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COMPTON — Activists continue to put pressure on the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to release the autopsy hold on 18-year-old Andres Guardado who was shot and killed in an unincorporated area near Gardena June 18. The deputy involved in the shooting works out of the Compton Sheriff’s Station, according to Sheriff Alex Villanueva, and Read More...

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