Joseph Alfred St. Peter, a 47-year-old white male, died Friday, Jan. 12, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Sun Valley, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Ana Burgos, a 32-year-old Latino female, died Friday, Jan. 12, after being shot in North Hollywood, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Ramon Avila, a 19-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, Jan. 11, after being shot in East Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Gregory Chon, a 33-year-old Asian male, died Thursday, Jan. 11, after being shot in Hacienda Heights, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
A Los Angeles police sergeant responding to a disturbance early Wednesday at a Masonic Lodge in South Los Angeles shot and killed an unarmed man reaching for his waistband, department officials said.
Philip Arthur Miller, 43, of Carson died at the scene, a coroner's spokesman said.
The shooting occurred about 12:15 a.m. at the Mount Nebo Grand Lodge in the 9700 block of Avalon Boulevard near East 97th Street, said Sgt. Lee Sands of the Los Angeles Police Department.
At least 30 and perhaps as many as 100 people had gathered inside the lodge for a party, police said. As police arrived to investigate complaints about noise, they heard gunshots from inside, Sands said.
Moments later, a man emerged from the lodge bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds. He was followed by Miller, who was holding his waistband, said a source familiar with the shooting.
The sergeant told police investigators he …
Miguel Hernandez, a 20-year-old Latino male, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, after being shot in South Gate, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Tian Mei Gao, a 26-year-old female, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, after
Terrence Pruitt, a 17-year-old black male, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, after being shot in Vermont-Slauson, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Margarita Burd, a 60-year-old white woman, was found dead Tuesday, Jan. 9, in the 1300 block of North Poinsettia Place in Hollywood, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Burd's husband, Makdon Michaelov, a 54-year-old white man, was mad at his wife because she refused to give him money for a trip to Israel, according to the Associated Press.
Michaelov allegedly stabbed Burd in the chest and set the couple's apartment on fire.
When firefighters arrived at the scene, they found Burd's body in the bathroom and Michaelov was taken into custody, according to coroner's records.
On April 12, Michaelov was convicted of second-degree murder and arson and sentenced to 23 years to life in prison.
-- Sarah Ardalani