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Shooting in Boyle Heights leaves one dead, two wounded

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A man was killed and two people were wounded in a suspected gang-related shooting early Thursday in Boyle Heights, police said.

Los Angeles police responded to a report of a shooting in the 1600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue at 1:07 a.m., said LAPD Detective Ross Nemeroff.

The victims, who have not been identified, were taken to hospitals where one man died and a woman was treated for a wound to her leg, Nemeroff said. The third victim was in stable condition.

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Detectives from the Hollenbeck Division are investigating the shooting as gang related, Nemeroff said.

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