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A man was fatally shot Tuesday evening in Norwalk while walking door to door soliciting painting jobs, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported.

Detectives responded to the 14400 block of Dinard Avenue about 5:30 p.m. to investigate the shooting of a 50-year-old man, sheriff’s officials said in a released statement. The man was shot and killed while walking down the street going door to door soliciting to paint addresses on curb-lines, officials said.

The man, who was shot several times in the upper torso, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A motive for the shooting was unknown.

No other information was released.

Anyone with information was asked to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.

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