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Grieving family members

Magdalena Garcia hugs an employee of Chips Restaurant in Hawthorne, where her slain brother Filimon Lamas was a co-owner. A news conference at the restaurant announced a fund that had been set up for relatives of the victims in Saturday's shooting, blamed on a tenant who was being evicted.

Magdalena Garcia hugs an employee of Chips Restaurant in Hawthorne, where her slain brother Filimon Lamas was a co-owner. A news conference at the restaurant announced a fund that had been set up for relatives of the victims in Saturday’s shooting, blamed on a tenant who was being evicted.   (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times)

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Grieving family members gathered outside the 1950s Chips diner in Hawthorne to remember Filimon Lamas, 33, and his 4-year-old son, who were killed in a weekend rampage in which five members of the Inglewood family were shot by a masked gunman believed to be wearing body armor. Read Angel Jennings’ article: Funds set up for survivors of slain Inglewood father and son

Hug at the press conference

Rodrigo Lamas, right, holds Alicia Lamas, left, during a news conference in front of Chips Restaurant. They are siblings of Filimon Lamas, who was shot and killed Saturday in Inglewood.   (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times)

Grieving

Filimon Lamas’ sister Magdalena Garcia, left; mother, Marciana Gonzalez Lamas, middle; and sister Alicia Lamas, right, embrace as they walk to a news conference to announce a fund for relatives of the shooting victims.   (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times)

Mourning the death

Marciana Gonzalez Lamas, mother of Filimon Lamas, mourns as she is surrounded by family at the entrance of Chips Restaurant.   (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times)

Holding a photograph

Family members gather as Hawthorne police announce the creation of a fund to benefit members of the Lamas and Jimenez families in the wake of a shooting early Saturday. Emma Lamas, right, holds a photo during a press conference in front of Chips Restaurant.   (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times)

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