Honatan Gonzalez, a 22-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Sunday, July 10, in the 2800 block of Beverly Boulevard in Westlake, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Shortly before 2 a.m., Gonzalez was shot on the sidewalk outside a banquet hall, said LAPD Det. Ray Martinez. A party at the banquet hall had just ended, but it’s unknown if Gonzalez or the assailant were guests.

Police said that Gonzalez was involved in an argument and was shot. Gonzalez was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 2:28 a.m., according to coroner’s records.

Police believe that the gunman fled on foot.

Anyone with information is asked to call LAPD Rampart Division detectives at (213) 484-3639. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477. 

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Andre Lavelle Jones, a 39-year-old black man, died Sunday, July 10, 2016, after being shot years earlier near the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Henderson Avenue in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. 

About 8:40 a.m., Long Beach police were called because Jones was unresponsive in his bed. Paramedics attempted life-saving measures, but Jones was pronounced dead at 9 a.m., according to coroner’s records. 

A coroner’s report said Jones was paraplegic as a result of a 2007 gunshot wound. According to the report, Jones had been injured in a drive-by shooting near the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Henderson Avenue. 

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Gilbert Esparza, a 35-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Saturday, July 9, on the bike trail along the Los Angeles River near River Drive and Southhall Lane in Bell, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. 

Bell police officers received a report of shots fired about 1:12 a.m., said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Mike Rosson. 

Officers found Esparza unresponsive on the bike path near his bicycle, Rosson said. “We’re not sure if he was shot while riding his bike," Rosson said, or stopped and was confronted. “There were no witnesses or video on the bike path.”

The trail, which runs through a residential area, is unlit, Rosson said. 

Esparza was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:52 a.m., according to coroner’s records. 

Esparza's younger brother, Alfredo Esparza of the Delano area in Central California, said Gilbert Esparza had been living with their uncle in Bell …

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Victor Alfredo Garcia, a 23-year-old Latino, died Saturday, July 9, after he was shot at the intersection of Cogswell Road and Klingerman Street in El Monte, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. 

Garcia and his 21-year-old brother were driving home from work about 7 p.m. when Garcia got into an argument with at least two Latinos in a black Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Mike Rosson said. 

The brother said the SUV cut them off, Rosson said, and Garcia, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, shouted at the driver. The men in the SUV shouted back, Rosson said, and the incident escalated. 

“It was basically a road rage thing,” Rosson said. 

At some point, the SUV pulled over and a man got out, Rosson said. As the brothers drove by, the man fired one shot that hit Garcia through the open passenger-side window. …

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Ladaro Morrell Figures Jr., a 24-year-old black man, was shot and killed Saturday, July 9, in the 2700 block of West Lantana Street in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. 

Figures and a friend were sitting in the front seats of his parked, four-door sedan when two men with guns walked up on either side of the vehicle around 1:14 p.m., said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Eddie Hernandez. 

The car was parked on the street in front of a house belonging to the friend’s relative, with Figures behind the wheel and his friend in the passenger seat, Hernandez said. 

Investigators don’t know if the men said anything before they pulled out their guns. “One suspect opened fire from the passenger’s side and the other from the driver’s side,” Hernandez said.

Figures was struck multiple times in the upper torso, Hernandez said. He was taken to a local …

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Franklin Murrell Rogers, a 48-year-old white man, was found dead Friday, July 8, in the 1100 block of Waterloo Street in Echo Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Shortly before noon, Rogers was strangled at a sober living home, police said. Rogers was pronounced dead at 11:47 a.m. at the scene, according to coroner’s records.

Nicholas James Bowling, a 28-year-old white man, was arrested on suspicion of murder in the slaying. Bowling and Rogers were romantically involved, police said.

Bowling pleaded not guilty to one count of murder July 12, according to court records.

Friends mourned Rogers’ violent death.

“He was a loving, gentle and kind soul,” Thomas Harris told KTLA-TV. “I know that most people would be grateful for the experience of his friendship.”

Bowling has a criminal history with several arrests, including a February 2012 arrest on suspicion of domestic violence, according to jail records. …

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Update: The Los Angeles County Medical-Examiner Coroner’s office has changed the mode of this death. It has not been ruled a homicide.

Margaret Orcutt , a 59-year-old white female, died Friday, July 8, in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Jeremiah Eli Bonilla, a 22-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Wednesday, July 6, in the alley behind the 4000 block of Randolph Street in Bell, near Riverside Avenue, according to authorities. 

