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Mario Francisco De Leon Rivera, 51

Mario De Leon Rivera, a 51-year-old Latino, died of multiple gunshot wounds Tuesday, March 23, in the 4100 block of West 29th Street in Jefferson Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Shortly before 6 p.m., De Leon Rivera and two men were walking along the street when two assailants in a dark-colored vehicle opened fire.

LAPD Officer Karen Rayner said De Leon Rivera was pronounced dead at a hospital. The two other men he was with were not hit. Their names were not released.

-- Robert J. Lopez

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