A man was shot and killed in Hawthorne early Wednesday morning, the second fatal shooting in the city in the span of a few days.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department homicide detectives were dispatched to assist Hawthorne police after the death was reported about 2:15 a.m. in the 14100 block of Doty Avenue, north of Rosecrans Avenue.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

His name and age were not immediately available.

It was the second fatal shooting in Hawthorne this week.

Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau investigators are also assisting the Hawthorne Police Department regarding a shooting death that happened on Sunday.

In that case, possibly a drive-by attack., a man was shot at 7 p.m. Sunday while sitting on the patio of a Hawthorne sports bar in the 13700 block of South Inglewoo

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