Ryan Joseph Greenberg, a 32-year-old white male, died Thursday, Oct. 1, after being shot in Panorama City, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Jari Wayne, a 32-year-old white male, died Tuesday, Sept. 29, after being stabbed in Van Nuys, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Minas Arutyunyan, a 30-year-old white man, died Monday, Sept. 29, from complications caused by multiple stab wounds he received in the 100 block of North Isabel Street in Glendale, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. 

The incident also resulted in the death of Alex Littlejohn, who allegedly began stabbing Arutyunyan without provocation about 2 a.m. on Sept. 28, said Glendale police spokeswoman Tahnee Lightfoot. 

Littlejohn was a 57-year-old homeless black man who lived in the Glendale area, Lightfoot said. The two men did not know each other, she said. 

Arutyunyan, who lived in Sunland, was walking near the Glendale Police Station after working at a nearby banquet hall, family members told the Glendale News-Press. He was initially stunned by the attack and ran away, about a block south toward the Glendale Courthouse in the 600 block of East Broadway Street, Lightfoot said.

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Brian Lee Gomez, a 28-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Monday, Sept 28, in the 1600 block of Neil Armstrong Street in Montebello, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records. 

Gomez, who lived in Long Beach, went to Montebello to sell a gold necklace to a man he had met through the website OfferUp, according to Montebello Police Lt. Andy Vuncannon. 

Security cameras in the area show that Gomez met the man about 6:30 p.m., Vuncannon said. The man pulled out an assault rifle, chased Gomez past other people on the street and fired at Gomez's feet in what investigators believe was a robbery, Vuncannon said.  

As Gomez reached into his pocket where he was holding the necklace, the gunman shot him and ran away, leaving the necklace behind, Vuncannon said. 

Gomez was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:54 p.m., according to coroner's records. 

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Eliazar Luna Quezadas, a 22-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Sunday, Sept. 28 in the 2200 block of East Compton Boulevard in Compton, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department investigators. 

The shooting occurred about 11:51 p.m. as Luna Quezadas was walking south on the sidewalk toward his apartment a few blocks away, said Det. Eduardo Aguirre.

Investigators learned that a second man who was walking with Luna Quezadas was also shot, Aguirre said. He ran from the scene before deputies arrived and was later treated for a gunshot wound to his foot. 

The man told investigators that he had just met Luna Quezadas that evening, Aguirre said. He was new to the area and out walking, looking for a liquor store, when he ran into Luna Quezadas.

He asked for directions to the liquor store, and Luna Quezadas said he'd take him there. When they arrived, the man bought …

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Alex Littlejohn, a 57-year-old black man, was fatally stabbed Sunday, Sept. 28, in the 600 block of East Broadway Street, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.   

The incident began when Littlejohn allegedly stabbed Minas Arutyunyan, a 30-year-old white man, without provocation about 2 a.m., according to Glendale police spokeswoman Tahnee Lightfoot.

Arutyunyan later died as a result of complications from the stabbing, according to coroner's records.

Littlejohn, a homeless man who lived in Glendale, and Arutyunyan, who lived in Sunland, did not know each other, Lightfoot said. 

Arutyunyan was walking near the Glendale Police Station after working at a nearby banquet hall, family members told the Glendale News-Press. 

When Littlejohn stabbed him, Arutyunyan was initially stunned by the attack and ran away, about a block south toward the Glendale Courthouse in the 600 block of East Broadway Street, Lightfoot said.

Littlejohn caught up with Arutyunyan and allegedly stabbed …

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Update: The Los Angeles County Medical-Examiner Coroner’s office has changed the mode of this death. It has not been ruled a homicide.

Connie Figueroa, a 50-year-old Latino female, died Monday, Sept. 28, after sustaining blunt force trauma near 12416 Maidstone Ave. in Norwalk, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Norma Guzman, a 37-year-old Latina, was shot and killed by Los Angeles police Sunday, Sept. 27 in the 2000 block of South San Pedro Street in Historic South-Central, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Police received a call about 9:30 a.m. about an unruly woman with a knife at the intersection of East 22nd and South San Pedro streets, said Sgt. Frank Preciado with the LAPD.

The two responding officers confronted the woman, who was armed with a knife with an 8-inch blade, he said. At some point, the officers fired their weapons.

The woman was taken to a local hospital, where she later died. The officers were not injured.

“Our understanding is that both officers discharged their weapons,” Preciado said.

The officers were wearing body cameras and the video from those cameras will be downloaded and examined as part of the investigation. There is also additional video footage …

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Donta Jackson, a 20-year-old black man, was shot and killed Sunday, Sept. 27 at the intersection of East 92nd Street and Fir Avenue in Florence-Firestone, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. 

The shooting occurred about 7:38 p.m. as Jackson was walking on the sidewalk near the home of a family member, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Dave Coleman.  

Investigators believe Jackson was walking back from a nearby convenience store. Plastic bags of water and a few groceries were found near where he fell, Coleman said. 

Witnesses told investigators they saw two black men approach Jackson in the intersection, near the 92nd Street Elementary School.

They then heard gunfire and saw the men run into a dark-colored Infiniti car and drive away, north on Fir Avenue, Coleman said.

Jackson was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead at 8:29 p.m. with multiple gunshot wounds, according …

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Emmanuel Arce, a 30-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Sunday, Sept. 27, in the 2500 block of South Vermont Avenue in Adams-Normandie, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

About 5 a.m., Arce and a friend were in the drive-thru at Jack In The Box waiting for their order behind a light-colored sedan when Arce grew impatient, said LAPD Det. Dave Garrido.

Arce got out of his car and walked up to the drive-thru window, and the front passenger of the light-colored sedan got out of his car and shot Arce. The sedan then fled the scene.

Arce was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11:28 a.m., according to coroner’s records.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Criminal Gang Homicide Division at (323) 786-5110. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

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Clinton Givens, a 39-year-old black man, was shot and killed Sunday, Sept. 27, in the 1300 block of East Imperial Highway in Willowbrook, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

About 11:13 a.m., Givens was sitting on a milk crate in the Nickerson Gardens public housing development when two people walked up and one man shot him, said LAPD Det. Dave Garrido.

Police believe that the men ran back to a waiting vehicle, initially described as a light-colored sedan.

Givens was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11:46 a.m., according to coroner’s records.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Criminal Gang Homicide Division at (323) 786-5111. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

Contact the Homicide Report. Follow @nicolesantacruz and @latimeshomicide on Twitter.

Elijah Galbreath, a 16-year-old teenager, was shot and killed Sunday, Sept. 27, in the 1900 block of East 103rd Street in Watts, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

About 2:20 p.m. Galbreath was walking west on East 103rd when a light-colored sedan approached and a person got out, walked up behind Galbreath and shot him, said LAPD Officer Ronald Kingi.

"I don't think he had a chance," Kingi said. "You're walking in your own neighborhood in broad daylight and you don't think something like this is going to happen."

The shooter sped away and Galbreath was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 2:46 p.m.

On Sept. 29, at a vigil held for Galbreath where he was shot, teammates from his football squad at Augustus Hawkins High school stood alongside friends, family and former teammates around a cluster of candles that spelled out "Elijah." The …

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