Highland Park serves as backdrop for “Bang Bang” video; backpack giveaway in Echo Park; man shot by police in Boyle Heights ID’d

Highland Park | Katrina Alexy

• Rappers Wiz Khalifa and Tabi Bonney shot a video for their Bang Bang single inside La Tropicana Market in Highland Park and in other neighborhood locales. HipHopDX.com

• The Dream Center, a Christian mission in Echo Park, gave away more than 2,500 backpacks filled with school supplies on Saturday. CBS 2

• Pehrspace closed its Echo Park performance space this weekend with a 36-hour concert marathon.  The experimental venue is looking for a new location after the new landlord terminated its lease. KPCC

• The man who was fatally shot by police last week after a brief pursuit in Boyle Heights has been identified as 36-year-old Omar Gonzalez. L.A. Now

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