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Person Shot To Death Near LAPD Station

LOS ANGELES (CBS) —  A person was shot to death Sunday afternoon near a Los Angeles police station.

The fatal shooting was reported at 2:40 p.m. in the 200 block of West 78th Street, Officer Cleon Joseph of the Los Angeles Police Department said.

Few details about the murder were made available.

"All we know right now is there was a shooting and they are working a homicide," Joseph said.

It was unknown whether the victim was taken to a hospital or pronounced dead at the scene.

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