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Manuel Perez, 17

Manuel Garcia Perez, 17, a Latino youth, was shot multiple times in the torso at Josephine Court and Bullis Road in Compton at 6:20 p.m. Saturday, March 17.

He survived at St. Francis hospital until March 19, when he died at 10:40 p.m. Perez had just gotten into a car with a friend when a dark compact truck drove up, and one of its occupants shot him.

Anyone with information is asked to call sheriff's homicide detectives at (323) 890-5500.

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