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Man Stabbed to Death in Compton Identified as Lynwood Resident

The 24-year-old was stabbed on Saturday morning.

A man stabbed to death in Compton was identified Monday as a Lynwood resident.

Angel Ortega was 24 years old, Los Angeles County coroner's Investigator
Elissa Fleak said.

The stabbing occurred at 3:30 a.m. Saturday in the area of East Myrrh
Street and South Atlantic Avenue, said Deputy Guillermina Saldana. Ortega was pronounced dead at the scene, she said.

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No information on who killed Ortega was immediately released.

-City News Service

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