Tony Lawrence Thompson Sr., 55
Brian Keith Greer, 37
Brian Keith Greer, a 37-year-old black man, was fatally shot Thursday, Dec. 28, in the 100 block of East Caldwell Street in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Deputies were called about 10:30 p.m. regarding a gunshot victim and found a car in the middle of the street with Greer and his cousin David Charles Greer, 37, lying nearby, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Rodney Moore.
Both men had been shot multiple times, Moore said, and were pronounced dead at the scene at 10:38 p.m.
The cousins were born just nine days apart and grew up in Compton, said Brian Greer’s best friend, Kwiince Lipscomb, but as teens, they took separate paths.
David Greer got involved in a gang, Lipscomb said.
He was one of two men charged in the 2001 gang-related shooting of Kevin Fauria, 26. He pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter, with allegations …
David Charles Greer, 37
David Charles Greer, a 37-year-old black man, was fatally shot Thursday, Dec. 28, in the 100 block of East Caldwell Street in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Deputies were called about 10:30 p.m. regarding a gunshot victim and found a car in the middle of the street with Greer and his cousin Brian Keith Greer, 37, lying nearby, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Rodney Moore.
Both men had been shot multiple times, Moore said, and were pronounced dead at the scene at 10:38 p.m.
The cousins were born just nine days apart and grew up in Compton, said Brian Greer’s best friend, Kwiince Lipscomb, but as teens, they took separate paths.
David Greer got involved in a gang, Lipscomb said.
He was one of two men charged in the 2001 gang-related shooting of Kevin Fauria, 26. He pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter, with allegations that …
Rito Esqueda, 46
Travon Lamont Brown Jr., 21
Travon Brown Jr., a 21-year-old black man, died Sunday, Dec. 3, after he was shot in the 200 block of Willowbrook Avenue in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Brown was standing near the ticket machines on the Metro Blue Line passenger platform about 3:30 p.m. when he began arguing with a group of people who got off the train, said L.A. County Sheriff's Lt. Derrick Alfred.
"Words were thrown back and forth ... it was a gang-related thing," Alfred said. "Someone got disrespected and it became a fight, then a gunshot was fired and the victim was struck."
Everyone scattered when the shots were fired, Alfred said. Brown ran a short distance then collapsed.
Paramedics took Brown to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead at 4:27 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as a gunshot wound to the chest.
The …
Rene Luque Ortiz, 22
Rene Luque Ortiz, a 22-year-old Latino, died Thursday, Oct. 19, after he was shot in the 400 block of West Spruce Street in Compton, according to coroner’s records.
The day before he died, Ortiz was on a residential street a couple of blocks from his home about 1:40 a.m., said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Derrick Alfred.
Investigators know little of what happened then, except that residents reported gunfire and found Ortiz lying in the front yard of a house, Alfred said.
“We don’t know if somebody pulled him into the yard or he stumbled there after he was shot,” Alfred said. “It appears he was standing on the sidewalk when someone opened fire.”
Ortiz was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead the following morning at 5:59 a.m., according to coroner's records. His cause of death was listed as a gunshot wound.
No one reported seeing the …
DeAnthony Wills, 28
DeAnthony Wills, a 28-year-old black man, was shot and killed Sunday, Oct. 8, in the 2600 block of Lantana Street in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Wills, a resident of Perris, was visiting friends in the neighborhood about 6 p.m. when he got into an argument with a man in the middle of the street, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Joe Mendoza.
The other man pulled out a gun and began shooting at Wills, Mendoza said. The shooter, a black man in his 20s, then got into a white sedan and drove away, heading east on Lantana and north on Wadsworth Avenue, until he was out of view, Mendoza said.
Wills was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:42 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
“DeAnthony was a loving father, son and brother,” said his obituary in The Times. “His life …
Travoy Emiel Edwards, 47
Travoy Emiel Edwards, a 47-year-old black man, was shot and killed Wednesday, Aug. 30, in the 1200 block of West Magnolia Street in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Edwards had driven to the neighborhood where he used to live and was hanging out with some people outside, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Derrick Alfred said.
Residents reported hearing the group arguing around 8:50 p.m., but things soon quieted. An hour later, gunfire was reported, Alfred said.
When deputies arrived, people were running away, and Edwards was lying on the sidewalk at West Magnolia Street and North Broadacres Avenue, Alfred said. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:59 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
Investigators don’t have any suspect information.
“It sounds like it was a walk-up and drive-away because no cars were seen driving away, but we don’t even know that for sure,” Alfred said.
Anyone with information is asked …
Eloy Gutierrez, 40
Gregory Lamound McDonald, 45
Andres Cardenas, 20
Andres Cardenas, a 20-year-old Latino, was fatally shot Saturday, Aug. 5, in the 1100 block of South Long Beach Boulevard in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Cardenas and his friend Marc Garcia, 18, had car problems that afternoon and had pulled into the parking lot of the Travel Plaza Inn to try to make repairs, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Joe Mendoza.
As the two were working, a silver, 2000 Honda Civic drove into the parking lot at 4:05 p.m., Mendoza said.
Two Latino adults in dark clothing got out of the car and began shooting at Cardenas and Garcia, Mendoza said. The gunmen then got back in the Honda and fled north on Long Beach Boulevard, he said.
Cardenas was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:17 p.m., according to coroner’s records. Garcia was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:50 p.m. The cause of …
Marc Garcia, 18
Marc Garcia, an 18-year-old Latino, was fatally shot Saturday, Aug. 5, in the 1100 block of South Long Beach Boulevard in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Garcia and his friend Andres Cardenas, 20, had car problems that afternoon and had pulled into the parking lot of the Travel Plaza Inn to try to make repairs, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Joe Mendoza.
As the two were working, a silver, 2000 Honda Civic drove into the parking lot at 4:05 p.m., Mendoza said.
Two Latino adults in dark clothing got out of the car and began shooting at Cardenas and Garcia, Mendoza said. The gunmen then got back in the Honda and fled north on Long Beach Boulevard, he said.
Garcia was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:50 p.m., according to coroner’s records. Cardenas was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:17 p.m. The …
Mario Rupert Melbourne Jr., 30
Mario Rupert Melbourne Jr., a 30-year-old black man, died Monday, July 24, after he was struck by a car at the intersection of East Cypress Street and South Crane Avenue in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Melbourne had been standing outside with a big group of people about 10:55 p.m., when a man pulled up in a grey BMW sedan, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Joe Mendoza.
The man, identified as Frankie Mazen III, a 44-year-old black man, got out and began arguing with Melbourne, Mendoza said.
Melbourne's father told KTLA 5 news that Mazen was an acquaintance of Melbourne's who had been accused of stealing money from him in the past. Because of that, the father said, Melbourne asked him to leave.
The argument escalated to a fistfight, Mendoza said. The driver got back in his car and started to drive away, but made a U-turn and …
Carlos Velasquez, 22
Carlos Velasquez, a 22-year-old Latino, died on Monday, July 10, after he was shot in the 1900 block of West 156th Street in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Velasquez and a friend, Antonio Banda, 23, were visiting someone in a trailer at the Westland Village Mobile Home Park the night of July 9, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. John Corina said.
Deputies were called to the area around 12:18 a.m. regarding a gunshot victim. When they arrived, they discovered both Velasquez and Banda had been shot, Corina said.
Banda, a Compton resident, was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:33 a.m., according to coroner’s records.
Velasquez, who lived in San Jacinto, was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:02 a.m., according to coroner’s records.
Both men had some involvement with a Compton street gang, Corina said, and investigators think the shooting is gang related. …