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L.A. mob attacks ‘Night Stalker’
On this day in 1985, a tense and panic-stricken Los Angeles finally breathed a sigh of relief as Richard Ramirez, the infamous “Night Stalker,” was captured by an angry mob in East Los Angeles. Recognized from widely circulated photographs, Ramirez was nearly killed by the enraged crowd before police intervened and took him into custody.