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Man shot to death at South L.A. gas station identified

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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Authorities Monday identified a man who was shot to death as he sat in a vehicle at a gas station in the Vermont Knolls area of Los Angeles.

The shooting was reported at 11:08 p.m. Sunday in the 8500 block of South Hoover Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.


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Marquette Deon Scott Jr., 32, died at the scene, according to the LAPD and the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner.

Video evidence showed two suspects approach in a vehicle then stop and get out, open fire and return to the vehicle and drive away from the scene, police said.

A news videographer at the scene said the victim was inside a vehicle parked at the Sinclair gas station at the northeast corner of Hoover Street and Manchester Avenue.

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