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Execution-style killing at LA Live rattles famed downtown venue, but life goes on

Crypto.com arena is a large part of L.A. Live entertainment center in downtown Los Angeles. An execution-style shooting occurred at a restaurant inside L.A. Live in late November 2023.

LOS ANGELES — Restaurant workers wiped tables and prepped menus at L.A. Live on Friday morning, readying for the typical weekend rush of concertgoers, diners and visitors at the downtown complex.

Visitors stopped to admire a Christmas tree in the center of an open-air ice rink, either unaware or unconcerned that a man had been gunned down inside one of the nearby restaurants three days earlier.

“I’ve seen people get beat up around here, but nothing like that,” said L.A. Live regular

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