A man fatally shot while driving in Van Nuys was identified Saturday as 29-year-old Lancaster resident.

Rahmir Williams died after the roughly 1:15 a.m. shooting Friday on Vanowen Street near Sepulveda Boulevard, according to a coroner's investigator and Los Angeles police.

Williams was driving east on Vanowen Street when someone opened fire on him, police said. The car crashed into a fence, police said.

It was unclear if the shot was fired from another vehicle or someone on foot.

Detectives asked anyone with more information to call detectives at the LAPD's Van Nuys Station at 818-374-9500. Tips can be made anonymously.