Authorities today sought the killer of a well-known tattoo artist who was gunned down during a fight with a man in North Hollywood.
The shooting occurred about 5:50 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Victory and Laurel Canyon boulevards, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Michael Pebley, 40, of Tujunga died at the scene, said coroner’s Assistant Chief Ed Winter.
According to TMZ.com, Pebley was the tattoo artist Trigz, who was widely known and worked with artists such as Chris Brown.
The suspect was described as a light-skinned man in his 30s, said Officer Nuria Vanegas of the LAPD’s Media Relations Section. A white early 1990s Honda Accord sedan may have been involved, she said.
The two men were involved in a fight inside a business, and then went outside, where the shooting occurred, police said.
According to ABC7, Trigz was a famed tattoo artist, actor and model who became part of an exclusive group of artists called The Seventh Letter.
The fatal fight took place near a tattoo parlor, but not the one where the victim worked. He worked at Sincity Tattoo in Pacoima, specializing in body piercing.
