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Antoine Dewayne Sutphen Jr., 24

Antoine Dewayne Sutphen Jr., a 24-year-old black man, died Saturday, Jan.7, in the 70 block of Pepper Street in Pasadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. 

A shooting was reported Friday just before midnight in the 100 block of West Claremont Street, according to a news release. And officers found Sutphen with several gunshot wounds one street over on Pepper, the release said. 

He was pronounced dead at 12:13 a.m. at the scene, according to coroner’s records.

A woman was also found there with a gunshot wound. She was taken to a hospital in critical condition and was treated.

Not long after the shooting, a car crashed at the intersection of California Boulevard and St. John Avenue, a news release said. 

Two more gunshot victims were found with the car: Ormani Dajan Duncan, 24, who was pronounced dead at the scene; and another black man who was hospitalized and treated for his wounds.

Police Lt. Vasken Gourdikian said the men 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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