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Marcus Aruelius Van Ellis, 36 [Updated]

Marcus Aruelius Van Ellis, a 36-year-old black man, died Tuesday, July 29, after being shot in Historic South-Central, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

[For the record: An earlier version of this post, which was based on the original report, incorrectly gave Van Ellis' race as white.]

[Updated, 11:50 a.m., May 25, 2011: Edgar Gomez, an 18-year-old Latino, was arrested Oct. 14, 2009, in connection with Van Ellis' death.

According to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office, Gomez was convicted of first-degree murder on May 18, 2011.

He is due back in court to be sentenced on July 6 at Los Angeles Superior Court. ]

-- Los Angeles Times

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