Credit Repair Business Owner Shot, Killed

(Latest updates follow the story)

After a shocking Holiday tragedy, the search continues for a gunman who shot and killed a man outside a holiday party in Stevenson Ranch, California.

The shooting occurred at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday night at 26650 The Old Road, said Deputy Lillian Peck. (Latest Stevenson Ranch murder updates below)

Nabil Tawab, a 37 year old man reportedly went to the parking lot around 6:30 p.m. after attending a Christmas party at the credit repair business he owned and was shot right next to his BMW.  People inside the Christmas party heard the gunshot and ran outside.

The victim was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.  No description of the suspect was released and no word yet from Los Angeles Sheriff Department as to motive.

A witness said the man worked at a credit repair business and was a married father of three children. Read the entire report including video here.

ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT SHERIFF'S HOMICIDE BUREAU AT
(323) 890-5500.

More information: Update Press Release - LA Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau - www.lasd.org 

Latest Stevenson Ranch, Nabil Tawab Murder Update: 

The West Ranch Beacon quotes anonymous sources close to the investigation who said Mr. Tawab was shot three times in the chest “apparently in a close grouping suggesting that the assailant may have carried out a planned ‘hit’ on Tawab.” The source also says the killer is probably long gone and maybe even out of the country.

Read the West Ranch Beacon here.

Read latest update: Jessica Selva's article, "Stevenson Ranch murder unsolved" in The Signal, Santa Clarita Valley News