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The Region - News from Jan. 2, 1985

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A weeklong dispute between several acquaintances at the Nickerson Gardens housing project erupted in gunfire that left a 34-year-old man dead, Los Angeles police reported. Daniel Blakes was killed outside one of the apartment units where one of three men he had been arguing with allegedly fired a shotgun at him, Detective Jeannie Rhodes said. Arrested on suspicion of murder was Frederick Johnson 28. Two other men were being sought.

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