Video: Man Killed While Shopping for Valentine’s Day in South L.A. ~ Nash Baker Reports

9:47 AM PST on February 15, 2019

[dropcap size=big]A[/dropcap] man was shot and killed outside a store in South Los Angeles, where he was buying Valentine's Day items, according to witnesses. The shooting occurred around 7 pm at the intersection of Florence and Normandie. According to the man's family members who were at the scene, he had just gone into the store to buy some last-minute Valentine's Day items and was shot during a robbery attempt.

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