Security Guard Fatally Shot at Nightclub Door
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A nightclub security guard was killed late Friday after an altercation with a group of men who tried to enter the club without identification, the Sheriff’s Department said.
Lloyd Gadlin, 39, of Los Angeles was working the door at Jeftys Nightclub in the 12800 block of Avalon Boulevard when the group approached just after 11 p.m., said Sheriff’s Deputy Luis Castro.
An argument ensued and one of the men shot Gadlin in the upper torso, Castro said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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