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Marine killed outside San Bernardino strip club identified

By Ruben Vives
 and Hailey Branson-Potts
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A 20-year-old Marine who was fatally shot outside a San Bernardino strip club Sunday has been identified.

The body of Douglas Rivas-Rauda of Twentynine Palms was found by police at 2:12 a.m. in the parking lot of Flesh Club Showgirls in the 100 block of W. Hospitality Lane, the San Bernardino County coroner’s department said in a statement. He was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.

San Bernardino Police Sgt. Vicky Cervantes said Rivas-Rauda was stationed at Twentynine Palms and was at the club with several other Marines.

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“There is no indication they were involved in any altercation,” she said, and the shooting remains under investigation.

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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.

Hailey Branson-Potts

Hailey Branson-Potts is an enterprise reporter on the State Team who joined the Los Angeles Times in 2011. She reports on a wide range of issues and people, with a special focus on Northern California and the Central Coast. She grew up in the small town of Perry, Okla., and graduated from the University of Oklahoma.

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