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Community mourns teen fatally shot near Rockwood Street

A community is mourning the loss of a beloved Mount Eden teen after he was shot in the head and killed late Saturday night. Police say Joseph Jimenez, 19, was most likely mistaken for someone else

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Oct 17, 2016, 1:52 AM

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