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COMPTON (CNS) - A 23-year-old man was charged today with murder for
allegedly running down a man with whom he had argued at a party in Lynwood.
Anthony Hernandez pleaded not guilty this afternoon in Compton Superior
Court to the slaying of Ivan Torres, 25, of Inglewood.
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The criminal complaint includes the allegation that Hernandez personally
used a deadly and dangerous weapon -- an automobile -- in the commission of
the crime.
Torres, 25, of Inglewood, was struck in the 11100 block of Linden Street, just north of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, at 3:53 a.m. Sunday, according to sheriff's Sgt. Pauline Panis.
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County fire paramedics took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced
dead.
Homicide detectives said Torres argued with Hernandez at a party at a house in the 11100 block of Linden Street. Hernandez allegedly got into his car later and deliberately ran down Torres, according to Panis.
Hernandez was jailed on $1 million bail while awaiting his next court date Nov. 13.
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