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Shaneca Marie Hughes, a 32-year-old black woman, was shot and killed Sunday, Nov. 18 in the 9500 block of Defiance Avenue in Watts, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 5:35 a.m., a woman called police requesting help because she had been shot, according to a video released by the Los Angeles Police Department. Officers said that when they arrived, they saw a muzzle flash and heard a shot, then saw a man wearing a black shirt and black pants running into a home.
An officer, believing that he was being shot at by the man, fired at him, hitting a parked vehicle, police said.
Officers surrounded and eventually entered the home, finding five people with gunshot wounds, police said. Hughes was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:14 a.m., according to coroner’s records.
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Thomas Theodore McCoy, a 54-year-old black man, was shot and killed Sunday, Nov. 18 in the 9500 block of Defiance Avenue in Watts, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 5:35 a.m., a woman called police requesting help because she had been shot, according to a video released by the Los Angeles Police Department. Officers said that when they arrived, they saw a muzzle flash and heard a shot, then saw a man wearing a black shirt and black pants running into a home.
An officer, believing that he was being shot at by the man, fired, hitting a parked vehicle, police said.
Police said they discovered five people with gunshot wounds inside the home. McCoy and two others were taken to a local hospital.
A woman found inside the home, identified as Shaneca Marie Hughes, 32, died at the scene, authorities said.
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Everado Soto, a 39-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Friday, June 22, in the 10800 block of South Central Avenue in Watts, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Shortly after 10 a.m., Soto and another man were walking south on South Central Avenue when a vehicle pulled up and there was a brief conversation, said Los Angeles Police Det. Nathan Kouri.
Two people then got out of the car and shot Soto. The person who was with Soto ran away and was not injured, police said. The assailants got back into the vehicle, described as a light-colored SUV, and drove away.
Soto was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:28 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of murder in the killing. Anthony Moreno, a 24-year-old Latino, Herbert Nixon Flores, a 23-year-old Latino, and Santiago ...