Seeking public help to solve a baffling murder, Los Angeles police Friday released a composite sketch of the man who allegedly killed the proprietor of the Silent Movie theater in the Fairfax district last week.
Meanwhile, city officials announced a $25,000 reward for information leading to the killer's arrest and conviction.
The man was described by witnesses as 18 to 24 years old with short-cropped hair and a light mustache, wearing a black wool coat, a black T-shirt and a black cap turned backward. He fatally shot Laurence Austin, 74, in the ticket booth of the tiny movie house and wounded a 19-year-old clerk during a robbery Jan. 17.
