“General Hospital” alum Johnny Wactor was shot and killed in downtown Los Angeles early Saturday morning.
His mother, Scarlett Wactor, spoke with UAE breaking News Digital on the phone and confirmed the news.
According to her, he and a co-worker were asked to stay late at a rooftop bar where he was bartending to clean and were returning to their cars around 3 or 3:30 a.m.
“They were walking to their car, and when they get there, Johnny’s car, which was parked in front of the co-worker’s, looked like it was jacked to one side, and from what I understand, he said, ‘Hey, man, you towing my car?’
And the person looked up and had a mask, and so then I guess he knew they weren’t doing that, and so he stepped in front of the co-worker and then backed up and put his hands up or both, and the person shot him,” Scarlett said.
She noted that the place of employment did not have designated parking for employees.
“In my thought process … if he’d been two minutes earlier or two minutes later, he’d be alive.”
Per TMZ, which first reported the news, authorities have not confirmed Wactor’s identity, but the incident does match a reported case of three suspects trying to steal a catalytic converter. Descriptions of the suspects have not been released.
Wachter began her television career on the series Army Wives,” and later appeared in other series such asAnimal Kingdom,” Criminal Minds,” andWestworld.”
On “General Hospital,” he played Brando Corbin for 164 episodes from 2020 to 2022.
He recently starred in his horror anthology Dead Talk Tales: Volume I.
Wachter’s mother said authorities are planning an autopsy and her family plans to take him back to South Carolina for burial once the body is released.
“I want everyone to know that I took a wonderful man with me. This has left a very big hole in my life and his brother’s life. We lost my husband and girlfriend four years ago. I just buried my father.”
And he was deeply loved by his friends and family. “He lived his life to the fullest, pursued his dreams, and was a very optimistic and positive person,” Scarlett Wachter said of his son.
She continued, “And the funny thing is, he didn’t try to stop her from drinking it.” They could have just left or taken it, maybe he I would have given them a car. They were so cowardly… I hope they get caught and I hope Johnny gets justice. That’s all I can hope and pray for. Let’s meet again. But on this earth it will be a very long journey for me and his brothers without him. ”