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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated September 6, 1961 partially reads, "A screaming woman was dragged from her car today and shot to death on a North Hollywood back street by a man who critically wounded himself with the same gun. Mrs. Dorothy Connally, 44, was pronounced dead on arrival at Sun Valley Receiving Hospital. Police said her assailant, Homer Winegarner, 50, was in critical condition at General Hospital from a bullet wound near his heart. The shootings occurred about 6:35 a.m. in the 7200 block of Hinds avenue." Photograph caption reads, "Officers, attendants check bodies sprawled in North Hollywood street. Homer Winegarner apparently wounds himself after slaying Dorothy Connally."; See image #00126533 for additional photo in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Police--California--Los Angeles Murder--Investigation--California--Los Angeles Dead persons--California--Los Angeles Murder victims--California--Los Angeles Murderers--California--Los Angeles Firearms--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) Electric lines--Poles and towers Hinds Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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