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Ormani Dajan Duncan, 24

Ormani Dajan Duncan, a 24-year-old black man,  died Saturday, Jan.7, near the intersection of California Boulevard and St. John Avenue in Pasadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. 

About midnight, Pasadena police responded to a vehicle crash where two men were suffering from gunshot wounds, according to a news release. Officers found Duncan, who had several gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead in the car at 12:05 a.m., according to coroner’s records. 

Another man was hospitalized with wounds that were not believed to be life-threatening, the news release said. 

The shooting was reported before midnight in the 100 block of West Claremont Street, the news release said. One street over on Pepper Street, officers found Antonie Dewayne Sutphen Jr., 24, who died at the scene. A woman who had also been shot was taken to the hospital.

Lt. Vasken Gourdikian said Duncan and the other man in the car had apparently been at the shooting scene and crashed while trying to drive to nearby Huntington Hospital.

A motive for the shooting was unclear.

Anyone with information is asked to call Pasadena police at (626) 744-4241. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477. 

Contact the Homicide Report. Follow @jeromercampbell and @latimeshomicide on Twitter.

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