By Amber Goodhand

Breaking Celebrity News Staff Reporter

The bizarre murder of MTV employee Gabriel Ben-Meir shocked Los Angeles, but is even more baffling to his friends and family.

Ben-Meir’s body was discovered face down on the sidewalk outside of his quiet Mid-Wilshire home early Sunday morning. Authorities report the 30-year-old was shot in the back of the head nearly five hours before being found.

“The circumstances of his death are totally baffling. I can’t imagine why someone would ever do something like this to him,” Ben-Meir’s close friend, Katy Tucker, told Breaking Celebrity News in an exclusive interview.