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Man wounded in South LA shooting dies
File photo: A car-to-car shooting in South L.A. resulted in the death of a 22-year-old.
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The man who was wounded in a car-to-car shooting in South Los Angeles and then driven by his girlfriend to a spot near the USC campus has died.
LAPD officer Bruce Borihanh told KPCC that the man, identified by the Los Angeles County Coroner's office as 22-year-old Adrian Dawson, was pronounced dead Wednesday night. An autopsy is pending.
Wednesday's shooting — which police said appeared to be gang-related — was reported at 57th and Hoover at 10:42 a.m.
Dawson's girlfriend drove him to 36th and Vermont Avenue near the University of Southern California and later called paramedics, Borihanh confirmed with KPCC yesterday.
He was transported to the California Hospital Medical Center Wednesday, where he was later pronounced dead, said Coroner's assistant chief Ed Winter.
Shortly after the incident occurred, USC sent out an alert urging students to avoid Gate 6 on campus grounds. The shooting appeared to be unrelated to USC, and did not occur on campus or anywhere near the university, Borihanh told KPCC Wednesday.
The suspect was described as a male driving a late model gold Mercedes.
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