
Johnny Wactor, a soap actor best known for his work on General Hospital, was shot and killed while protecting a female co-working during a suspected robbery in Los Angeles, according to police and his brother.
The 37-year-old was shot at around 3am on Saturday by three men who were trying to steal the catalytic converter from his vehicle, the Los Angeles police department said. His brother Grant told the Daily Mail that Wactor was walking his colleague to her car after their shift at a rooftop bar when they came across the thieves, who the soap star assumed were just towing his truck.