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New book explores high homicide rate: L.A. Times’ reporter Jill Leovy investigates the high proportion of Black males killed in South L.A. and around the country in her new book “Ghettoside.” (New York Times)
Baron Davis crowdfunds for documentary: Former Clipper Baron Davis seeks to raise $100,000 through Indiegogo to fund a documentary on the “Drew League,” a basketball league started at South L.A.’s Charles Drew Jr. High School in 1973. (L.A. Times)
Reward offered for information on stabbing death: A $50K reward is being offered for information on the case of a 62-year-old woman who was attacked on her way home from the grocery store. (NBC)
Second mistrial in Halloween killing: A jury deadlocked on the case of a reputed gang member charged with killing a 5-year-old boy in South L.A. on Halloween in 2010. (San Luis Obispo Tribune)
Man shot in foot: A man was shot in the foot in a confrontation with LAPD officers in Vermont Square on Tuesday. (L.A. Times)
1 shot, 1 killed in drive-by: An 18-year-old was killed and another wounded in a drive-by shooting near 68th Street and Denker Avenue on Wednesday. (NBC)
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