Nathan Solis/Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES The streets were slick with rain in northwest Pasadena when Jamal Patterson went to watch “Monday Night Football” at his mother’s house last October.
The 24-year-old was sitting in a car with two other men across the street from his moth
By Nathan Solis The streets were slick with rain in northwest Pasadena when Jamal Patterson went to watch “Monday Night Football” at his mother’s house last October. The 24-year-old was sitting in a car with two other men across the street from his mother’s home after the game when someone shot into the car. Patterson […]
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