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"Southland star Kevin Alejandro has admitted that he was &amp;quot;saddened&amp;quot; by the death of his character Nate. The actor told TV Squad that he was aware of the detective&amp;#039;s fate before filming began on the show&amp;#039;s current season. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;d always expected something like this to happen,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Unfortunately, it was me that went first, but it made sense to me. I was saddened by the news, but it made sense to me.&amp;quot; He added that the character&amp;#039;s death in a gang fight had been based on testimony from a real police officer. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s the story from the mouth of a real police officer who this happened to,&amp;quot; he claimed. &amp;quot;It just made sense for me. It&amp;#039;s the sad, sad truth.&amp;quot; Alejandro teased that the TNT cop drama will go &amp;quot;deeper&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;darker&amp;quot; following Nate&amp;#039;s death. &amp;quot;I know they do definitely get into a little bit more of my family life and how they deal with it,&amp;quot; he revealed. &amp;quot;And, obviously, how [Nate&amp;#039;s partner] Sammy deals with it. So, yeah, it&amp;#039;s not gonna be a story left untold.&amp;quot; Southland airs on Tuesdays at 10/9c on TNT. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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