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2 Fathers Found Shot Dead Inside Car Riddled With Bullets in South LA

Two men were found shot dead Sunday morning inside a car in South Los Angeles.

The victims were found at around 8:05 a.m. in a green Mitsubishi in the area of 89th Street and Grand Avenue, said Officer Drake Madison of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section.

Family told NBCLA that one of the victims was a popular barber in the area and father to four children, while the other man killed had a son.

"I've been crying all day," Jimmy John, who identified himself as one of the victim's cousins, said. "It's messed up--super messed up. They don't have any enemies like that...they were taking care of their kids."

Family identified the vicitms as Eric Allen Jones and Billy Blunt.

Police did not release any further information.

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