Former 鈥淕eneral Hospital鈥� actor Johnny Wactor was shot and killed when he interrupted thieves stealing the catalytic converter from his car in Los Angeles, his family said Sunday.

The shooting occurred around 3 a.m. Saturday when the victim approached three men in downtown LA, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

His mother, Scarlett Wactor, told that her 37-year-old son had left work at a rooftop bar with a coworker when he saw someone at his car and thought it was being towed. A mask-wearing suspect opened fire, his mother said.

Three suspects drove away from the scene, police said. Wactor was rushed to a hospital, where he died.

There were no arrests as of late Sunday.

Wactor鈥檚 agent, David Shaul, said the actor was 鈥渁 real moral example to everyone who knew him.鈥�

鈥淚n the highs and lows of a challenging profession he always kept his chin up and kept striving for the best he could be,鈥� Shaul said in a statement Sunday. 鈥淥ur time with Johnny was a privilege we would wish on everyone. He would literally give you the shirt off his back. After over a decade together, he will leave a hole in our hearts forever.鈥�

Wactor portrayed Brando Corbin on the ABC soap opera from 2020 to 2022. He also appeared in a variety of films and TV series, including 鈥淪tation 19,鈥� 鈥淣CIS,鈥� 鈥淲estworld鈥� and the video game 鈥淐all of Duty: Vanguard.鈥�

The Associated Press