‘General Hospital’ Actor Johnny Wactor Reportedly Killed in Los Angeles Shooting

Johnny Wactor, an actor best known for his role on “General Hospital,” was shot and killed Saturday, according to reports, in the middle of what his family described as an attempted theft of a catalytic converter in Los Angeles.

The fatal shooting occurred around 3:25 a.m. Saturday when Mr. Wactor approached three men in downtown Los Angeles, the Los Angeles police said in a statement.

Mr. Wactor left the bar where he worked late in the evening and was heading to his vehicle when he interrupted three people who were stealing the vehicle’s catalytic converter, police said, citing witness accounts.

His mother, Scarlett Wactor, told local news channel ABC7 that her son was walking with a co-worker and at first thought his car was being towed. When he approached the person to ask, the person “looked up, he was wearing a mask and opened fire.”

The three men fled the scene in a vehicle and Mr. Wactor was taken to hospital, where he died, police said. No arrests have been made.

Mr. Wactor had played Brando Corbin in more than 160 episodes of the soap opera “General Hospital,” according to his IMDb page. He also appeared in episodes of “Westworld”, “The OA” and “Station 19”.

In a statement on social media, a page for “General Hospital” said the show’s cast and crew were “heartbroken to learn of the untimely passing of Johnny Wactor.”

Many of Mr. Wactor’s co-stars on the show have posted tributes on social media, including Kirsten Storms, who played the character Maxie Jones. Ms Storms wrote in an Instagram post: “I just can’t believe her life was stolen from her like this. »

The number of thefts of catalytic converters, or “cats” for short, has increased in recent years. These critical emissions control devices are valuable because they contain rare metals, such as palladium and rhodium, which can be mined and resold.