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Crime Scene: Two Men Shot in South Park, Chesterfield Square ~ Nash Baker Reports

12:21 AM PST on December 20, 2018

[dropcap size=big]A[/dropcap] man in his 40s was shot and killed in South Park, and a second man in his mid-20s was critically wounded in a drive by in Chesterfield Square on a violent Monday night in South Los Angeles.

The unidentified man in his 40s was killed near the corner of Avalon and 50th. He was shot multiple times in the head. Hours later, the younger man was critically injured in a drive-by shooting on the corner of Cimarron and 66th streets.

RELATED: ‘Mom, I Just Killed Somebody’: Man Kills Girlfriend and Shoots His Own Family in Watts

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Nash Baker is a crime scene videographer and regular contributor to L.A. Taco.

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