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>>> AND GOOD EVENING.
I’M KATHY VARA.
CHUCK IS OFF TONIGHT.
>> AND I’M CAROLYN JOHNSON.
WE’RE ALSO STREAMING RIGHT NOW
ON ROKU, FIRE TV AND APPLE TV.
AND WE ARE FOLLOWING THAT BREAKING NEWS FOR YOU IN SOUTH
L.A. WHERE A MAN DIED AFTER A
SHOOTING NEAR AN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL. INVESTIGATORS TELL US THAT MAN
WAS TRYING TO BUY A CAR WHEN HE
WAS ROBBED AND FOUGHT BACK.
NBC 4’S ROBERT KOVACIK IS LIVE
FOR US WITH THE LATEST. >> Reporter: CAROLYN AND KATHY
WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN SOUTH L.A.
JUST AFTER AFTERNOON TODAY WAS A MAN WHO WAS MURDERED IN FRONT OF
HIS FAMILY.
THEY SAW IT AND PERHAPS MANY
MORE SAW IT AS WELL.
CHILDREN, THE CHILDREN AT THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JUST UP THE
STREET.
AND AS YOU SEE THE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL IN THE BACKGROUND YOU CAN
SEE NOW JUST HOW CLOSE THEY WERE
TO WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
THAT IS THE THE CAR IN QUESTION, THAT RED TOYOTA.
THAT IS THE CAR THE L.A.
SHERIFF’S HOMICIDE DETECTIVES DESCRIBE AS A HARDWORKING MAN
WHO ARRIVED HERE WITH HIS FAMILY AFTER THIS CAR WAS ADVERTISED ON
SOME TYPE OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO
PERHAPS PURCHASE THAT CAR, AND
THERE HE WAS MET BY THREE MEN
WHO DEMANDED THE CASH THAT HE
WAS GOING TO GIVE THEM.
HE REFUSED TO GIVE THEM THAT
CASH, AND THAT IS WHEN THEY SHOT HIM.
AGAIN, HIS RELATIVES WERE RIGHT
THERE TO SEE IT. >> HE CAME HERE WITH HIS WIFE,
HIS DAUGHTER AND A GRANDCHILD.
AND HIS PURPOSE WAS TO PURCHASE
THAT CAR.
WE’VE SINCE LEARNED THAT CAR WAS
REPORTED STOLEN FROM A NEARBY
JURISDICTION, APPARENTLY DIDN’T
BELONG TO THE PEOPLE THAT LURED
HIM HERE. >> Reporter: THIS IS VIDEO OF
NEWS CHOPPER 4 OVERHEAD
IMMEDIATELY AFTER, AND THEN THIS STORY GETS EVEN WORSE.
SOMEONE RAN OVER THE MAN AS HE WAS LYING IN THE STREET AFTER HE
WAS APPARENTLY SHOT ONCE.
AS FOR THE CHILDREN IN THE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, NBC 4 REACHED
OUT TO LAUSD.
WE’VE HEARD BACK FROM SCHOOL POLICE TONIGHT.
THEY TELL US THAT COUNSELING
WILL BE PROVIDED TO ANY OF THE
CHILDREN WHO PERHAPS WITNESSED
THIS. AND AS WE TAKE A LOOK HERE AGAIN
AT THE STOLEN CAR, WE SPOKE JUST
A SHORT TIME AGO AT A NEIGHBOR
WHO HEARD WHAT HAPPENED, AND
WHEN WE SEE YOU TONIGHT AT 7:00,
THERE IS AN INTERESTING TWIST
THAT HAS TO DO WITH THIS CAR
THAT THEY TRIED TO SELL.
WE’LL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT TONIGHT AT 7:00.
FOR NOW WE’RE LIVE IN SOUTH L.A.