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Man fatally shot in South Los Angeles

Image: Map shows location of Monday's shooting in purple, as well as 210 other homicides (in red) since January 2007. Credit: Homicide Report Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectives are investigating the shooting death of a man in an unincorporated area of South Los Angeles.

The man was shot at about 10:15 p.m. Monday on the 8700 block of South Vermont Avenue and taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

No further details were available.

Anyone with information is asked to call sheriff’s homicide detectives at (323) 890-5500.

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-- Sam Quinones

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Image: Map shows location of Monday's shooting in purple, as well as 210 other homicides (in red) since January 2007. Credit: Homicide Report

 
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