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Gracie Anne Muehlberger, a 15-year-old female, died Thursday, Nov. 14, in Santa Clarita, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.
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Chloe Summer Evans, an 18-year-old black woman, was shot and killed Friday, Oct. 25, near West 104th Street and South Figueroa Street in Vermont Vista, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 6 a.m., Evans was riding in an SUV with two others when another vehicle pulled up and she was struck by gunfire, said Los Angeles Police Det. Nathan Kouri.
Evans was first taken to the LAPD’s Southeast Division, then taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 5:45 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
The suspect vehicle was described as a light-colored sedan. It’s unknown what occurred between the two vehicles in the moments before the incident.
Detectives are seeking witnesses to the shooting.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (323) 786-5111. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477 ...
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Lashante Kirkpatrick, a 16-year-old black female, died Monday, Oct. 14, after being stabbed in Vermont Square, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Eusebia Elizabeth Cabrera Benitez, a 32-year-old Latino female, died Saturday, Sept. 28, after being stabbed at UNKNOWN, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Martyne Elizabeth "Dr. Beth" Bonzo, also known as Martyne Dykes-Bonzo, a 45-year-old white woman, was pronounced dead on Thursday, Sept. 26, after she was stabbed and struck with a heavy object in the 27800 block of Palmeras Place in Rancho Palos Verdes, according to Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner records.
Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies found Bonzo lying alone in her home with traumatic injuries after a family member requested a welfare check, said Lt. Derrick Alfred.
Bonzo was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:34 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death is listed as sharp and blunt-force injuries of the neck and head.
Bonzo, a physical therapist who owned Coast Physical Therapy in Rancho Palos Verdes, lived in the home with her husband, Antonio Lopez Jr., 48, a private-practice defense attorney in Rancho Palos Verdes and ...
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Melissa Lourdes Lopez, a 16-year-old Latina teenager, was shot and killed Sept. 18 in the 800 block of Bayview Avenue in Wilmington, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 3:11 p.m., Melissa was standing in a group of people who had gathered to memorialize a man who was killed at the same location in March 2018, said Los Angeles Police Det. David Cortez.
A person walked up and began firing, striking four people.
Melissa was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:20 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
Alex Gutierrez, 24, was also struck. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead at 4:49 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
Gutierrez was the brother of the person who was being memorialized that day.
Two other women, a bystander in her 70s and another young adult who was with the group ...
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Sandra Cossid Lertzman, a 60-year-old white woman, was shot and killed Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the 9600 block of Vanalden Avenue in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 9 a.m., officers from the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a call of a shooting in the area and found three people dead in a home.
Authorities said Lertzman was shot by her husband, Eric Lertzman, 60, in their master bedroom. He then walked across the hall and tried to shoot another woman, whom neighbors described as his daughter. She escaped and locked herself in the hallway bathroom, according to police.
Lertzman then shot and killed his 19-year-old son, Michael. During this time, the daughter escaped through the bathroom window and ran to a neighbor’s home. Lertzman went back into the master bedroom and killed himself, according to the LAPD.
Detectives recovered two guns ...
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Karla Azucena Duarte, a 33-year-old Latino female, died Saturday, Sept. 7, after being shot in Westlake, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Lillie Marie Morrison, a 45-year-old black female, died Thursday, Aug. 29, after being shot in Westmont, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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DeeNisha Artimes-Sarah Adams, a 22-year-old black woman, was fatally stabbed Thursday, Aug. 22, in the 500 block of West 104th Place in Vermont Vista, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
About 1:30 a.m., Adams was picked up by a person near West 104th and South Figueroa streets, said Los Angeles Police Det. Nathan Kouri.
While inside the car, Adams and the other person got into an argument that escalated and Adams was cut with a “sharp instrument,” Kouri said. Police declined to say what type of sharp instrument was used.
Adams got out of the vehicle and was found on the sidewalk by a pedestrian, who called police.
Adams was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 4:15 a.m., according to coroner's records.
The other person inside the vehicle was identified as Isaac Jacob Germany, a 30-year-old black man, police ...
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Marlena Virginia Alvirez, a 13-year-old Latina, was fatally shot Tuesday, Aug. 13, in the 1700 block of West Avenue J-15 in Lancaster, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records.
Marlena was at home in the bedroom she shared with her brother and two sisters when she was shot around 5:30 p.m., said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Richard Biddle.
Deputies were initially called to the home about someone being shot by a BB gun, Biddle said, "but almost simultaneously the hospital called to report that a juvenile was in the emergency room with a gunshot wound."
Investigators went to both locations and discovered the calls were related, he said. A family member drove Marlena to the hospital, but she was pronounced dead at 5:46 p.m., according to coroner's records.
Her brother, Eddie Alvirez, 18, is suspected of firing the gun ...
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Tracy Lynette Castle, a 51-year-old white woman, was found dead Tuesday, July 30, in the 700 block of East 108th Street in Green Meadows, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
About 9 a.m., officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Southeast Division responded to a residence to perform a welfare check and found Castle dead inside a container in the bedroom, said LAPD Det. Nathan Kouri.
Charles Thorpe, who lives at the location, was arrested on suspicion of murder. It’s unclear why Castle was with Thorpe, but police said they believed the two were previously involved in an intimate relationship.
Castle was pronounced dead at the scene. She died of sharp force injuries, according to coroner’s records.
Thorpe, a 29-year-old black man, was charged with one count of murder, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
Thorpe’s cousin, Samond Hayes ...
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Azucena “Susie” Lepe, 45, was shot and killed Thursday, July 25, in the 6700 block of Vineland Avenue in North Hollywood, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Shortly after 2:40 a.m., Lepe was at a Shell gas station when she was shot along with another man, police said.
Lepe was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Lepe’s family told CBS-TV Channel 2 that the woman was a mother of four who had briefly dated the suspect, Gerry Dean Zaragoza, a 26-year-old Latino.
That morning, Zaragoza is suspected of killing four people, including Lepe.
About 45 minutes before Lepe was killed, Zaragoza is suspected of killing his 33-year-old brother and his 56-year-old father. His mother was also shot in the hand.
Hours after the shooting at the gas station, police said that Zaragoza tried to rob a man outside a Bank of ...
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Cheyenne Marie Brown, a 24-year-old white woman, was shot and killed Monday, July 22, in the 16600 block of Chatsworth Street in Granada Hills, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
Shortly before 10:30 p.m., Brown arrived home from work and was shot near her vehicle, according to a news release from the Los Angeles Police Department.
Witnesses told police that a full-size truck was seen leaving the area after the shooting.
Investigators identified Javier Flores, a 24-year-old Latino, as the suspect and he was arrested at his home in Simi Valley, police said.
Flores was charged Sept. 16 with one count of murder with the special allegation that he was lying in wait, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
He also faces a handgun allegation.
Brown was the estranged wife of Flores’ girlfriend. Brown left behind a 2-year-old daughter, police said ...
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