[dropcap size=big]A[/dropcap]&nbsp;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…

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