Kevin Baker, 23

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Kevin Baker, 23, a black man, was shot multiple times in an apartment at 38002 N. 15th St. in Palmdale. His time of death was listed as 1:45 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 7.

Baker had been feuding with an acquaintance, Trabeon Long--also a 23-year-old black man. The feud dated back to an old quarrel over a woman, detectives said.

On this particular night, the feud escalated into a fistfight in the common area of an apartment building. Baker took a hard punch, and went inside. Long also retreated to his apartment. Shortly after, just passed midnight, Baker went looking for Long again, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Dave Coleman. Baker knocked on Long’s door. Long answered with a gun in his hand. He told Baker to go away. Baker remained. Long then shot him, Coleman said. Baker died shortly after. Prosecutors are weighing what, if any, charges will result.