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From the Los Angeles Times of October 4, 2004

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Guard Kills 2 Men in Car Outside Silver Lake Nightclub



A security guard shot and killed two men sitting in a car outside a Silver Lake nightclub early Sunday after one of the occupants allegedly pointed a gun at him when he asked repeatedly that they move their vehicle, police said.



The shooting occurred shortly after 2 a.m. in the parking lot of Los Globos Nightclub in the 3000 block of West Sunset Boulevard, according to detectives at the Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart Division.



The incident began when the security guard, who had not been charged with a crime and whose name was not released, asked the driver of a black Nissan Altima to move his car, police said. He did not, and when the guard asked a second time, one of three men in the car pointed a handgun at the guard, police said.



"The security guard removed his firearm and fired twice, striking both victims," a police report states.



The driver of the car, Jose Manuel Martinez, 27, drove to a Chevron station nearly four miles away and called police, according to the report.



One of the victims was pronounced dead at the gas station. The other was pronounced dead at County-USC Medical Center. Both men were shot in the upper torso, police said. Their names were not released.



Because he was allegedly involved in a crime that resulted in two deaths, the driver was being held on suspicion of murder, police said.