Antonio Cervantes, 40

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Antonio Cervantes, a 40-year-old Latino man, was mortally wounded in a shooting in the 1300 block of East 62nd Street in Florence about 11:25 p.m. Wednesday, April 2. According to the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, Cervantes was riding a motorized Go-Kart westbound on East 62nd Street when a light-colored van drove up behind him and a person inside shot Cervantes in head. He was taken to a local hospital, where he died at 10 a.m. Friday, April 4.