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Jesse James Romero
United States · Aged 14 · Died 08/09/2016
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Romero was shot and killed by police in Boyle Heights. He was suspected of writing gang-style graffiti in the area before he bolted from officers and fired a gun at them, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
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