A 20-year-old man died on Sunday, Aug. 16, two days after police say he was shot while driving his car in the Cambodia Town neighborhood of Long Beach, authorities said.
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Police initially were called to the area of 12th Street and Lewis Avenue just before 7:30 p.m. Friday on a report of a shooting. They found Cori Michael Scales of Long Beach inside a car that had crashed into an Edison pole, police said.
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Scales had a gunshot wound and detectives learned he had been shot while he was driving, police said. Officers helped him until paramedics arrived and took Scales to a hospital.
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The suspect, or suspects, fled before officers arrived, police said.