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Man found shot to death inside South L.A. laundromat, police say

Los Angeles police descended on a laundromat in the 7300 block of South Figueroa Street on Saturday morning after a man in his 50s was found shot to death there, authorities say.

Los Angeles police descended on a laundromat in the 7300 block of South Figueroa Street on Saturday morning after a man in his 50s was found shot to death there, authorities say.

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Los Angeles police on Saturday morning were investigating an apparent homicide after a man was found dead inside a South Los Angeles laundromat with a gunshot wound to his head.

Police received a 911 call about 12:25 a.m. regarding a person inside the laundromat in the 7300 block of South Figueroa Street, Detective Eric Crosson of the Los Angeles Police Department said.

The unidentified victim, described as a man in his 50s, was declared dead at the scene, Crosson said.

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Crosson said the man was an employee of the laundromat, and it appeared that robbery was the motive for the shooting.

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No information about a suspect was available, and detectives with LAPD’s 77th Street Station were seeking information from the public.

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