Johnny Wactor was memorialized by General Hospital with a touching tribute.
On Tuesday’s episode, a title card with Wactor’s image appeared on screen honoring the late actor who was killed over Memorial Day weekend.
“In loving memory of Johnny Wactor,” read the title card.
Wactor appeared in the ABC soap between 2020 and 2022 as Brando Corbin.
Following news of his death, the General Hospital team said, “The entire General Hospital family is heartbroken to hear of Johnny Wactor’s untimely passing. He was truly one of a kind and a pleasure to work with each and every day. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his loved ones during this difficult time.”
Wactor was killed after he received a fatal shot following a bartending shift in Downtown Los Angeles. He was reportedly walking with a female co-worker when he noticed three men attempting to steal a catalytic converter from his car.
According to Wactor’s brother Grant, the General Hospital alum saw the thieves and asked if he was being towed.
“He came across them and he thought his truck was being towed. So he said something to the guys, like, ‘Hey, are you towing?’” Grant Wactor told the Daily Mail. “And then once he turned around, he saw what was happening and he put his coworker behind him. And that’s when they shot him.”
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner recently confirmed that Wactor died from a gunshot wound to the chest, and his death was considered a homicide.
The suspects remain at large, and Wactor’s family is planning a march. A $25,000 reward has been implemented for information leading to the arrest of the suspects responsible for killing Wactor.