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Mother allegedly shoots her two children

An LAPD officer stands on the balcony of an apartment complex where a mother was arrested after 5-year-old boy was found shot dead and his brother injured in South Los Angeles today. The complex is in the 7200 block of South Gramercy Place.

An LAPD officer stands on the balcony of an apartment complex where a mother was arrested after 5-year-old boy was found shot dead and his brother injured in South Los Angeles today. The complex is in the 7200 block of South Gramercy Place.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Brother

Ben Dixon, brother of the mother who allegedly shot her two children, speaks with police near the apartment where the shooting took place.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Neighbor

Sandra Jones stands inside the crime scene tape as she speaks to a reporter about her neighbor, a mother who was arrested after allegedly shooting her 5-year-old son to death and wounding his 1-year-old brother.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

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