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Gabriel Soto

Case from East-los-angeles, CA dated May 25, 2013

Victim Details

Gabriel Soto

Male

Hispanic / Latino

East-los-angeles

CA

2013-05-25

21

Gabriel

Soto

07/13/2026

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Gabriel Soto, a 21-year-old former Garfield High School football player, was tragically shot and killed on May 25, 2013, in East Los Angeles. Soto was attending a party with friends in a garage on South McDonnell Avenue when a man approached and opened fire. The shooting occurred around 3 a.m., and Soto was one of two individuals struck by the gunfire. He was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 4:18 a.m. The other victim sustained a gunshot wound to the leg but survived. So ...
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