Homer Montes Garcia, a 56-year-old Latino, was fatally stabbed Wednesday, Jan. 1, at a restaurant in the 100 block of East 7th Street in downtown, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

About 8:40 a.m., Garcia and another man got into an argument inside Margarita’s Place, and the other man stabbed Garcia multiple times, police said.

Garcia was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. 

Video footage from inside the restaurant released by police shows the assailant sitting at a counter as another man approaches him.

The two appear to begin arguing, then the clip ends with the assailant getting up and turning toward Garcia.

After the stabbing, the assailant ran from the area.

Two days later, a civilian called police to report seeing the assailant inside the downtown Central Library, police said. Officers responded and took the man into custody.

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Franklin Ray Straub, a 49-year-old white male, died Tuesday, Dec. 10, after being stabbed near Wall & Winston streets in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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Melvin Lawrence Sanders, a 34-year-old black male, died Sunday, Dec. 8, after being shot near 1365 S. Broadway in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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Oganes Papazyan, a 62-year-old Armenian man, was fatally stabbed Friday, Nov. 15, in the 700 block of East Cesar E. Chavez Avenue in downtown, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

About 6 p.m., Papazyan, a taxi cab driver, picked up a man at Union Station, police said.

The man directed Papazyan to the parking lot of a Burger King, where he was stabbed.

The attacker attempted to leave in the cab, but ended up running away.

Papazyan was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:17 p.m., according to coroner’s records.

Two days later, officers in the area saw a man who matched the suspect's description in the 500 block of North Main Street, police said.

Daniel Torres, a 32-year-old Latino, was interviewed and arrested on suspicion of murder.

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Milton Corona, a 40-year-old Latino male, died Friday, Nov. 1, after sustaining blunt force trauma near the N/W corner of 6th & Spring streets in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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Wesley Drakes, a 42-year-old black male, died Thursday, Oct. 17, after being shot in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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Aaron Christopher Scott, a 24-year-old black male, died Saturday, Oct. 12, after being shot in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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Andre Davis, a 66-year-old black male, died Thursday, Oct. 10, after sustaining blunt force trauma near 5th & San Pedro streets in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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Julio Martinez, a 58-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, Oct. 3, after being shot in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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Don Maurice Storey III, a 40-year-old black male, died Monday, Sept. 16, after being shot in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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Dwayne Fields, a 62-year-old black man, died Tuesday, Aug. 27, after he was set on fire near East 6th and San Pedro streets in downtown L.A., according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

On Aug. 26 about 11:30 p.m., Fields was inside his tent when another man set his living quarters ablaze. 

Responding officers found Fields walking down East 6th Street, his body still burning, according to two law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the case candidly. 

The officers tried to extinguish the flames, but Fields was badly burned. Fields was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:20 a.m. the next day. 

Jonathan Early, a 38 year-old black man, was charged with capital murder in connection with Fields’ death.  

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Antonio Martinez, a 35-year-old Latino male, died Wednesday, Aug. 21, after being shot in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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Gustavo Adolfo Zeledon, a 59-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, Aug. 17, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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Julius Realista Rondez, a 70-year-old Filipino man, died Wednesday, July 3, after he was assaulted in the 400 block of East Temple Street in downtown, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

On July 2 about 4:35 p.m., Rondez was walking down the street when he was knocked to the ground in an unprovoked attack, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.  

Rondez fell and struck his head on the pavement. He was taken to a hospital and died the next day.

Officers recognized Gerson Carrillotorres, a 22-year-old Latino, from surveillance video and arrested him on suspicion of murder. Carrillotorres was charged July 15 with one count of murder and is awaiting trial, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.

The day of the attack, Rondez was supposed to go on vacation, his daughter Janice Rondez said in an interview with KTLA-TV Channel ...

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Hakeem Ibrahim Funtua, a 34-year-old black male, died Saturday, June 15, after being shot in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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