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Jackie Vargas, 31

By Ruben VivesStaff Writer 
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Jackie Vargas, 31, a Latino man, was fatally shot in a car-to-car shooting in the 4100 block of Durfee Avenue in El Monte about 11:37 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29.

L.A. County Sheriff’s Department officials said Vargas was shot several times in the upper torso. He died at the scene. Authorities were searching for two Latino men in a White Ford F-150 pickup truck.

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Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call detectives fromt he L.A. County Sheriff’s homicide bureau at (323) 890-5500

-Ruben Vives/Los Angeles Times

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Ruben Vives

Ruben Vives is a general assignment reporter for the Los Angeles Times. A native of Guatemala, he got his start in journalism by writing for The Times’ Homicide Report in 2007. He helped uncover the financial corruption in the city of Bell that led to criminal charges against eight city officials. The 2010 investigative series won the Pulitzer Prize for public service and other prestigious awards.

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