Euhenio Santos, 37

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Euhenio Santos, 37, a Latino man, was found dead at 22nd and Alameda streets in South-Central Los Angeles about 3 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 31.

Los Angeles Police Department officials said a man flagged down police officers who were driving by the area and told officers he had found the body of a man. Officer Karen Smith of the LAPD’s media relations office said the man appeared to have died from blunt-force trauma to the head. Paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene.

On Monday, Sept. 1, Lt. John Kades of the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office said the man’s death was being investigated as a homicide. Kades said the man died from a gunshot wound to the mouth and neck. Kades said the man was found lying on the street. He said the man’s name and age has not been released, pending next of kin.

-Ruben Vives/Los Angeles Times