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Armando Lara

Case from Hawthorne, CA dated Oct 17, 2025

Victim Details

Armando Lara

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Hawthorne

CA

2025-10-17

32

Armando

Lara

07/16/2026

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Armando Lara, 32, a Latino male, was gunned down on a Hawthorne street on October 17, 2025. He was found near the intersection of West 118th Street and Prairie Avenue in the mid-afternoon, and first responders could not save him. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner identified Lara and ruled the death a homicide caused by a gunshot wound to the chest.

Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau were called in to assist Hawthorne police and began canvass ...
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