Luz Lara and her family frequently complained to city officials about the graffiti marring the wall surrounding their Compton home. Her son, Juan Lara, would often paint over the tagging, which she ...

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COMPTON — Sheriff’s homicide detectives searched today for a gunman and an accomplice blamed for the shooting death of a boy who was spray-painting over gang graffiti in his Compton neighborhood. Two ...

COMPTON (CBSLA.com) — Sheriff's homicide detectives are searching for a gunman and his accomplice in the fatal shooting of a boy who was spray-painting over gang graffiti in his Compton neighborhood.

COMPTON — The coroner’s office today identified a teenager who was shot dead while spray-painting over gang graffiti in his Compton neighborhood, but the assailants remained at large. Two suspects ...