A man was shot and killed in front of his sister early Monday on a Hawthorne sidewalk, authorities said.
The man was standing on the sidewalk with his sister on the 11900 block of York Avenue in Hawthorne near York Elementary School when two men confronted the siblings, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
The two men were making comments about the woman, neighbors said. After the man defended his sister, one of the attackers pulled out a handgun and opened fire.
Both attackers jumped into a car and fled south on York Avenue, deputies said.
The man was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, deputies said.
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