Police are searching today for a man who shot into a crowd in Lennox with a rifle, killing a 59-year-old man and injuring five other people, including a 12-year-old boy.

The gunman got out of a white sedan about 10:40 p.m. Wednesday in the 10800 block of Inglewood Avenue and began shooting at people, according to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department. The victims were reportedly eating at a taco truck.

The 59-year-old man died at the scene. [Updated at 11:03 a.m: The man has been identified as Amado Cendejas Sr. of Los Angeles.] The injured -- two men, a woman and two boys, including the 12-year-old -- were taken to hospitals and are expected to survive, authorities said. The gunman fled in the car.

-- Raja Abdulrahim