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Photos: Tension between two gangs

Police officers from the 77th Street Division look over a crime scene after a shooting near the corner of Western Avenue and Century Boulevard, near the two gangs' territories.

Police officers from the 77th Street Division look over a crime scene after a shooting near the corner of Western Avenue and Century Boulevard, near the two gangs’ territories.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

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Sgt. Dan Horan of the 77th Street Division looks at the memorial set up for 13-year-old Daquawn Allen, who was shot and killed on Broadway after he'd gone to a swap meet to buy balloons, according to his grandmother.

Sgt. Dan Horan of the 77th Street Division looks at the memorial set up for 13-year-old Daquawn Allen, who was shot and killed on Broadway after he’d gone to a swap meet to buy balloons, according to his grandmother.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Horan can't devote all of his time to policing the gangs. Here, a woman he is interviewing is overcome with grief after a man allegedly threw a bottle of beer at her car. The woman asked that she not be identified.

Horan can’t devote all of his time to policing the gangs. Here, a woman he is interviewing is overcome with grief after a man allegedly threw a bottle of beer at her car. The woman asked that she not be identified.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Sgt. Dan Horan on patrol. Considerable progress has been made in combating gang violence. But in July and August, the homicide rate in four LAPD districts that cover the bulk of South Los Angeles was double what it was at the beginning of the year.

Sgt. Dan Horan on patrol. Considerable progress has been made in combating gang violence. But in July and August, the homicide rate in four LAPD districts that cover the bulk of South Los Angeles was double what it was at the beginning of the year.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Robbie Warren, center, a founder of Advocates for Peace and Urban Unity, a community group that works to quell gang violence in a large area of South Los Angeles, looks over crime statistics with Tudy Flowers, left, and another resident who asked not to be identified.

Robbie Warren, center, a founder of Advocates for Peace and Urban Unity, a community group that works to quell gang violence in a large area of South Los Angeles, looks over crime statistics with Tudy Flowers, left, and another resident who asked not to be identified.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

The LAPD says a feud between the Main Street Crips and a "set" of the Hoover Criminals has left three people dead, including a seventh-grader gunned down on Broadway, the loose border between the two gangs. Sgt. Dan Horan, shown patrolling the area, helps supervise anti-gang operations

The LAPD says a feud between the Main Street Crips and a “set” of the Hoover Criminals has left three people dead, including a seventh-grader gunned down on Broadway, the loose border between the two gangs. Sgt. Dan Horan, shown patrolling the area, helps supervise anti-gang operations  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

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