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-- Megan Garvey and Anthony Pesce
September 23, 2009 | 3:06
pm
Martin Mendez, a 32-year-old Latino, died Sunday, Sept. 13, after he was assaulted and suffered head trauma at
Saticoy Street and Winnetka Avenue in Winnetka, according to Los Angeles County coroner's officials.
Mendez was attacked outside a bar about 12:40 a.m. and taken to a hospital, where he died at 1:25 a.m., said Ed Winter, a spokesman for the coroner's office.
-- Anthony Pesce
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Map: The location where Martin Mendez was assaulted. Click for the Winnetka Mapping L.A. page to learn more about the demographics of the neighborhood.