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Marco Herrera, 18

Marco Herrera (2007-11-27)

Marco Herrera, an 18-year-old Latino, was beaten outside the Red Square nightclub at 20001 Ventura Blvd. in Woodland Hills at about 1:45 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, and afterward remained comatose at a Northridge hospital for several days before dying Tuesday, Nov. 27, around 10 p.m. of head trauma.

LAPD West Valley Det. Joel Price said that police believe some kind of dispute involving Herrera erupted inside the club just before closing time. There was some pushing and shoving, and security guards may have asked some people to leave. Herrera was among those leaving the club. He was outside on the sidewalk when a group of young men--several of Armenian descent and one young black man--attacked him. They beat and kicked him severely. Afterward, friends took him to the Northridge hospital, where he underwent surgery, then lingered on a respirator for four days before dying.

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