Jesse Puente, a 21-year-old Latino male, died Tuesday, May 14, in Florence-Firestone, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

Leonel Colin, a 49-year-old Latino male, died Friday, May 3, after being shot in Florence-Firestone, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Eduardo Rufino Arredondo, a 32-year-old Latino male, died Tuesday, April 23, after being shot in Florence-Firestone, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Shawn Robert Deontray Turner, a 28-year-old black male, died Wednesday, April 10, in Florence-Firestone, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

Jose Luis Cortez, a 33-year-old Latino male, died Wednesday, March 27, after being shot in Florence-Firestone, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Frank Noel "Chito" Galvan, a 34-year-old Latino, was fatally shot on Saturday, March 23, near the corner of 95th and Juniper Streets in the Florence-Firestone area of South Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records. 

Galvan was walking in his neighborhood around 2:40 p.m. when  he was shot, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Rodney Moore. 

Deputies were called to the scene regarding a gunshot victim and found Galvan with a gunshot wound, Moore said. 

Galvan was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 4:12 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as a gunshot wound to the torso. 

Investigators don't have any information about the gunman or a motive for the shooting, Moore said. 

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Kioka Shay Colbert, a 26-year-old black woman, was shot and killed Friday, Dec. 28 in the 1100 block of East 89th Street in Florence-Firestone, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.

About 10:30 p.m., Colbert was standing outside a car talking to two people who were seated inside, said Los Angeles Police Det. Nathan Kouri.

A man walked up and asked if Colbert was in a gang, then shot her and the two others, Kouri said. Colbert was pronounced dead at the scene at 10;44 p.m., according to coroner’s records.

The two others are expected to survive.

The gunman ran north and was taken into custody near South Hooper Avenue and 83rd Street, Kouri said.

Darrell Sherman, a 29-year-old black man, has been charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder, shooting at an occupied vehicle and being a felon ...

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Gonzalo Lozano, a 27-year-old Latino male, died Tuesday, Dec. 18, after being shot in Florence-Firestone, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Bryan Martin Mendoza, a 21-year-old Latino, was fatally shot on Saturday, Dec. 15, in the 7600 block of Graham Avenue in the Florence-Firestone area of South Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records. 

 Mendoza had been at a nightclub at the corner of Florence Avenue and Graham Avenue when a fight that started inside spilled out into the street, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Derrick Alfred. 

Three other patrons got into a car with Mendoza and they drove away, with the victim at the wheel, Alfred said. They were driving south on Graham Avenue, away from Florence Avenue, when another car pulled up alongside  and opened fire, he said. 

Mendoza was struck by the gunfire and pronounced dead at 3:51 a.m. at the scene. The cause of death was listed as a gunshot wound to the head. 

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Edgar Sevilla Garcia, a 42-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, Sept. 2, after being shot in Florence-Firestone, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Osbaldo Treto, a 42-year-old Latino male, died Friday, July 13, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Florence-Firestone, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Brian Michael Rivas, a 29-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, March 31, after being shot in Florence-Firestone, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Miracle Treasure McGowan, a 15-year-old black girl, died Thursday, Jan. 11, after being shot in the 9300 block of South Hooper Avenue in the Florence-Firestone neighborhood of South Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. 

Miracle was sitting in the front passenger seat of her mother’s SUV, with her mother at the wheel, when someone began shooting at the car around 9 p.m., Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Joe Mendoza said.

The car was parked next to the curb outside the family’s home when the shooting began, and Miracle was closest to the gunfire, Mendoza said. Friends told KCBS-TV Channel 2 that Miracle, her mother and a female friend had gotten into the car to go get something to eat.

Bullets struck Miracle in the torso and her mother in the leg, according to coroner’s records. The friend sitting in the back seat ...

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Luis Alberto Fuentes Jr., a 22-year-old Latino, died Monday, Oct. 16, after he was shot in the 8600 block of Graham Avenue in the Florence-Firestone area of South Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. 

Fuentes was standing outside a liquor store near Graham Avenue and Firestone Boulevard about 4 p.m. when he and another young man were confronted by a Latino in his early 20s, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Derrick Alfred. 

The two men tried to run away, up onto the passenger platform of the Metro Blue Line Station at Graham Avenue and Firestone Boulevard, but the suspect followed them and chased them onto the gravel area between the tracks, Alfred said. 

That’s where the gunman shot Fuentes, Alfred said. The other man was not injured. 

Fuentes, who lived in Watts, was taken to a nearby hospital ...

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Deshaun Anthony White, a 37-year-old black man, died Thursday, Sept. 14, after he was stabbed in the 5900 block of Holmes Avenue in the Florence-Firestone neighborhood of South Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. 

White was found lying on the sidewalk outside his home about 6:50 a.m. in the short residential block across from the Lillian Street Elementary School, according to coroner’s records.  

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene when paramedics “observed trauma to his body,” said Lt. Rodney Moore. 

White was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:05 a.m., according to coroner’s records. The cause of death was listed as a stab wound to the chest. 

Investigators don’t have any suspect information, Moore said. 

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