Christopher Bernal, a 22-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, Feb. 22, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Elysian Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Joseth Ochoa Jr., a 23-year-old Latino male, died Tuesday, Jan. 16, after being shot in Elysian Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Jesus Rodriguez Lopez, a 45-year-old Latino, died a day after being shot in the 900 block of Academy Road in Elysian Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

About 4:35 p.m. on March 9, officers responded to a call of a shooting. Police later found that Lopez was involved in a dispute with another person, who pulled out a handgun and shot him multiple times, according to an LAPD news release.

Lopez was taken to a hospital in a private vehicle, where he was pronounced dead at 1:02 a.m. the next day, according to coroner’s records.

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Roberto Rodriguez, a 32-year-old Latino, was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy Saturday, Dec. 17, in the 400 block of Solano Avenue in Elysian Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

The shooting occurred shortly before 5 a.m. Firefighters arrived at the scene of a house fire and were fired upon by Rodriguez, authorities say.

They flagged down a passing transit services sheriff's deputy returning to his Metrolink office, said Steve Whitmore, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

The deputy shot Rodriguez, Whitmore said, and he died half an hour later at a hospital.

Whitmore said later that Rodriguez hadn't fired at anyone, but was brandishing a gun at firefighters and later pointed it at the deputy and ignored repeated commands to drop the weapon.

No one else was hurt.

Los Angeles Fire Department arson-counter-terrorism detectives were investigating the fire, a ...

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Charles Michael Mceldowney, a 36-year-old Asian male, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, after being shot in Elysian Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Jose Antonio Meza, a 20-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, March 27, after being shot in Elysian Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Samuel Heriberto Nolasco, a 33-year-old Latino male, died Monday, Aug. 27, after being shot in Elysian Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Jacqueline Rose Piazza, a 13-year-old Latino female, died Thursday, June 28, in Elysian Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.