Manuel Martin, 30, of Venice.was found in an embankment off the freeway near his motorcycle after a report of multiple shots being fired about 2 a.m.,
A man riding alongside Manuel Martin 30, of Venice was wearing a T-shirt bearing the insignia of the Mongols motorcycle gang, Glendale police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said. Police did not know if Martin belonged to the Mongols, Lorenz said. The Montebello-based gang has several chapters in California and has recently been feuding with the Hells Angels motorcycle gang, authorities said. "We won't be able to make any determination as to whether he was a member of an outlaw motorcycle gang," he said. "We don't know if he was targeted. We don't know if this was a road-rage incident." The freeway was shut down from about 4 a.m. to 1 p.m. and traffic was jammed on side streets as homicide and coroner's investigators searched the scene. The traffic jam reached as far east as Arcadia and west through Glendale. Martin was found in an embankment off the freeway near his motorcycle after a report of multiple shots being fired about 2 a.m., according to Glendale Police ...