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Mayor Of Bell Gardens Dead After Dispute With Wife

Niki Hashemi |
September 30, 2014 | 6:43 p.m. PDT

Web Producer

Mayor Crespo was elected to office in 2001 (Twitter/@The_News_DIVA).
Mayor Crespo was elected to office in 2001 (Twitter/@The_News_DIVA).
On Tuesday afternoon, Mayor Daniel Crespo of Bell Gardens was fatally shot after a dispute with his wife, Levette Crespo.

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County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Steve Jauch said that Crespo’s 19-year-old son tried to intervene in an argument between the couple before the mayor suffered from several gunshot wounds to the torso. Mayor Crespo’s wife has been detained.

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