Witnesses reported that Bonilla was sitting in his car in the alley about 3:15 a.m. when a person on a bicycle approached him. Bonilla's car suddenly accelerated, driving through the door of a detached garage, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sgt. Bill Cotter.

Bell Police officers were called because of the noise from the crash, Cotter said. When they arrived, they found Bonilla sitting in the front seat with a gunshot wound to his chest. 

Bonilla was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:31 a.m., according to coroner’s records. He died just a few blocks from his home, Cotter said. 

A person was seen leaving the area on a bicycle after the shooting, Cotter said, but it’s not clear …

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Vinson Lee Ramos, a 37-year-old Latino, was shot and killed by police officers on Thursday, July 7, in the 7100 block of South Atlantic Avenue in Bell, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. 

Ramos allegedly asked Bell Police officers to shoot him and then charged toward them with a knife after a domestic dispute inside a nearby restaurant and store, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sgt. Bill Cotter, whose homicide team is investigating the shooting. 

The officers were called to s 7-Eleven store at 8:20 a.m. after Ramos and his girlfriend, who is 8-months pregnant, got into an argument at a Jack In the Box next door, Cotter said. 

Ramos allegedly shoved his girlfriend against a wall at the restaurant and then walked next door to the 7-Eleven, Cotter said. The woman followed, with her 5-year-old son in tow, he said. 

Witnesses reported that Ramos was allegedly holding a …

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Salvador Esparza III, a Latino 4-year-old, died Wednesday, July 6, after he was shot in the 300 block of Figueroa Drive in Altadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

About 10:30 p.m. on July 5, Salvador had just stepped onto the front porch of a home his family was visiting when he was wounded along with a 27-year-old man, Lt. John Corina with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

Deputies were flagged down after the shooting and led to the home, according to a news release from the department.

Salvador, who lived in Monrovia, was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 12:19 a.m. the next morning, according to coroner’s records.

About two hours earlier, one or two people got into an argument with another man, Corina said. The argument spilled into the street and people had to be separated.

Investigators believe the gunman, who …

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Antonio Lopez, a 31-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Wednesday, July 6, at the corner of North Santa Fe Avenue and East Pine Street in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. 

Lopez was walking to a friend’s apartment about 8:44 p.m. when a man walked up behind him and shot him multiple times, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sgt. Bill Cotter. 

Witnesses provided few details about the shooter, describing him as black, male, “maybe in his 20s,” Cotter said. Investigators have little information about a motive. 

“There was no conversation, no yelling of gang names or ‘Where you from?’; none of the typical stuff,” Cotter said. “We have nothing to document that Mr. Lopez was in a gang, but where he was killed, there are at least three Hispanic gangs and one black gang that all converge at that intersection.”

Lopez, the youngest of seven siblings, was taken …

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Margarita Rosas, a 34-year-old Latina, was fatally shot Wednesday, July 6, in the 5000 block of Elizabeth Street in Cudahy, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records. 

Rosas was sitting in the driver’s seat of her car with a co-worker outside his home about 2:30 a.m. when someone fired several rounds into the vehicle, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Bill Cotter. 

The shots were fired from the driver's side window, Cotter said. Rosas was struck in the upper torso and the coworker, a 26-year-old man, was shot in the lower body. 

Both were taken to the hospital, Cotter said, but Rosas was pronounced dead at 3:02 a.m. The man is expected to survive his injuries. 

Cotter said the two worked at a warehouse. He said investigators don't know if the two had been working prior to the shooting. 

Investigators don't have a description of the attacker or a motive …

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Victor Vidal Sigala, a 19-year-old Latino, was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer on Wednesday, July 6, in the 500 block of North Asuza Avenue in Covina, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. 

Sigala, who is believed to be from the San Gabriel Valley, was shot after he allegedly tried to rob an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department reserve officer at a Carl's Jr. restaurant, said Covina Police spokesman Sgt. Gregg Peterson.

The officer, dressed in civilian clothes, was waiting for his food about 3:13 p.m. when Sigala walked up to him and  “revealed a weapon hidden in his waistband,” according to coroner’s records. 

“He wasn’t asking for money, he was asking for property,” said Peterson. 

The officer, who has not been identified, was carrying his own semiautomatic handgun, Peterson said. “In fear of his safety and others in the restaurant, he used deadly force to prevent …

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