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1 dead, 1 hurt in Pasadena shooting

By Hector BecerraStaff Writer 
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A man was fatally shot and another critically wounded Christmas morning in a shooting in a residential Pasadena neighborhood.

Police were summoned to the 1900 block of Newport Avenue near Wyoming Street about 11 a.m. on a “shots fired” call, said Pasadena police Lt. Pete Hettema. Two men, their ages and names not yet released, were taken to a hospital, where one died and the other clung to life, he said.

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Police closed off an area between Lincoln and Mentone avenues and Montana and Idaho streets into Tuesday evening as detectives investigated the double shooting. A red sedan riddled with bullet holes was towed away.

“We don’t have any information on the suspects yet. Our investigators are still working it,” Hettema said.

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Hector Becerra

Hector Becerra is managing editor of the Los Angeles Times. A native Angeleno who grew up in Boyle Heights, Becerra’s first foray into journalism was as the editor of the University Times at Cal State Los Angeles. He started his career at the Los Angeles Times in 1999 and was a general assignment reporter until 2014, covering everything from wildfires to crime to Latino cultural trends. He has been among the first to a murder scene as part of a ride-along in South L.A. and has tried his hand as a field worker, picking strawberries in Santa Maria. Becerra was part of the team of reporters that won the Pulitzer Prize’s Public Service award for its coverage of the city of Bell corruption scandal. He was city editor for the California section until 2022, when he was promoted to deputy managing editor. He was named managing editor in 2024.

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