Just in: Suspect charged in murder of young mother

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LAPD Newton Dets. Richard Arciniega and Eric Spear have cleared the case of the murder of Karina Michel, 31, gunned down in front of her children in what may have been an attempted robbery at a taco stand in the 6200 block of Main Street, South-Central Los Angeles-Eastside, the evening of May 29.

Charged with murder in the case is Jason Martin, 18, a young black man who was already in custody on a probation violation and who hails from the neighborhood where Michel died.