Officers responded about 1:25 a.m. to a call of shots fired in the 300 block of East Villa Street and located the victim, later identified as Luis Arita of Los Angeles, in a parked vehicle. He had been shot multiple times, according to Pasadena police Lt. Jesse Carrillo.

Paramedics pronounced Arita, who had ties to Pasadena, dead at the scene, Carrillo said.