Camp Pendleton Marine dies 3 days after being shot, left for dead in South LA
LOS ANGELES _ A 19-year-old Marine from Camp Pendleton who was shot this weekend while visiting friends and family in South Los Angeles died Monday night, coroner's officials said.
Carlos Segovia died at 8 p.m. at California Hospital Medical Center, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner. Segovia had been hospitalized in grave condition since the weekend.
He was found at 11:35 p.m. Friday slumped over and unconscious in a Dodge Charger in the 2100 block of 31st Street, according to Capt. Peter Whittingham of the Los Angeles Police Department.
The Marine left the military base near San Diego on Friday. He had just visited his girlfriend that night and was preparing to drive to the home of Claudia Perez, a family friend, when he was struck by gunfire.
Perez said Segovia was like her child and he usually stayed at her home when he visited the area.
"He texted my son that he was bringing pizza home," she said. "He never made it."
No suspect has been identified in the shooting. Police said Segovia has no connections to gangs or other activity that would seem to make him a likely target of gun violence.
_Los Angeles Times
