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East Hollywood: Saul Ayala, 35

By Corina Knoll
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Saul Ayala, a 35-year-old Latino, died Saturday, Oct. 3, after he was shot in the 4500 block of Clinton Street in East Hollywood, authorities said.

Ayala’s body was found about 11:30 p.m. after Los Angeles police officers responded to a call of shots fired in the neighborhood, said Officer Gregory Baek.

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Two unidentified suspects were seen running away.

Ayala was a known gang member, Baek said. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the neck, Baek said.

-- Corina Knoll

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Map: The location where Saul Ayala was shot. Click for the East Hollywood Mapping L.A. page to learn more about the demographics of the neighborhood.
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Corina Knoll

Corina Knoll is a former reporter for the Metro section of the Los Angeles Times. She was on the team that investigated corruption in Bell — which led to the paper’s 2011 Pulitzer Prize for public service — and went on to cover the trials of the city’s former officials. She later contributed to the paper’s coverage of the San Bernardino terror attack that won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news. As a regional reporter, she wrote features about the San Gabriel Valley and the Westside. During her courts beat, she covered high-profile criminal cases and civil disputes, including the Jackson family vs AEG and Bryan Stow vs LA Dodgers. She and two colleagues investigated sheriff’s deputies whose histories of misconduct landed them on the department’s top-secret Brady list. She left The Times in January 2019. Raised in the Midwest, she is a graduate of Macalester College.

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