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Hector Cervantes Jr., 31

Died May 24, 2008 at 1:30 a.m.

Hector Cervantes, a 31-year-old Latino man, was shot in a car-to-car shooting in the 6300 block of Stafford Avenue in Huntington Park at about 1 a.m. May 24th, and died about 30 minutes later at St. Francis hospital in Lynwood. Cervantes' attackers pursued him some distance, and he was struck several times by gunfire. He lost control of the wheel, and his car crashed, said Huntington Park Police Lt. Christopher Bonzer. The suspects are still at large.—Jill Leovy/LAT

6300 Stafford Ave.
 
 

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Updated: Jan. 24, 2010 at 9:46 p.m.

 
 

One reader comment about Hector Cervantes Jr.

Hector,

We went to middle and High school together and we was really good friends thru-out all those years, until I heard that you weren't with us anymore bro... that news shocked me very much and I was investigating if this was actually you, and saddly it was bro... I wish we would of still hung out with each other so we would have each others back like the old day...lol I miss you and love u and see you soon, when my time come...

P/S Trusty...

— Raymond
Nov. 2, 2011 at 3:14 p.m.

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