Herberth Hernandez, 22

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Herberth Hernandez, 22, a Latino man, was shot through the head as he was driving in the 7400 block of South San Pedro Street in South-Central Los Angeles, and died at 12:20 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21.

He was a construction worker, just leaving his girlfriend’s house to go home, detectives said. Hernandez was hit by a bullet, which entered behind his ear and exited his brow, and he lost control of his car. The car flipped over and crashed. The 911 call came in to police as a traffic accident. Only after officers arrived did they realize Hernandez had been shot.