Damion Pugh, a 21-year-old black male, died Saturday, June 15, in Willowbrook, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

Daniel Castillo Garcia, a 37-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, June 15, in Willowbrook, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

Juan Pablo Barajas, a 22-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, June 15, in East Compton, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

 Joseph Gilbert Solano, a 50-year-old Latino deputy for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, died Wednesday, June 12, after he was shot in the 2500 block of West Valley Boulevard in Alhambra, according to sheriff's investigators. 

Solano got off work about 5 p.m. Monday, June 10, put on his civilian clothes and then ran an errand for his mother, taking her car to a Jiffy Lube to get the oil changed, The Times reported. 

Solano went next door to a Jack in the Box restaurant at 2531 West Valley Blvd., and was waiting for his food when a man wearing sunglasses and a fedora walked up behind him about 5:45 p.m. 

"We don't know if [the gunman] said something to him, but on the video you can see [Solano] turns to face him," said Lt. Derrick Alfred. "And that's when ...

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Kenyata Wante McIntosh, a 39-year-old black male, died Wednesday, June 12, in Compton, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

William Benjamin Harris IV, a 19-year-old black male, died Monday, June 10, in Altadena, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

Andres Sanchez, a 48-year-old Latino male, died Monday, June 10, after being shot in Boyle Heights, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Herbert Antonio Martinez, a 56-year-old Latino male, died Monday, June 10, after sustaining blunt force trauma in East Hollywood, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Dmitry Alekseyevich Kolstov, a 31-year-old white male, died Monday, June 10, after being shot in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Jose Salvador Meza, a 35-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, June 6, in San Gabriel, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

Ryan Twyman, a 24-year-old black man, was shot and killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies Thursday, June 6, near East 132nd and South San Pedro streets in Willowbrook, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Twyman was sitting in a white sedan with another person in the parking lot of an apartment complex about 7:30 p.m. when the sheriff's department said in a statement that deputies approached him.

“During the contact, a deputy-involved shooting occurred,” the department said in a statement.

It remains unclear what prompted the shooting.

Twyman was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:50 p.m., according to coroner's records.

He was one of three men killed by sheriff's deputies in a single day.

Twyman was a father of three children and also cared for his girlfriend's daughter. A fundraising page has been set up for ...

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William Mitchell Andrews, a 60-year-old white male, died Thursday, June 6, after being stabbed in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Jose Antonio De Santiago-Medina, a 59-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, June 6, after being shot in Atwater Village, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Julio Cesar Urbina, a 31-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Sunday, June 2, in the 1500 block of East Young Street in Wilmington, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.

About 1:45 a.m., Urbina was walking east on East Young Street when a vehicle drove up and a person got out, said Los Angeles Police Officer Jeffrey Tiffin.

The person fired at Urbina and got back into the vehicle, which fled.

Urbina was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:15 a.m., according to coroner’s records.

The vehicle may have been a dark-colored SUV, Tiffin said.

Urbina was not a gang member but lived in the area, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Tiffin at (310) 726-7884. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

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

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Oscar Bonilla, a 34-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, June 2, after being shot in Reseda, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.