Richard Thomas Kinsella, a 51-year-old white male, died Monday, Sept. 27, after sustaining blunt force trauma near 8320 Firestone Blvd. in Downey, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Rosendo Ramirez Jr., a 51-year-old Asian male, died Monday, June 1, after sustaining blunt force trauma near 12603 Izetta Ave. in Downey, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Gurpreet Singh, a 44-year-old man, was shot and killed Tuesday, May 7, in the 8500 block of Paramount Boulevard in Downey, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
About 10:15 p.m., officers from the Downey Police Department responded to a call of a gunshot victim at ASL Liquor and Market, according to a news release from the department.
Singh, the co-owner of the store, was found with gunshot wounds behind the counter.
Police said they believe he was the victim of an attempted robbery, but are not ruling out other possible motives.
Two days after the killing, police released footage from the store’s surveillance camera in hopes of identifying a suspect.
Several tips from the public led police to Maywood on May 10, where they saw a man believed to be the shooter get into a car outside a residence.
Officers tried to stop the vehicle about 2:30 p.m., but …
Salvador Martinez Rivera, a 63-year-old Latino, was fatally shot Tuesday, July 10, in the 12700 block of Samoline Avenue in Downey, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Downey police investigators were called to Rivera's home shortly before 2 p.m. after a family member discovered him and his wife with gunshot wounds, said Sgt. Maria Villegas.
Rivera was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:18 p.m., according to coroner's records.
His wife, who has not been identified, was taken to a nearby hospital where she is listed in critical condition, Villegas said.
Investigators believe the shooting was a murder-suicide, Villegas said, "and we believe the female was the aggressor, based on the way the bodies were found."
Villegas said she couldn't provide further details, but said investigators found a gun in the bedroom where Rivera and his wife were shot.
It's not clear when the shooting occurred or what prompted …
Jaime Garcia Jr., a 29-year-old Latino, was fatally shot Saturday, June 30, at 9415 Firestone Blvd. in Downey, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Garcia and his younger brother, Ivan Garcia, 17, drove to Rick’s Motel that morning and got into an argument with one of the guests, Raymond Joseph Penland, according to Downey Police Sgt. Maria Villegas.
The brothers were shot in the motel’s parking lot around 11:25 a.m., Villegas said. Both were pronounced dead at the scene a short time later, according to coroner’s records.
Penland, 29, fled the scene but was arrested that evening on suspicion of murder. Acting on a tip, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s SWAT team went to a warehouse in Santa Fe Springs to confront Penland, who gave himself up around 8:45 p.m., Villegas said.
Investigators don’t know why the brothers went to see Penland at the motel or why they argued, Villegas said.
“We surmise …
Ivan Garcia, a 17-year-old Latino, was fatally shot Saturday, June 30, at 9415 Firestone Blvd. in Downey, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Garcia and his older brother, Jaime Garcia Jr., 29, drove to Rick’s Motel that morning and got into an argument with one of the guests, Raymond Joseph Penland, according to Downey Police Sgt. Maria Villegas.
The brothers were shot in the motel’s parking lot around 11:25 a.m., Villegas said. Both were pronounced dead at the scene a short time later, according to coroner’s records.
Penland, 29, fled the scene but was arrested that evening on suspicion of murder. Acting on a tip, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s SWAT team went to a warehouse in Santa Fe Springs to confront Penland, who gave himself up around 8:45 p.m., Villegas said.
Investigators don’t know why the brothers went to see Penland at the motel or why they argued, Villegas said. …
Jose Luis Quintero, a 49-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, May 19, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Downey, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.