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Devante Mendez

Case from Los-angeles, CA dated Oct 03, 2018

Victim Details

Devante Mendez

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Los-angeles

CA

2018-10-03

24

Devante

Mendez

07/16/2026

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Devante Mendez, a 24-year-old man from Los Angeles, was tragically shot and killed on October 3, 2018. The incident occurred around 12:30 p.m. in the 5300 block of South Figueroa Street in the Vermont Square neighborhood. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, Mendez was standing on the sidewalk when a vehicle, described as a light-colored sedan, approached him. A person in the back passenger seat of the vehicle opened fire, striking Mendez. The vehicle then fled north on South ...
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