City attorney hydee feldstein soto… Figueroa street in los angeles hides a shocking reality behind its bustling traffic and city lights A mass shooting unfolded tuesday afternoon around 2:30 p.m Near south figueroa street and west manchester avenue in the four men and a woman between the ages of 19 and 35 were shot. Figueroa street, is situated along one of the state's most notorious prostitution tracks — figueroa corridor. A grand jury indicted 11 members and associates of the hoover criminal gang for sex trafficking children and adults along the figueroa corridor, according to the doj.
Today's operation is the first step in returning the figueroa corridor—long known as prostitution haven—back to its residents.
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