Jorge Francisco Torres, 43
Jorge Francisco Torres, a 43-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, Sept. 6, in Sepulveda Basin, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Derrick Lamont Williams, 53
Derrick Lamont Williams, a 53-year-old Black male, died Saturday, Sept. 5, after being shot near West 69th Street & South Budlong Avenue in Vermont-Slauson, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Stuart Andrew Best, 32
Juan Carlos Gutierrez, 47
Kawon Isaiah Melton, 30
Kawon Isaiah Melton, a 30-year-old Black male, died Wednesday, Sept. 2, after being shot near 533 W. 52nd Place in Vermont Square, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Michael David Banks Jr., 28
Donna Joann Harber, 81
Donna Joann Harber, an 81-year-old white woman, was found dead Tuesday, Sept. 1, in the 4900 block of Weik Avenue in Bell, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
About 6:40 a.m., the Bell Police Department responded to a call of a shooting at a home in the area and found Harber with gunshot wounds, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which is assisting in the investigation.
Danny Lee Harber, a 76-year-old white man, has been charged with murder with the allegation that he used a handgun, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
Danny Harber, a former Bell city councilman, faces 50 years to life in prison if convicted.
The couple were married for more than 50 years, prosecutors said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff’s Department homicide bureau at (323) 890-5500. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call …
Tommy Portillo, 35
Jose Luis Sandoval Perez, 62
Jose Luis Sandoval Perez, a 62-year-old Latino male, died Tuesday, Sept. 1, after being stabbed near 2001 S. Western Ave. in Harvard Heights, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Dijon Durand Kizzee, 29
Dijon Durand Kizzee, a 29-year-old Black man, was shot and killed by law enforcement Monday, Aug. 31, in the 1200 block of West 109th Place in Westmont, according to authorities and coroner’s records.
About 3:16 p.m., two deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s South Los Angeles station were driving on Budlong Avenue when they spotted a man identified as Kizzee riding his bicycle in violation of a vehicle code, said Lt. Brandon Dean.
Deputies tried to make contact with Kizzee, but they said he dropped the bicycle and ran north on Budlong for a block with deputies behind him. Deputies tried again to make contact with Kizzee in the 1200 block of West 109th Place, but, Dean said, he punched one of them in the face.
Kizzee then dropped a bundle of clothing he had been carrying, and deputies spotted a black handgun in the pile.
Deputies then …