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Carlos Juan Martinez, 46

Carlos Martinez, a 46-year-old Latino, was fatally shot Friday, July 22, near 52nd and Main streets in South Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Martinez was sitting in a car about 11:40 a.m. when a person walked up and shot him several times, said Ed Winter, spokesman for the coroner's office.

Paramedics were called, and Martinez was taken to California Hospital Medical Center, where he died at 2:01 p.m.

The coroner's office had no other details about the case.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

-- Los Angeles Times

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