City Beat: A Hawthorne diner mourns a violent death in Inglewood
October 25, 2012 | 9:47am
A young father and his 4-year-old son were shot to death last weekend in their Inglewood home. Early Saturday morning, about 4 a.m., a masked gunman broke in and started firing at the family of Filimon Lamas, 33, and Gloria Jimenez, 28.
Lamas did not survive. Neither did Giovani, the youngest of four children, who was shot in the head. Jimenez was shot in both her legs and her pelvis. The couple's 6-year-old son was shot in the pelvis. Their 7-year-old daughter was shot in the chest.
A family was ripped apart. So was the heart of Chips '50s Cafe, the Hawthorne diner owned by Lamas, his brother and a brother-in-law.
Lamas was there almost every day, all day. Customers and staff say he rarely stopped smiling.
In my latest City Beat, I visit the diner. Read the full story here.
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