Athens: Unidentified man is found shot in carport

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An unidentified black man was shot to death in a carport in the 1000 block of 110th Street at 10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, and police have no suspects, said Deputy Ed Hernandez of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities said the fatal shooting is the latest incident in what has turned out to be a violent and deadly summer for Athens, an unincorporated district of Los Angeles County.

On Friday night, a 12-year-old girl and a 19-year-old former student were shot multiple times in a parking lot of the gym at Washington Preparatory High School in Athens after a football game, officials said. Both victims, who were not identified, survived. Four people were arrested in the shooting, which was believed to be gang-related, said Det. Steve Pratt of the Sheriff’s Department.

In August, three men, Jose Alfredo Farias, 24, his brother Victor Manuel Farias, 25, and Vidal Hernandez Rebolledo, 23, were fatally shot at Imperial Highway and Western Avenue in the Athens-Westmont area, according to the Sheriff’s Department. A few weeks later, Henry Watts, 28, was shot multiple times in the 1200 block of West 120th Street near Vermont Avenue, Sheriff’s Department officials said. He died the next day in a hospital.

In July, Kimberly Bonds, 19, was fatally shot in the 13000 block of S. San Pedro Street in Athens Village. The same month, Adiel Quezada, 17, was found dead in a parking lot near an Athens market. He had been shot several times outside the store in the 13800 block of Avalon Boulevard, authorities said.

In June, Emitt Love Jr., 25, was found shot to death at a bus stop near Century Boulevard and Vermont Avenue in Athens. Anyone with information about any of the shootings is asked to call Sheriff’s Department homicide detectives at (323) 890-5500.

—Francisco Vara-Orta