UPDATE: See editor's note below.

By Ryan Deto

A 43-year-old Latino man was shot multiples times on January 28 in the 4400 block of South Towne Avenue. Martin Valdovinos was taken downtown to California Hospital Medical Center and was pronounced dead at 10:05 p.m., according to coroner's records.

The Los Angeles Times reported Valdovinos was shot during a “drug deal gone wrong” and later confirmed that he was the person selling drugs.

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Editor's note: This story was edited three years after publication, in 2014, to remove a photo and some tangential information that ultimately proved unrelated to the crime. We regret the errors.

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