A man in his late 40s was gunned down in the parking lot of a Hawthorne shopping center on Monday evening, Aug. 12. However, investigators do not believe he was the intended victim, authorities said.

The shooting occurred shortly before 9:30 p.m. in the 12700 block of Crenshaw Boulevard, near El Segundo Boulevard, as the victim was leaving a liquor store, said Lt. Steven De Jong of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which is leading the investigation.

One suspect is in custody and investigators are searching for at least two others, De Jong said.

Just before 9:30 p.m., a group of people were standing outside the South Liquor Bank when a car pulled into the parking lot and two men got out, De Jong said. One of the suspects began shooting “indiscriminately” at the group. They both got back in the car and the driver sped away.

The shooting is believed to be gang-related, but De Jong said the victim, believed to be a Hawthorne resident, was an innocent bystander with no gang ties and died at the scene.

“There were a lot of people loitering in the parking lot,” De Jong said, adding that the shooting was captured on video. “He was just walking through when he was shot.”