General Hospital star Johnny Wactor, 37, is shot and killed in Los Angeles after robbery gone wrong

Johnny Wactor, a long time veteran of TV soap General Hospital, was shot and killed Saturday in a Los Angeles when he confronted thieves breaking into his car, according to TMZ. He was 37.

Wactor’s mother Scarlett told TMZ that her son saw three men trying to steal the catalytic converter off of his car. 

She said that her son didn’t attempt to fight them or even stop them from robbing Wactor but they still shot him and got away.

Police said that paramedics got to the scene at around 3am local time and took him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. 

The suspects have yet to be identified or described but there is an incident that matches the description of the killing which involved stealing a catalytic converter. 

Wactor’s mother Scarlett told TMZ that her son saw three men trying to steal the catalytic converter off of his car

DailyMail.com has reached out to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office for comment.

Wactor appeared on over 160 episodes of General Hospital as the character Brando Corbin from 2020 to 2022. 

The actor was also a series regular on the 2013 NBC drama series Siberia, which lasted 11 episodes. 

He did multi-episode arcs on TV shows like The OA, The Passenger, Westworld and Hollywood Girl.

His first break into television came in a three-episode guest role on the Lifetime series Army Wives. 

He had also branched out into producing; his IMDb page has three upcoming projects listed. Wactor also wrote a short film called Broken Riders.

Wactor’s most recent work was in the horror anthology Dead Talk Tales: Volume I released earlier this year. 

Personally, his Instagram page often showed him engaging in extreme sports like rock climbing. 

He is survived by his mother Scarlett and brothers Lance and Grant.

Wactor’s mother described him as a loving young man whose death leaves a hole in his family’s heart, per TMZ.