Vale: US performer Johnny Wactor shot dead

Johnny Wactor, who appeared in General Hospital, has been shot dead following a robbery in Los Angeles.

He was shot and killed in Los Angeles on Saturday after spotting three men trying to steal his car’s catalytic converter.

Catalytic converters contain valuable metals, including platinum, palladium, and rhodium. The black market demand for these precious metals has surged making them the target for thefts.

Wactor, who was with a colleague, did not put up a fight but was shot before the men took off. Paramedics rushed to the scene but he was pronounced dead at the hospital.

He played Brando Corbin in General Hospital from 2020-22, but has appeared in Army Wives, Siberia, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Girl, Criminal Minds, NCIS, Westworld and Station 19.

Source: Forbes