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6 gunshot wounds, 3 in the back: Autopsy shows how Ryan Twyman died

By Hannah Fry

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An unarmed man who was shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies at a South Los Angeles apartment complex in early June was struck by six bullets, with three of the rounds entering his back, an autopsy report shows.

The 20-page document, released by the Los Angeles County medical examiner on Thursday, showed that bullets also struck 24-year-old Ryan Twyman in his neck, his right side and his left upper arm. Four bullets were recovered from his body, the report states.

A bullet that struck his upper back and perforated his lung and heart and another that struck his mid-back and entered his spine caused fatal wounds, according to the report.

A video released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department showed two deputies firing 34 rounds at a white Kia, which they said  Twyman was driving, as the vehicle backed quickly out of a parking space at an ...

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Elias Chacon Ruiz, 38

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Elias Chacon Ruiz, a 38-year-old Latino male, died Friday, Aug. 16, in Pomona, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

Marlena Virginia Alvirez, 13

By Jeanette Marantos

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Marlena Virginia Alvirez (2019-08-13)

Marlena Virginia Alvirez, a 13-year-old Latina, was fatally shot Tuesday, Aug. 13, in the 1700 block of West Avenue J-15 in Lancaster, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records. 

Marlena was at home in the bedroom she shared with her brother and two sisters when she was shot around 5:30 p.m., said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Richard Biddle. 

Deputies were initially called to the home about someone being shot by a BB gun, Biddle said, "but almost simultaneously the hospital called to report that a juvenile was in the emergency room with a gunshot wound."

Investigators went to both locations and discovered the calls were related, he said. A family member drove Marlena to the hospital, but she was pronounced dead at 5:46 p.m., according to coroner's records. 

Her brother, Eddie Alvirez, 18, is suspected of firing the gun ...

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Martin Carlos Jr., 35

By Jeanette Marantos

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Martin Carlos Jr., a 35-year-old Latino, was pronounced dead on Monday, Aug. 12, after he was shot on the Los Angeles River West Bike Route, north of the Imperial Highway, in South Gate, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records. 

Firefighters were called to the scene around 4:40 p.m. regarding a body on the bike path between Imperial Highway and Firestone Boulevard, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Richard Biddle said. 

Carlos' body was found on the path just north of Imperial Highway, Biddle said. 

He was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:25 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as a gunshot wound to the head. 

Biddle said it appeared Carlos lived in a tent along the riverbed and had probably been shot several hours before he was found. 

"We don't know ...

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Tasi Dean Malaki, 43

By James Queally

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Tasi Dean Malaki (2019-08-11)

Tasi Malaki, a 45-year-old man of Samoan descent, died Sunday, Aug. 11 after he was shot in the 400 block of West Willow Street in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County  Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. 

Malaki, a Long Beach-based reggae and hip-hop artist known as Toko Tasi, was shot following a dispute near West Willow Street and Eucalyptus Avenue, according to the Long Beach Police Department.

He was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:13 a.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as multiple gunshot wounds. 

Friends told  KTLA5 that Malaki was attending a high school reunion when he was shot.

“We heard the gunshots,” Audra Viscidi told KTLA during a vigil for Malaki the following evening. “Before that, we were all just inside laughing and hugging each other, and saying ‘I love you’ and catching up.”

The shooter fled on foot ...

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