Man killed in gang-related El Sereno shooting identified

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El SERENO (CNS) - The County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner's Office Sunday identified a man who was shot to death during a gang-related shooting that left another man wounded.

The decedent was identified as Luis Lopez-Flores, 25, of Los Angeles, according to the agency.

Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department were called at 7:58 p.m. Thursday to Beryl Street and Mercury Avenue near the Rose Hill Recreation Center regarding a shots fired call where they learned an 18-year-old man had been shot and Lopez-Flores was involved in a car crash, an LAPD spokeswoman told City News Service.

Lopez-Flores, who had been shot before crashing the vehicle he was driving, died at the scene.

The 18-year-old man was taken to a hospital in stable condition and did not cooperate with officers, police said.

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