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🌱 How a nearby shooting highlights gun violence around La Puente

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  • How a nearby shooting highlights gun violence around La Puente

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• Man Wounded in Shooting Near La Puente (newsbreak.com) — A man was recently wounded in a shooting near La Puente, adding to a pattern of gunfire incidents affecting nearby South San Jose Hills and surrounding communities. The report explains how California law treats shooting into homes or from vehicles, and notes that sheriff's deputies from Industry Station patrol La Puente and adjacent neighborhoods where these incidents have occurred.
   

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