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Man Shot Near Staples Center Box Office Before Game

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A 19-year-old man shot in front of the Staples Center box office Tuesday afternoon may have been trying to sell tickets to the Lakers-76ers game, police said.

The shooting at 1111 S. Figueroa St. was reported at 3:14 p.m., said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department. The victim, whose name was not released, was in serious but stable condition late Tuesday night with a wound in the torso.

Los Angeles police Officer Jason Lee said the man “may have possibly been a scalper.”

Police detained several people for questioning, Lee said, but no one had been arrested.

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