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Kevin Leonardo Landivar, a 29-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, Sept. 19, after being shot in San Pedro, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Jordan Michael Griffin, a 18-year-old black male, died Thursday, Sept. 19, after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Melissa Lourdes Lopez, a 16-year-old Latina teenager, was shot and killed Sept. 18 in the 800 block of Bayview Avenue in Wilmington, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 3:11 p.m., Melissa was standing in a group of people who had gathered to memorialize a man who was killed at the same location in March 2018, said Los Angeles Police Det. David Cortez.
A person walked up and began firing, striking four people.
Melissa was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:20 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
Alex Gutierrez, 24, was also struck. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead at 4:49 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
Gutierrez was the brother of the person who was being memorialized that day.
Two other women, a bystander in her 70s and another young adult who was with the group ...
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Alex Gutierrez, a 24-year-old Latino man, was shot and killed Sept. 18 in the 800 block of Bayview Avenue in Wilmington, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 3:11 p.m., Gutierrez was standing in a group of people who had gathered to memorialize his brother, who was killed in that location in March 2018, said Los Angeles Police Det. David Cortez.
A person walked up and began firing, striking four people. Gutierrez was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:49 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
Melissa Lopez, 16, was also struck and died at the scene. Two other women, a bystander in her 70s and another young adult who was with the group, were wounded but not seriously.
Police are looking for witnesses.
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Oscar Javier Morales Jr., a 18-year-old Latino male, died Wednesday, Sept. 18, after being shot in Gardena, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Simbarashe Vouai Sherry, a 35-year-old black male, died Tuesday, Sept. 17, after being shot in Willowbrook, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Eric Roy Guillory, a 57-year-old black man, was shot and killed Tuesday, Sept. 17, near West 2nd and South Centre streets in San Pedro, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
About 11:30 p.m., Guillory was playing a game at a picnic table inside the Rancho San Pedro housing development when a vehicle pulled up, said Los Angeles Police Officer Jeffrey Tiffin.
Multiple rounds were fired at the group, and Guillory was struck once, Tiffin said.
The vehicle, a dark-colored sedan, then fled.
Paramedics responded and Guillory was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:44 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
Britney Henderson, Guillory’s daughter, said her father lived in the housing development.
Guillory helped Henderson take care of her four children, ages 15, 12, 8 and 3, and took his grandchildren to and from school on weekdays.
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Joseph Anthony Baca, a 33-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Monday, Sept. 16, in the 1700 block of Firestone Boulevard in Florence-Firestone, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
Shortly before midnight the night before, Baca was shot in a parking lot in the area, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Baca ran a short distance before collapsing. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:03 a.m. Sept. 16, according to coroner’s records.
It's unclear whether the gunman shot from a car or a vehicle.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (323) 890-5500. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
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Don Maurice Storey III, a 40-year-old black male, died Monday, Sept. 16, after being shot in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Kamryn Barry Stone, an 18-year-old black man, was shot and killed Sept. 15 near Arroyo Boulevard and Seco Street at the Pasadena Rose Bowl, according to authorities and coroner’s records.
About 11:22 p.m., Pasadena police responded to the area after reports of a fight and a shooting, according to a news release from the department. Officers discovered two victims, Stone, and a 51-year-old man, both of whom were taken to a hospital.
The 51-year-old is expected to survive, but Stone was pronounced dead.
Police said the motive that led to the altercation remains under investigation and that the incident “may not” be random.
The victim’s father told KCBS-TV Channel 2 that it was Stone's first day working with a cleaning company at the Rose Bowl. Stone, he said, was a high school graduate and a student at West Los Angeles College.
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Rodney Lamont Hudson, a 29-year-old black male, died Friday, Sept. 13, after being shot in Harvard Park, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Larry Daniel Reed, a 43-year-old white male, died Friday, Sept. 13, after being shot in Harbor Gateway, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Alvaro Duran Venegas, a 35-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, Sept. 12, after being shot in Santa Clarita, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Sandra Cossid Lertzman, a 60-year-old white woman, was shot and killed Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the 9600 block of Vanalden Avenue in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 9 a.m., officers from the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a call of a shooting in the area and found three people dead in a home.
Authorities said Lertzman was shot by her husband, Eric Lertzman, 60, in their master bedroom. He then walked across the hall and tried to shoot another woman, whom neighbors described as his daughter. She escaped and locked herself in the hallway bathroom, according to police.
Lertzman then shot and killed his 19-year-old son, Michael. During this time, the daughter escaped through the bathroom window and ran to a neighbor’s home. Lertzman went back into the master bedroom and killed himself, according to the LAPD.
Detectives recovered two guns ...
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Michael Joseph Lertzman, a 19-year-old white man, was shot and killed Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the 9600 block of Vanalden Avenue in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 9 a.m., officers from the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a call of a shooting in the area and found three people dead in a home.
Authorities said Eric Lertzman, 60, first shot his wife, Sandra Lertzman, 60, in their master bedroom. He then walked across the hall and tried to shoot another woman, whom neighbors described as his daughter. She escaped and locked herself in the hallway bathroom, according to police.
Lertzman then shot and killed Michael Lertzman, authorities said. During this time, the daughter escaped through the bathroom window and ran to a neighbor’s home.
Lertzman went back into the master bedroom and killed himself, according to the LAPD. Detectives recovered two ...
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