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Death of Nipsey Hussle continues to loom over Los Angeles community, Utah Jazz players a week later

Eric Woodyard, Deseret News

A large mural of Nipsey Hussle is being finished near his Marathon Clothing store in Los Angeles on Sunday, April 7, 2019. He was shot and killed at age 33 on March 31, 2019.

LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of fans gathered on Slauson Avenue to form a single file line to pay respect for a city legend early Sunday.

Thirty at a time were allowed to enter a parking lot where tragedy recently struck.

All this was happening while a large mural was being completed in the late rapper Nipsey Hussle’s likeness, cellphone photos were being captured and a plethora of items were being left out front of his Marathon Clothing store where he was fatally shot and killed exactly one week ago.