Tywaun Terrell Cannon, a 44-year-old black male, died Thursday, Feb. 14, after being shot in Vermont Knolls, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Monica Ann Dominguez, a 52-year-old Latino female, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, after being shot in Covina, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Nuvia Mondragon, a 43-year-old Latino female, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, after being shot in Lake Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Adam Gilbert Calderon, a 30-year-old Latino male, died Monday, Feb. 11, after being shot in East Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Timothy Dywane Jackson, a 53-year-old black male, died Friday, Feb. 8, after being shot in View Park-Windsor Hills, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Chloe Marie Corona, a 28-year-old black woman, was fatally shot on Tuesday, Feb. 5, in the 44000 block of Cedar Avenue in Lancaster, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records. 

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies went to a home on Cedar Avenue after their office received a 911 hang-up call regarding a possible gunshot victim at 2:10 a.m., said Lt. Derrick Alfred. 

When deputies arrived they found the front door to the house open and several people standing outside waiting, Alfred said. 

The deputies found Corona lying on the living room floor, Alfred said. She was pronounced dead at the 2:30 a.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as multiple gunshot wounds. 

Corona lived a few miles away and investigators don't know why she was at the house on Cedar Avenue, Alfred said ...

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Randy Martinez, a 21-year-old Latino, was fatally shot on Saturday, Jan. 26, in the 21700 block of  Dolores Street in Carson, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records. 

Martinez had been out walking with a friend on Carson Avenue around noon, and the two appeared to be headed back to the house where they both lived when a vehicle drove up behind them and someone inside opened fire, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Derrick Alfred. 

"They'd just been hanging out, visiting some stores," Alfred said. "After he was shot, he ran and collapsed on the sidewalk in front of a church." 

Paramedics took Martinez from the front of Harbor Community Church, at 21739 Dolores St., to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:41 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as a gunshot ...

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K'Len Grandberry, a 20-year-old black man, was shot and killed Saturday, Jan. 26 in the 1500 block of Anaheim Street in Harbor City, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Shortly before 2 p.m., Grandberry was in the courtyard of an apartment complex filming a music video with at least 10 to 15 other people when two people walked up and began shooting, said Los Angeles Police Officer Jeffrey Tiffin.

Grandberry was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Two others were wounded in the shooting but are expected to survive, Tiffin said.

On Feb. 6, police released a video of two people running away from the scene. Detectives also released a photo of a black van in connection with the investigation, and are asking for additional witness information.

Anyone with information on the matter is asked to call (310) 726-7884 or (310) 726-7882. Those who wish ...

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Tyrone Tucker Jr., a 32-year-old black male, died Saturday, Jan. 26, after being shot in Hawthorne, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Hakim Webster,  a 36-year-old black man, was fatally shot on Friday, Jan. 25 in the parking lot of the New Holy Trinity Baptist Church, 1919 East Compton Boulevard in Compton, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. 

Webster was attending a funeral for a cousin at the church shortly after 1 p.m.,  said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Derrick Alfred. The church was full, "standing room only," with about 200 people, some of whom were standing outside, he said.

The deceased was Jakiera Green, 29, who was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Louisiana on Jan. 8, according to an online fundraiser to bring her body and children back to Southern  California.

Green's grandmother was in the middle of her eulogy when a man stood up in the church "and began yelling something disrespectful," Alfred said. "It erupted into pushing, and shoving ...

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Andrew Edward Gallegos, a 30-year-old Latino, was fatally shot on Thursday, Jan. 24, in the 13200 block of Valley Boulevard in the Bassett area just east of El Monte, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. 

Gallegos and another man were standing on the sidewalk in front of the Bliss Showgirls strip club around 2:20 a.m. when a man described only as a Latino pulled his car up alongside them, got out and began shooting, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Scott Hoglund. 

The gunfire struck Gallegos in the head and he fell to the sidewalk, according to coroner's records. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:32 a.m., according to coroner's records. 

The other man, later identified by family members as Gallegos' cousin, was not injured and remained at the scene, Hoglund said, but he couldn ...

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Maurice Phillip Ross, a 24-year-old black male, was fatally shot on Wednesday, Jan. 23, in the 200 block of East Anaheim Street in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

According to witnesses, Ross was involved in a physical fight with three adult black males just before he was shot around 10:45 p.m., according to a Long Beach Police Department news release. 

First responders found Ross lying on the sidewalk on East Anaheim Street, near Locust Avenue. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 11 p.m., according to coroner's records. 

A female adult bystander who was not connected with the suspects or Ross was also struck by gunfire, according to the release. She was taken to a nearby hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the lower torso.

Ross lived in Bellflower, according to coroner's records.  

The suspects ...

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David Loyd Levy, a 55-year-old white man, was shot and killed Tuesday, Jan. 22, in the 7500 block of South Grand Avenue in Florence, according to Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner’s records.

Shortly before 2:15 a.m., witnesses heard three shots in the area, said Los Angeles Police Det. Dave Garrido.

Police responded and found Levy sitting in the driver’s seat of a light-colored Toyota Camry with a gunshot wound to the head, Garrido said.

Levy was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:24 a.m., according to coroner’s records.

Police are trying to determine whether Levy was wounded by a gunman on foot or one firing from a vehicle. Detectives are seeking additional witnesses.

Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (323) 786-5113. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

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Cornell James Hunter, a 27-year-old black man, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, after he was shot near West 81st Place and Budlong Avenue in Vermont Knolls, according to Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner’s records.

On Jan. 20 about 9:40 p.m., Hunter was driving a vehicle west on West 81st Place when a person pulled up and fired at him, said Los Angeles Police Det. Dave Garrido.

Cornell was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead on Jan. 22 at 7:55 p.m., according to coroner’s records.

The suspect vehicle is believed to be an SUV, police said. Hunter was in town from Las Vegas for his son’s birthday party, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (323) 786-5113. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

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

Oscar Ruiz, a 25-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, Jan. 20, after being shot in Bellflower, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.