Mario Ramirez, 28
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Vincent Edward Johnson, 56
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Vincent Edward Johnson, a 56-year-old black male, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, after being shot in West Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Jose Albert Holguin, 31
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Jose Albert Holguin, a 31-year-old Latino male, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, after being shot in Boyle Heights, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Everardo Rosas Cardenas, 35
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Marcus Smith, 48
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Marcus Smith, a 48-year-old black male, died Monday, Jan. 7, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Westlake, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Daniel Ramirez, 28
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Daniel Ramirez, a 28-year-old Latino, was found dead Monday, Jan. 7, near West 82nd Street and South Grand Avenue in Florence, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Shortly after 3 a.m., officers from the Los Angeles Police Department were on patrol when they came across a city trash can that was set on fire, said LAPD Det. Dave Garrido.
Officers called the fire department. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and realized that a person was inside the can, police said.
That person, later identified as Ramirez, was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:25 a.m., according to coroner's records.
Police believe that Ramirez was shot, then placed in the trash can, which was then lit on fire.
Detectives are asking for the public's help in identifying any witnesses.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (323) 786-5113. Those who wish to remain ...
Ramiro Lima, 26
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Jeffery Allen Brand Jr., 35
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Jeffery Allen Brand Jr., a 35-year-old black male, died Sunday, Jan. 6, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Florence, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Robert Earl Meekins Jr., 28
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Astin Kyle Edwards, 28
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Michael Di'Shawn Radford, 20
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Nadia Solis, 41
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Nadia Solis, a 41-year-old Latina, was pronounced dead on Saturday, Jan. 5, after she was struck in the head in the 8700 block of Orange Street in Whittier, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigators.
Deputies went to the home where Solis lived with her long-time boyfriend, Luis Rey JimenezJimenez, after coworkers requested a welfare check because she hadn't come to work for several days, said Lt. Derrick Alfred.
Worried co-workers had come to the house earlier in the week and talked to a relative who was babysitting, The Times reported. The relative said Solis had left and no one knew where she had gone.
On Saturday, however, deputies felt like "things weren't adding up" when they questioned JimenezJimenez, 44, and asked to search the house, Alfred said. Then they noticed JimenezJimenez's car in the carport and asked for the keys.
"It ...
Security guard charged with murder in Hollywood Walgreens shooting
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A security guard who police say shot and killed a 21-year-old man last month in Hollywood was charged with murder by the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office Monday.
Donald Vincent Ciota, 28, of Covina faces one count of murder with an allegation that he used a firearm as a deadly weapon. Ciota shot and killed Jonathan Hart inside a Walgreens at Vine Street and Sunset Boulevard on Dec. 2, authorities said.
Ciota suspected Hart of shoplifting, and the two got into a physical altercation, prosecutors said. Ciota pulled a gun and fatally shot Hart in the back as he ran away, they said.
Hart died from a gunshot wound to the neck, according to a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.
Family attorney Carl Douglas said Hart was unarmed and was not shoplifting that night. The attorney said Hart had gotten into a confrontation with ...
Frank Borsotti, 61
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Frank Borsotti, a 61-year-old white male, died Thursday, Jan. 3, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Lancaster, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Fael Valente, 30
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Fael Valente, a 30-year-old Latino male, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, after being shot in East Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.