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Reginald Anthony Brown, 50

Reginald Anthony Brown, a 50-year-old black man, was shot and killed Thursday, Nov. 13, in the 300 block of West 83rd Street in Florence, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

About 8:30 a.m. Brown was standing near his vehicle on West 83rd Street when a man with a rifle shot him, LAPD Det. Chris Barling said.

Barling said the gunman got into a vehicle, but he did not know what kind. Witnesses said the vehicle drove north on South Grand Avenue.

Brown was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:53 a.m., said Ed Winter, assistant chief of investigations for the coroner’s office.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Criminal Gang Homicide Division at (213) 485-4341. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

-- Nicole Santa Cruz

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