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Adolfo Tafoya Medina, 61

Adolfo Tafoya Medina (2009-07-01)

Adolfo Medina, a 61-year-old Latino, was shot and stabbed several times and died July 1 in the 11300 block of Ernestine Avenue in Lynwood, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

Medina, a Lynwood city employee, was attacked in the yard of the Lynwood Department of Public Works, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Medina went to the yard about 5:30 a.m., and sometime later that morning he got into an argument that resulted in the attack, according to the Sheriff's Department. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:32 a.m., coroner's investigators said.

Anyone with information about the killing is asked to call the Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.

-- Anthony Pesce

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