Tracy Laron LeBlue, a 45-year-old black male, died Sunday, Feb. 16, after being shot near the 2300 block of North Canyada Avenue in Altadena, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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William Benjamin Harris IV, a 19-year-old black male, died Monday, June 10, after being shot in Altadena, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Salvador Esparza III, a Latino 4-year-old, died Wednesday, July 6, after he was shot in the 300 block of Figueroa Drive in Altadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
About 10:30 p.m. on July 5, Salvador had just stepped onto the front porch of a home his family was visiting when he was wounded along with a 27-year-old man, Lt. John Corina with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
Deputies were flagged down after the shooting and led to the home, according to a news release from the department.
Salvador, who lived in Monrovia, was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 12:19 a.m. the next morning, according to coroner’s records.
About two hours earlier, one or two people got into an argument with another man, Corina said. The argument spilled into the street and people had to ...
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Michael Paul Hernandez, a 62-year-old Latino male, died Monday, May 11, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Altadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
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Christopher Walker, a 26-year-old black man, was shot and killed Thursday, Oct. 30, in the 2500 block of Fair Oaks Avenue in Alta Dena, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
About 4:30 p.m. Walker was sitting alone in a chair on the outdoor patio at Fair Oaks Burger, said Lt. Holly Francisco with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
A light-colored sedan drove up and a passenger got out and fired multiple times, striking Walker, Francisco said. “No words were exchanged,” she said.
The car fled east on East Calaveras Street. Detectives are seeking witnesses.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
Note: Coroner's officials listed Walker as 29 years old. His parents say he was born in 1988 ...
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Robin Martin, a 47-year-old black man, was stabbed to death Saturday, Oct. 20, in the 900 block of Mariposa Street in Altadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Police say they received a call at 1:27 p.m. of a person stabbed. When they arrived on the scene, they found Martin lying on the street in front of an apartment building.
Martin was taken to Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, where he was pronounced dead at 5:12 p.m.
Sheriff’s deputies arrested Martin’s wife, Breta Durham, a 55-year-ol black woman, on suspicion of murder. They recovered what they believe to be the weapon at the scene.
Anyone with additional information about the incident is asked to contact the sheriff's homicide bureau at (323) 890-5500. Tipsters wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
--Wesley Lowery
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Stephen Bullock, a 33-year-old black man, was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy Friday, Feb. 18, in the 900 block of East New York Drive in Altadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Deputies stopped two men in a vehicle for a traffic violation about 11:30 p.m., Sgt. Debra Herman said. Bullock got out of the passenger side of the car and ran, and deputies chased him.
After a couple hundred yards, Bullock stopped and struggled with one of the deputies, Sheriff’s Capt. Ray Leyva said. When he pulled a gun from his waistband, the deputy pulled his weapon and fired one shot at the suspect, Leyva said.
Bullock was pronounced dead at the scene. A gun was recovered from the location.
The deputy’s name was not released.
-- Corina Knoll
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Brandon Jackson, an 18-year-old black man, was shot and killed Saturday, Feb. 12, in the 300 block of Palm Street in Altadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Jackson was leaving a party about 10:40 p.m. when he walked by a car and was shot, said Ed Winter, spokesman for the coroner's office.
The victim was taken to Huntington Hospital in Pasadena where he was pronounced dead less than 15 minutes later, Winter said.
The Times has contacted investigators to obtain additional details about the case and will post an update as soon as possible.
Anyone with information about the death of Brandon Jackson is asked to contact the L.A. County sheriff's homicide bureau at (323) 890-5500. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS (8477).
[Update July 27: Still no suspects in Altadena teen's killing]
-- Sarah Ardalani
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Jerrill Dulaney, a 17-year-old black male, was shot several times while walking in the 100 block of East Altadena Drive in Altadena Saturday, May 9, and died early the next morning, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.
Dulaney, of Altadena, was walking home from a friend’s house shortly after 11 p.m. when he was shot, said Ed Winter, a spokesman for the coroner’s office. He was pronounced dead at 2:38 a.m. on Sunday, May 10, Winter said.
-- Anthony Pesce
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Jasmine Denson, 19, a black woman, was killed at a home in the 2400 block of Lincoln Avenue in Altadena about 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2.
Officials with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said the woman was shot, then fell or was pushed out a window. Deputies arrested Tony Taylor, a 50-year-old black man, on suspicion of murder.
-Ruben Vives/Los Angeles Times
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Marie Esther Goree, a 49-year-old Asian woman, died Friday, July 11, in Altadena three years after an assault by her husband left her quadriplegic, according to the Los Angeles County coroner.
According to coroner's records Goree had never been released from the hospital after she was injured in the 2005 attack. She died at Little Company of Mary Hospital where she had been taken after first being treated at Huntington Memorial.
Her death was listed as a homicide.
-- Megan Garvey
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Michael Anthony De La Torre, 19, a Latino man, was shot in the 100 block of Figueroa Drive in Altadena about 1 a.m. Saturday, June 28.
De La Torre was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. L.A. County Sheriff's Homicide Bureau Dets. Harris and Martinez are investigating the incident.
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Evelyn Oletha Mosley, a 90-year-old black woman, was found dead inside her burning home in the 3200 Block of North Lincoln Avenue in Altadena about 9:59 a.m. Thursday, May 8.
Mosley was discovered in her kitchen shortly after firefighters extinguished the fire, authorities said. Mosley's housekeeper, who works part-time, was later arrested on suspicion of murder. Investigators with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department have not released her name.
Update: The housekeeper was released after extensive questioning by detectives, according to Deputy Denise Fuchs of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. She said the incident is still being investigated as a homicide.
Updated Jan. 25, 2010: Four months after Mosley's slaying, sheriff's homicide investigators named Corey King, then-18, as a person of interest in her killing after King was arrested on suspicion of a quadruple homicide in Lancaster.
Hours after the killings of Sonya ...
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Elsie Blanche Meacham, a 81-year-old white female, died Monday, Dec. 17, in Altadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
According to coroner's records, Meacham was taken from Country Villa Park Marino Health Center, a nursing home, to a hospital where doctors found extensive bed sores. The doctor who treated her determined that she died as a result of infection from those sores.
Additional information added Jan. 27, 2010: An investigation by the California Department of Public Health concluded that three days before Meacham died, the pressure ulcer on her left thigh had doubled in size from 5 centimeters wide to 10 centimeters, and the skin tissue had begun to die, and had begun to look like a crater.
The surrounding skin had begun to turn black and red. Notes by a physical therapist caring for her showed Meacham was in obvious pain; Meacham was quoted as saying ...
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