Ryan Deshane Givens, a 29-year-old black man, was shot and killed Monday, Jan. 20, in the 10200 block of Santa Monica Boulevard in Century City, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.

About 10 p.m., two women with separate groups were at a restaurant in the Westfield Century City mall when they got into a fight, police said.

The altercation moved outside, and Givens, who was with one of the groups, was shot in front of the restaurant.

People in the area called police about 10:17 p.m. to report a fight, then the call was upgraded to a shooting in progress, according to a news release.

Officers arrived and found Givens with multiple gunshot wounds. Givens was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:34 p.m., according to coroner’s records.

Witnesses described the suspect as a black man who is between age 25 and 30, who …

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Pamela Fayed, 45, a white woman, was fatally stabbed during an assault at 1875 E. Century Park in Century City about 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 28.

According to Sgt. Ruby Malachi of the Los Angeles Police Department, Fayed, who lived in Ventura County, was on the third floor of a parking structure, when a man approached her and stabbed her several times in the neck. Witnesses told police that they heard the woman screaming for help.

At least two doctors and a bystander went to her aide, Malachi said.  Fayed was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.  The suspect was described as a slender man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt. He was last seen driving from the parking lot in a red sport-utility vehicle.

"We're still early into the investigation," Malachi said.  The parking lot is surrounded by several high-rise buildings and is around …

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Doris Jean Macrillo, a 72-year-old white female, died Thursday, July 19, in Century City, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Yelena Yurovskaya, a 48-year-old white female, died Monday, Sept. 11, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Century City, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.