithful admirer of Rudy Huxtable on the hit series The Cosby Show.
He also had guest appearances on several television shows, including Major Dad, Moesha and Sister, Sister.
He later joined the casts of Getting By and the short-lived James Earl Jones drama Under One Roof.
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South Central L.A., 2:30 A.M. Nothing suspicious here. I'm sure he was visiting his grandmother and handing out sour candy to the neighborhood kids.
This crime will probably never be solved. There's no way that the driver will ever admit what he was doing there at 2:30 A.M. He was more than likely in on the killing. Otherwise, they'd both be dead.