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LOS ANGELES -- A juvenile is under arrest in connection with the death of an anti-gang activist who was killed during a confronted by a tagger in the Mid-City area.
Police say the victim, Ronald "Looney" Barron, was killed Sunday after he left a bar in central Los Angeles and noticed the boy defacing a wall.
Police say Barron confronted the tagger, who shot the 40-year-old multiple times.
He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Police would not release the name of the suspect due to his age.
They say he is not a gang member, but is a known tagger.
His age was not immediately released.
A former member of the Mansfield Crips, Barron worked for the past decade for Amer-I-Can, which runs a program in which former gangsters counsel youth to avoid crime and violence.
Amer-I-Can, a program funded by Football Hall of Fame member Jim Brown, is well known for its gang outreach work in the Los Angeles County jails.
Police say the victim, Ronald "Looney" Barron, was killed Sunday after he left a bar in central Los Angeles and noticed the boy defacing a wall.
Police say Barron confronted the tagger, who shot the 40-year-old multiple times.
He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Police would not release the name of the suspect due to his age.
They say he is not a gang member, but is a known tagger.
His age was not immediately released.
A former member of the Mansfield Crips, Barron worked for the past decade for Amer-I-Can, which runs a program in which former gangsters counsel youth to avoid crime and violence.
Amer-I-Can, a program funded by Football Hall of Fame member Jim Brown, is well known for its gang outreach work in the Los Angeles County jails.
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