Kent Raymond Jacobs, a 65-year-old white male, died Sunday, July 18, after sustaining blunt force trauma near 2201 W. Redondo Beach Blvd. in Gardena, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Robin Robert Frost Sr., a 61-year-old Black man, was fatally stabbed Friday, Aug. 7, in the 1700 block of West 150th Street in Gardena, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 1:45 a.m., officers from the Gardena Police Department responded to a disturbance at a home, according to a news release from the department.
Officers arrived and found Frost in his bed with several puncture wounds to his chest and face. Frost was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police believe his 24-year-old son, Robin Robert Frost Jr., stabbed his father while he was asleep.
Robin Robert Frost Jr. has been charged with one count of murder, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
It’s unclear what led to the stabbing. Anyone with information is asked to call Gardena detectives at (310) 217-6180 or (310) 217-9618.
Contact the Homicide Report. Follow @nicolesantacruz and @latimeshomicide on Twitter.
Jerry E. Lewis, a 50-year-old Black man, was shot and killed Sunday, July 5, in the 2300 block of Rosecrans Avenue in Gardena, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
About 7 p.m., officers from the Gardena Police Department responded to a call of an assault with a deadly weapon, according to a news release from the department. Officers found Lewis, who had been shot in the lower body, police said.
Police said that Lewis walked into a market without a mask and got into an argument with a security guard there. Lewis left the store, then came back and got into a physical fight with the security guard, identified by police as Umeir Corniche Hawkins, 38.
During the fight, police said that Hawkins’ wife, Sabrina Carter, 50, who was waiting for Hawkins to get out of work, walked up and pointed a gun at Lewis and others, stopping the …
Kenneth Onyebuchi Onah, a 46-year-old black man, was shot and killed Saturday, Jan. 11, in the 15100 block of South Raymond Avenue in Gardena, according to Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner’s records.
Shortly after 12:30 a.m., officers from the Gardena Police Department responded to a call of shots heard in the 1300 block of Marine Avenue, but didn’t find signs of a shooting or a victim, police said in a statement.
About an hour later, officers received a call of a gunshot victim in the hallway of an apartment building.
Onah was shot in the abdomen, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Detectives believe the shooting occurred behind a security gate of the apartment complex where Onah was a resident.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (310) 217-9639 or (310) 217-9653. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477. …
Andrew LaVelle Price II, a 36-year-old black man, was shot and killed Saturday, Nov. 30, in the 13200 block of South Wilkie Avenue in Gardena, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 8:49 p.m., multiple people called the Gardena Police Department about gunshots heard in the area, according to a news release from the department.
Officers arrived and discovered Price, who had suffered a gunshot wound to the hip, police said.
Price was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:13 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
Detectives said, based off a preliminary investigation, that Price was standing on the sidewalk with a group when two vehicles drove by one after the other and shot at the group, striking Price.
The two suspect vehicles were described as a silver Lexus sedan and a dark-colored BMW.
Price, a father of three, grew up in the area and …