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Man Who Just Moved to L.A. Gunned Down While Walking
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Authorities are investigating the shooting death of a man who had recently moved to Los Angeles who was gunned down while walking in a Sylmar neighborhood.The shooting took place at about 1:40 a.m. Friday near Fenton Avenue and Fernmont Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, reports City News Service.
Initially officers thought the 29-year-old North Carolina man's shooting was gang-related. A witness said he'd seen the driver of a gray, American-made care emerge from the vehicle and fire the shots at the man.
Lt. Paul Vernon of the LAPD, however, said investigators soon discounted the gang theory. "The victim had no gang ties that we can find,'' Vernon said. "He had relocated from North Carolina about five months ago and worked behind the scenes in TV commercials with his girlfriend, who lived about one block away from where the shooting occurred.''
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