Long Beach: David Mam, 17
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David Mam, a 17-year-old Asian youth, was shot several times and killed on Saturday, May 23, in the 1000 block of Hill Street in Long Beach, according authorities.
Long Beach police responded to a call about shots fired at about 10:45 p.m. They discovered Mam dead and another man injured.
Witnesses told police that Mam was standing with a group of people when a car drove up and a passenger fired several times into the group. The wounded man, whose name was not released, is a 19-year old white man from Signal Hill, police said.
The Long Beach Press-Telegram reported that Mam was a member of an Asian gang in Long Beach and may have been killed by a rival gang member.
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