Nelly Vergara, 20

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Nelly Vergara, 20, a Latina young woman, was shot in the upper chest and killed at about 11:20 a.m. Monday, Dec. 10, at 2486 W. Venice Blvd in the Harvard Heights area west of downtown Los Angeles and north of the 10 Freeway. She was the victim, police said, of a drive-by shooting. She died minutes after, at 11:32 a.m. Dec. 10.

She was waiting at a bus stop with her boyfriend and another young man. The attackers drove up and shot out of the car at them in a rare drive-by shooting (most Los Angeles street shootings nowadays are walk-ups). Two Latino men and two Latino youths were later taken into custody and charged. Their apprehension was aided by a global-positioning system bracelet worn by one of the offenders.

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