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Ice Cream Vendor Is Shot Dead on Street

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From Times Staff Wire Reports

An ice cream vendor was fatally shot Saturday afternoon in an apparent attempted robbery, police said.

The 63-year-old vendor was pushing his cart along the 200 block of East 56th Street about 1 p.m. when a man and two teenage girls approached, according to Los Angeles Police Officer Jason Lee.

The man pulled a gun and shot the vendor in the chest. He was taken to California Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, Lee said.

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The assailants fled in a light blue or gray Ford Tempo. No money was taken.

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