An angry crowd confronted deputy sheriffs who shot to death a 28-year-old man at a park near Watts, authorities said. Police said the man was armed, but witnesses denied that.

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The death Monday, one of several recent fatalities involving the sheriff's department, heightened tensions in the largely black neighborhood. One of them involved an unarmed 15-year-old boy.

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