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Protesters gather in Los Angeles over fatal police shooting

Los Angeles Police officers stop their patrol vehicle to speak to neighbors and members of the community gathered around a makeshift memorial outside a residence on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. Officers shot and killed Carnell Snell Jr. in south Los Angeles on Saturday at the end of a car chase, sparking a protest by several dozen people angered by another fatal police shooting of a black man. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Los Angeles Police officers stop their patrol vehicle to speak to neighbors and members of the community gathered around a makeshift memorial outside a residence on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. Officers shot and killed Carnell Snell Jr. in south Los Angeles on Saturday at the end of a car chase, sparking a protest by several dozen people angered by another fatal police shooting of a black man. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Los Angeles Police officers stop their patrol vehicle to speak to neighbors and members of the community gathered around a makeshift memorial outside a residence on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. Officers shot and killed Carnell Snell Jr. in south Los Angeles on Saturday at the end of a car chase, sparking a protest by several dozen people angered by another fatal police shooting of a black man. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Rowdy protesters blocked an intersection as they marched in Los Angeles streets for a second night over the deadly police shooting of an 18-year-old black man.

The crowd Sunday dwindled as the night wore on and police in riot gear eventually swarmed to move about a dozen people away from the area near the home of Carnell Snell Jr.

Demonstrators were joined by at least three car drivers doing donuts on the street and several others spray painting graffiti as officers stood by. Four people were arrested, police said.

There were smaller protests in the same area a night earlier and at the residence of Mayor Eric Garcetti.

In a statement, Garcetti urged everyone to wait for “the completion of a thorough and proper investigation.”