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Police Killing

The family of the late Paul Rea, who was 18, claim L.A. County sheriff’s Office Hector Saavedra-Soto shot him to death, in the back, as Rea ran away from him after a traffic stop, then harassed his family with co-defendant Office Argelia Huerta, and that both are members of a “deputy gang” called the Banditos, in federal court.

LOS ANGELES — L.A. County sheriff’s officer Hector Saavedra-Soto fatally shot 18-year-old Paul Rea in the back, as Rea ran away from him after a traffic stop, then harassed his family with co-defendant officer Argelia Huerta, Rea's family claims in a federal complaint, adding that both are members of a “deputy gang” called the Banditos,

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