South Los Angeles: Man shot outside bar

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Raymond Davis, a 22-year-old black man, was fatally shot in the 6600 block of South Vermont Avenue about 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 9.

Davis, of Inglewood, was standing outside the Safari Bar when shots were fired, and one of the rounds hit him in the stomach. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. Witnesses said they saw a man leave the area, driving north on Vermont Avenue in a black vehicle.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Los Angeles Police Department’s South Bureau homicide unit at (213) 485-1383; during non-business hours call (877) LAPD-24-7.

--Andrew Blankstein