Jose Luis Lopez, a 17-year-old Latino male, died Wednesday, June 6, after being shot in Boyle Heights, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Nick Andrew Fuentes Jr., a 31-year-old Latino male, died Wednesday, June 6, after being stabbed in North Hills, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
James Lamont Taylor, a 36-year-old black man, was shot and killed Tuesday, June 5, in the 800 block of East 84th Street in Florence, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Taylor was walking west on East 84th Street shortly after 8:30 a.m., when a person with a gun chased him and shot him multiple times, Los Angeles Police Det. Chris Barling said.
The gunman then got into a gray sedan that fled east on East 84th Street and north on Wadsworth Avenue, Barling said.
Taylor collapsed in the driveway of a residence, according to coroner’s records, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:48 a.m.
Detectives are investigating a motive in the shooting, Barling said.
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Russell Lawrence Ortiz, a 27-year-old Latino, died Sunday, June 3, after he was shot in the 900 block of Fraser Avenue in East Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Ortiz was walking near his home with his younger brother, Keanu Ortiz, 20, on Saturday, June 2, when a Latino drove up beside them in a full-sized black SUV about 1:45 p.m., said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Derrick Alfred.
The three men got into an argument — “Witnesses heard yelling” — and the suspect shot both brothers before driving away, according to Alfred.
Both brothers were taken to the hospital. Russell Ortiz was pronounced dead the following morning at 1:13 a.m. Keanu Ortiz was pronounced dead a few hours later, at 6:53 a.m.
The cause of death for both men was listed as gunshot wounds to the chest, coupled with medical conditions. Russell had pulmonary dysfunction, according …
Keanu Ortiz, a 20-year-old Latino, died Sunday, June 3, after he was shot in the 900 block of Fraser Avenue in East Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Ortiz was walking near his home with his older brother, Russell Lawrence Ortiz, 27, on Saturday, June 2, when a Latino drove up beside them in a full-sized black SUV about 1:45 p.m., according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Derrick Alfred.
The three men got into an argument — “Witnesses heard yelling” — and the suspect shot both brothers before driving away, according to Alfred.
Both brothers were taken to the hospital. Russell Ortiz was pronounced dead the following morning at 1:13 a.m. Keanu Ortiz was pronounced dead a few hours later, at 6:53 a.m.
The cause of death for both men was listed as gunshot wounds to the chest, coupled with medical conditions. Russell had pulmonary …
Kelly Paul Miller, a 58-year-old white man, died Sunday, June 3, after he was stabbed in the 1300 block of Pine Avenue in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Long Beach police investigators believe Miller was involved in some kind of fight about 2 a.m. and was stabbed in the upper torso, according to a Police Department news release.
When officers were called to the scene about 2:05 a.m., they found Miller lying in a parking lot, according to coroner’s records.
Miller was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:14 a.m., according to coroner’s records. The cause of death was listed as a stab wound to the chest.
Investigators believe Miller was a transient who had only been in Long Beach for a short time, said department spokesman Sgt. Brad Johnson.
The suspect, Nestor Guyal Tendido, 59, of Long Beach was arrested on suspicion of murder on …
Deandre Lamont Wells, a 31-year-old Black male, died Sunday, June 3, after being shot near East 95th & Wall streets in Broadway-Manchester, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
James Darrell Dunn, a 48-year-old black male, died Sunday, June 3, after being shot in South Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Marlana Denise Murkison, a 29-year-old black woman, was shot and killed Saturday, June 2 in the 800 block of West 73rd Street in Vermont Knolls, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
Shortly after 4 p.m., Murkison was in a light-colored Volkswagen Jetta when she got into an argument with her on-and-off boyfriend, Aaron Crawford, a 32-year-old black man, said Los Angeles Police Det. Chris Barling.
The man grabbed a gun and shot Murkison outside of the car, Barling said. Three children were inside the car at the time of the shooting, police said.
Murkison was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 4:40 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
Crawford fled but was eventually located in New York, Barling said.
Crawford has been charged with murder and four counts of child abuse under circumstances likely to cause bodily injury or death, according to the Los Angeles …