Lincoln Heights: Man, 30, shot while leaving party

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Mark Porter, a 30-year-old black man, was shot while leaving a party on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, in the 2600 block of Lacy Street in Lincoln Heights, according to coroner’s records.

Porter was leaving a party with three friends at 2 a.m. when an unknown person opened fire on the group, according to a press release from the Los Angeles Police Department.

The three people he was with were shot but survived their injuries, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Hollenbeck homicide Det. Robert Farias at (323) 526-3680.

-- Anthony Pesce