Westmont community in South L.A.
Resident Herbert Baker brings a bouquet of roses to the memorial site for Carnell Snell Jr.
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Two children walk along Western Avenue in the unincorporated neighborhood of Westmont near where Carnell Snell Jr., 18, was killed by Los Angeles Police Department officers Saturday.
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“It’s a shame that his life ended at 18 years old,” said Carlena Hall, center, Carnell Snell Jr.’s great-aunt. With Hall are Snell’s sister Tranell Snell, 17, left, and his aunt Debbie Washington.
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Mike Miller sits amid dozens of candles that mark the house where Carnell Snell Jr. was fatally shot.
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Carl Winzer lights candles at the scene where 18-year-old Carnell Snell Jr. was killed.
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Five bullet holes pierce a screened gate where Carnell Snell Jr. was killed.
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A “Carnell’s Life Mattered” sign is attached to a stop sign at the corner of 107th Street and Western Avenue near the location where Carnell Snell Jr. was killed.
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Resident Steve Vaden, 62, says he saw Carnell Snell Jr. and another man exit a vehicle, which had been reported stolen, on Western Avenue before Snell was killed by LAPD.
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Westmont resident Toni McCaleb said she plans to move out of the neighborhood since Saturday’s shooting of Carnell Snell Jr.
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