Updated: Father of 3 Shot to Death in Home as Wife, Kids Listen in Other Room

11:53 p.m. Sheriff's homicide detectives were searching for a man who shot and killed a man in his home in unincorporated Arcadia Monday night after the victim and his family returned from an outing around 8 p.m.

Sheriff's Lt. Eddie Hernandez, a detective with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's homicide unit, told Patch that the victim is a Hispanic male, aged 35, who was returning home in the 11000 block of Kristi Court with his wife and three children around 8 p.m. to find an intruder, described as a white or light-skinned Hispanic man in his mid to late 30s.

The gunman pointed a weapon at the couple and their children--a boy of
3, one who's 5 and a 6-year-old girl--and demanded money, City News Service reported.

According to Hernandez, the intruder ordered the wife and children into a separate room and remained with the victim. The wife and kids told investigators they heard two to four gunshots.

They came out of the bedroom after the intruder had fled to discover the victim with gunshot wounds. It does not appear that either the wife or children were harmed.

The children told detectives that they did not know the intruder.

The sheriff's department is not investigating the shooting as a domestic dispute at the moment.

Hernandez said it is not known for sure whether the intruder knew the victim, and that they are still investigating.

Hernandez added that several local businesses in the area have surveillance cameras; detectives will canvass the businesses in the morning to see if anything was caught on video.

The L.A. Fire Department was also on scene and treated someone who passed out and took them away.

About 10 sheriff's department units were also on the scene, with detectives searching the area with flashlights.

Detectives have no description of the suspect's vehicle.

Anyone with information on the robbery and slaying was urged to contact the
Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. Information also can
be provided anonymously by calling Crimestoppers at (800) 222-TIPS(8477), CNS reported.

10:09 p.m. The Sheriff's Department released the following information:

Sheriff's Homicide Detectives are en route to the 11000 block of Kristi Court, Arcadia, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a man. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

The victim was described only as a male Hispanic adult.

9:10 p.m Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide Unit detectives are looking into the shooting death of an unidentified man on the the 11000 block of Kristi Court in unincorporated Arcadia, department spokesman Capt. Mike Parker tweeted Monday night.

Details have yet to be released. Patch is on the scene.

Check later for updates.