Eddie Charles Talley II, 65
Eddie Charles Talley II, a 65-year-old black man, was fatally shot on Friday, Sept. 28, in the 600 block of West Palmer Avenue in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
The shooting in Talley’s home also killed his stepdaughter, Britney Malone, 13, and seriously injured his wife, Katherine Evans, according to Evans' niece Shayla Greene.
Talley’s 43-year-old son, James Jajuan Williams, was arrested in connection with the shootings, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Joe Mendoza. Williams lived in the home with his father and stepmother, along with Britney and her older brother and sister, Greene said.
Williams was charged with two counts of murder on Oct. 2, with a special circumstances allegation of multiple murders, and one count of attempted murder, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
Talley was a lifelong resident of Compton and an accomplished athlete who …
Britney Malone, 13
Britney Malone, a 13-year-old black girl, was shot and killed on Friday, Sept. 28, in the 600 block of West Palmer Street in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
The shooting inside Britney’s family home around 6 p.m. also killed her stepfather, Edward Charles Talley II, 65, and seriously injured her mother, Katherine Evans, according to family members.
Talley’s 43-year-old son, Jamie Jajuan Williams, was arrested in connection with the shootings, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Joe Mendoza. Williams also lived in the home along with Britney's older sister and brother, according to her cousin Shayla Greene.
Williams was charged with two counts of murder with a special circumstances allegation of multiple murders, and one count of attempted murder on Oct. 2, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.
Britney would have turned 14 on Friday, Oct. 5, and her …
Man sentenced to 75 years to life in 2016 shooting death of pregnant girlfriend
A 42-year-old man who shot and killed his pregnant girlfriend before fleeing to Mexico was sentenced Friday to 75 years to life in state prison, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.
Philip Patrick Policarpio pleaded no contest last month to one count of murder and one count of the murder of a fetus, prosecutors said.
He also admitted that he used a gun to kill Lauren Olguin, 32, on April 12, 2016, in East Hollywood, authorities said.
Olguin, who was about 17 weeks pregnant at the time of the shooting, was playing cards at a friend's apartment in East Hollywood when she got into an argument with Policarpio.
Witnesses said Policarpio hit Olguin, then placed a gun to her head and shot her.
The two had been dating about two months, according to witness testimony.
Policarpio fled and was placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted …
Guy Eugene Alford III, 20
Guy Eugene Alford, a 20-year-old black man, was fatally shot on Wednesday, Sept. 26, in the 5100 block of Atlantic Avenue in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Alford was inside a blue Chevrolet Impala in the parking lot of a Jack in the Box restaurant at East 52nd Street and Atlantic Avenue around 12:15 a.m. when he was shot in the torso, according to a news release from the Long Beach Police Department.
He was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:25 a.m., according to coroner’s records.
Long Beach investigators have not released any details about the shooting, and say they don’t have a motive.
CBS-TV Channel 2 reporter Dave Lopez reported that he watched surveillance video from a nearby business that showed Alford in the drive-thru lane of the restaurant when another car pulled up behind him. Three people got out of the second car, …
Ramiro Espinoza, 76
Ramiro Espinoza, a 76-year-old Latino male, died Wednesday, Sept. 26, after sustaining blunt force trauma.
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Authorities offer $50,000 reward in 2017 Vermont Square killing
It has been nearly a year since musician Antonio M. Wilson was fatally shot while going to pick up some tacos a block from his South Los Angeles home.
To spur an investigation that has hit a dead end, Los Angeles Police Department officials on Monday announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to the shooter.
On Nov. 14, 2017, Wilson was standing in a parking lot at the corner of West 43rd Street and South Vermont Avenue in the Vermont Square neighborhood.
A white BMW pulled up, and someone shot at Wilson from inside the car before speeding off eastbound, LAPD Det. Nellie Knight said at a news conference.
The car was a four-door 3 Series sedan, possibly 2010 or newer, Knight said.
A possible suspect is described as 5-foot-11, 165 pounds and of unknown age.
Knight said she has found no evidence that Wilson was in a gang …
Annette Jazmin Najera, 23
Annette Jazmin Najera, a 23-year-old Latino female, died Tuesday, Sept. 25, after being shot in Harvard Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Ivan Pena, 42
Ivan Pena, a 42-year-old Latino male, died Monday, Sept. 24, after being shot in East Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Katrina Evans, 67
Jay Jesse Espinosa, 19
Jay Jesse Espinosa, a 19-year-old Latino, was fatally shot on Sunday, Sept. 23, in the 100 block of East Fourth Street in Pomona, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Espinosa, a resident of San Bernardino, came to downtown Pomona on Saturday night to see a friend who was DJing at a local club, said Pomona Police Sgt. Jon Edson.
Around 2 a.m. on Sunday, he and some friends were crossing the street to go to their cars when they were nearly struck by a dark-colored SUV, Edson said.
Espinosa and his friends got into an argument with the people in the SUV, which drove away and then circled back, Edson said.
When the SUV returned, Espinosa and his friends got into another argument with the people inside, Edson said, and then a man got out of the back seat and began shooting.
Espinosa was struck several times by gunfire, …
Debra Delores Maxfield, 63
Debra Delores Maxfield, a 63-year-old Black female, died Sunday, Sept. 23, after being shot near 932 W. 82nd St. in Vermont Knolls, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Fernando Cruz, 18
Fernando Cruz, a 18-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, Sept. 22, after being shot in East Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Rudy Albert Elguezabal, 21
Rudy Albert Elguezabal, a 21-year-old white male, died Saturday, Sept. 22, after being shot in Montebello, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
A weekend for 'remembering the good things' about slain loved ones
It's hard to make sense of this number — 1,373 homicides in Los Angeles County since Sept. 1, 2016 — until you think of it this way: Every day over the last two years, roughly two men, women or children have been shot, stabbed, struck or otherwise killed by another human being.
The eldest was 94-year-old Evelyn Marion Lane, who died April 21 after she was struck on the head in a Santa Monica convalescent center. The youngest died in the womb after their mothers were killed, like Jay Salinas Onofre, a 5-month-old fetus whose mother, Abril Onofre, 19, was fatally shot at a 4th of July party in Westlake.
The names of those victims will be read aloud during a ceremony and festival from 3 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22, during the National Day of Remembrance for Murdered Victims at Point Fermin Park, 807 W. Paseo Del …