Johnny Wactor, who played Brando Corbin, general Hospitalwas shot and killed Saturday while trying to protect a co-worker from an armed robber who was trying to steal catalytic converters.
Wachter, 37, was walking an unidentified friend to his car in Los Angeles. His brother, Grant, was in the car when he was confronted by three thieves who had jacked up his car at about 3:25 a.m. Saturday. Said of Daily Mail.
“We were born and raised in the South and we would never let a woman walk to her car by herself,” the grieving brother said. “He ran into them and he thought his truck was getting towed, so he was like, ‘Hey, are you towing it?’
FILE/Actor Johnny Wactor is photographed in Old City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 29, 2023. (Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images)
“And he turned around and saw what was going on, with his coworkers behind him, and they shot him.”
Citing the Los Angeles Police Department’s investigation at the scene, Grant claimed the actor stepped back to protect his colleagues, and the men shot him.
Scarlett Wactor, the actor’s mother Confirmed by NBC News That her son stood up in front of his colleagues to protect her, sacrificing his own life, calling him “a light in a dark room.”
“There’s a big hole inside all of us that can never be fixed,” she said.
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His agent, David Scholl He told Variety magazine The late actor was an “outstanding human being,” he continued, “someone who would literally give the shirt off his back for you.”
“After more than a decade together, he will forever leave a hole in our hearts.”
In addition to the two years of work, general HospitalWachter also starred in the 2013 NBC series. Siberia Appeared in two episodes of HBO Westworld.
As reported by Breitbart News, Wachter’s tragic death comes as Los Angeles is experiencing an unprecedented crime wave that has claimed the lives of several high-profile figures over the past two years.
For example, in August 2023, two victims were robbed at gunpoint outside Craig’s, a celebrity-frequented restaurant on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood.
