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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
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More Lamar...on the noir side of the street...
Murder in front of 663 Lamar Street, 30 May 1952.
Murder scene; Body of Fernando Reyes -- 17 years (shot and killed in street brawl) of 1726 1/2 Clover Street; "Choppie" Reyes (brother of dead boy); Louis Barrera -- 17 years (friend of Reyes); William Humm (Deputy); Don Joseph (Deputy); Detective T.F. McGovern. Boy walking around officer on far left is Louis Barrera, 17. Shows murder scene, where Fernando Reyes lies dead".
‘Choppie’? Your kid comes home with a nickname like ‘Choppie’ and you’ve got to know there’s trouble brewing. Lamar Street, east of the river in a tough part of town. But maybe they’re all tough parts of town.
USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961