General Hospital star Johnny Wactor, 37, is shot and killed in Los Angeles after robbery gone wrong

Johnny Wactor, a long time veteran of TV soap General Hospital, was shot and killed Saturday in a Los Angeles when he confronted thieves breaking into his car, according to TMZ. He was 37.

Wactor’s mother Scarlett told TMZ that her son saw three men trying to steal the catalytic converter off of his car. 

She said that her son didn’t attempt to fight them or even stop them from robbing Wactor but they still shot him and got away.

Police said that paramedics got to the scene at around 3pm local time and took him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. 

The suspects have yet to be identified or described but there is an incident that matches the description of the killing involving stealing a catalytic converter. 

Johnny Wactor, a long time veteran of TV soap General Hospital, was shot and killed Sunday afternoon in a Los Angeles robbery that turned horribly wrong. He was 37.

This is a developing story. 

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