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1 Dead, 2 Wounded In Compton Shooting

COMPTON (CBS)  — One man was killed and two others were wounded Saturday in a shooting in Compton, sheriff's officials said.

The shooting was reported at 5:40 p.m. at the intersection of NorthGrape Avenue and Nord Street, said Deputy Robert Boese of the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau.

All three victims were taken to a hospital where one, an 18-year-old man, succumbed to his wounds. The conditions of the other two victims was not known, Boese said.

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