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Lured by social media, 10 people shot at illegal LA New Year's party. 'So tragic'

Dozens of partygoers trickled onto an industrial street near where the 10 Freeway crosses the Los Angeles River shortly after midnight on Monday. Among them was Miah Banks, a 26-year-old hairstylist and mother of one from Azusa who eschewed her usual homebody nature to ring in the infant moments of 2024. "So many of our friends were inside the party and we weren't planning on going," said ...

Dozens of partygoers trickled onto an industrial street near where the 10 Freeway crosses the Los Angeles River shortly after midnight on Monday.

Among them was Miah Banks, a 26-year-old hairstylist and mother of one from Azusa who eschewed her usual homebody nature to ring in the infant moments of 2024.

"So many of our friends were inside the party and we weren't planning on going," said Lanise Harris, who accompanied Banks. "But we changed clothes and we got inside at 11:45."

The women had partied to

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