Daisy Samual Gorden, a 39-year-old black woman, was shot and killed Thursday, March 5, in the 500 block of West 127th Street in Harbor Gateway, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Shortly before 11:30 p.m., Gorden was involved in a fight with a group of people in a parking lot, said Los Angeles Police Det. Nathan Kouri.

After the fight, Gorden was walking back to her home when she was shot.

Gorden was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:42 p.m., according to coroner's records. 

Police said the shooter ran away.

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Larry Daniel Reed, a 43-year-old white male, died Friday, Sept. 13, after being shot in Harbor Gateway, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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Nicholas Mario Granadino, a 28-year-old white man, died Wednesday, Sept. 4, after he was shot in the 21800 block of Halldale Boulevard in Harbor Gateway, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

On Monday, Sept. 2, at about 7:30 p.m., Granadino was hanging out with a group of people on a street corner, said Los Angeles Police Officer Jeffrey Tiffin.

A car pulled up and a person inside inquired about the group’s gang affiliation, then fired two shots, Tiffin said.

Granadino was shot in the head and taken to a hospital. Granadino was pronounced dead Sept. 4 at 5:35 p.m., according to coroner’s records.

The vehicle was described as a gray or silver sedan and fled east on West 218th Street.

No one else was injured in the shooting, police said.

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David Flores, a 36-year-old Latino, was shot by Los Angeles police Monday, April 22, near South Figueroa Street and West Gardena Boulevard in Harbor Gateway, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.

About 6:40 a.m., officers from the LAPD’s Southeast Division responded to a call of a family dispute in which shots were fired in the 16700 block of South Denver Avenue, according to police.

As officers were on their way, they received information that a man was in the intersection near South Figueroa Street. As the two officers approached the intersection, they saw a man who matched the description of the suspect and was armed with a gun, police said.

The man, later identified as Flores, shot at the officers as they got out of their vehicle, and the officers fired back, authorities said.

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Carlo Alberto Mellado, a 30-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Tuesday, Nov. 6, in the 800 block of West 167th Street in Harbor Gateway, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Shortly after 11 p.m., Mellado was near the back of the apartment complex where he lived when a car drove by and a person inside shot at him, said Los Angeles police Det. Nathan Kouri.

Mellado was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:47 p.m., according to coroner’s records. The vehicle continued traveling west in the alley toward South Vermont Avenue. It’s unclear why Mellado was targeted, Kouri said, adding that the victim was not a gang member.

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Royce Leon Lanham, a 62-year-old white man, was found dead Wednesday, Sept. 12, in the 800 block of West 173rd Street in Harbor Gateway, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

About 9:50 a.m., a person in the area spotted a woman dragging a long plastic sheet with a large object on it into a backyard, said Los Angeles Police Det. Nathan Kouri. The person thought the large object was a body and called police.

Police responded and discovered a body later identified as Lanham, wrapped in plastic and wire.

Lanham was pronounced dead at 12:22 p.m. at the scene, according to coroner’s records, which also show that Lanham died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Investigators believe there was an altercation inside the home that led to the killing, Kouri said.

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Samuel Isaac Ferguson, a 27-year-old black man, was fatally shot on Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, in the westbound lane of the 91 Freeway near the Artesia Boulevard exit in Gardena, according to California Highway Patrol investigators.

Prosecutors are calling Ferguson's shooting a hate crime, committed because of his race, along with three other shootings between Aug. 17 and 23 last year that killed a second man and injured three in the Inglewood area. 

All of the victims were black, according to Ricardo Santiago, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office. The accused shooter, Daniel Martinez, a 30-year-old gang member from Inglewood, is Latino. 

Ferguson, a speech pathology student at Cerritos College, was driving home about 4:25 p.m. when he was shot on the freeway, said Lt. Laura Hill.

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Carlos Raymond Sanchez, a 43-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Sunday, July 15, in the 1500 block of West 224th Street in Harbor Gateway, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

About 10:50 p.m., Sanchez was riding his bike west on West 224th Street when a vehicle, possibly a light-colored four-door sedan, pulled up and a person inside opened fire, according to Los Angeles Police Officer Jeffrey Tiffin. The vehicle fled the scene, Tiffin said.

Sanchez was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:16 p.m., according to coroner’s records.

Detectives said Sanchez lived in the area but that it was unclear where he was headed on his bicycle.

Police are still trying to determine the motive.

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Clementina Ramirez, a 51-year-old Latino female, died Tuesday, April 24, after being shot in Harbor Gateway, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

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Derek Schaefer, a 17-year-old white teenager, was shot and killed Monday, Jan. 1, in the 1500 block of West 205th Street in Harbor-Gateway, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

About 12:35 a.m., Schaefer and a 16-year-old friend had just left a nearby Wal-Mart and had accidentally set off a vehicle’s alarm when they started running east on West 205th Street, said Los Angeles Police Det. Dawna Killingsworth.

The two boys spotted a dark SUV that rolled by slowly, and a person got out of the passenger side and began shooting at the teens, Killingsworth said.

Schaefer was struck in the torso, and the 16-year-old was struck in the buttocks.

The vehicle continued west on West 205th Street, police said. A party was going on nearby, and attendees called police.

Schaefer was pronounced dead at 1:05 a.m. at the scene.

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Martin Guzman Silva Jr., a 25-year-old Latino male, died Wednesday, Dec. 27, after being shot in Harbor Gateway, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

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Tafari Erroll Pipersburg, a 37-year-old black man, was shot and killed Tuesday, Sept. 19, near 12010 S. Vermont Ave. in Harbor Gateway, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

About 7:55 p.m., Pipersburg was riding his bike east on West 120th Street when a he was hit by a stray bullet, said Los Angeles Police Det. Nathan Kouri.

A person nearby was shooting at a propane tank, Kouri said, and one of the bullets hit Pipersburg.

The suspect, identified as Perry Charles Townsend, a 27-year-old black man, was charged Sept. 26 with one count of murder, according to court records.

Townsend has pleaded not guilty and is due back in court Nov. 20, according to court records.

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Darrell Don Woo, a 55-year-old Asian man, was shot and killed Thursday, April 20, in the 1500 block of West Carson Street in Torrance, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Woo was waiting at a bus stop when he was shot at 6:40 p.m. and collapsed on the sidewalk, according to a news release from the Los Angeles Police Department. Another person, a Latino, was wounded.

Wood collapsed on the sidewalk, police said. He and the other man were taken to a hospital, where Wood was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m., according to coroner’s records. The other man is expected to survive.

Police are working to compile a description of the suspect. 

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Luis Umberto Martinez, a 26-year-old Latino, died Tuesday, April 11, after he was stabbed in the 1600 block of Del Amo Boulevard in Harbor Gateway, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

At 4:50 p.m. April 10, Martinez was walking west on Del Amo Boulevard when a person approached and stabbed him once in the abdomen, Los Angeles Police Det. Julie Scruggs said.

Martinez was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:50 a.m. April 11, according to coroner's records.

Scruggs said Martinez lived in the area. Detectives do not have a description of the assailant.

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German Navarro, a 23-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Friday, March 17, near South Figueroa Street and West Redondo Beach Boulevard in Harbor Gateway, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Police responded to a shooting about 8:20 p.m. and found Navarro motionless on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds, said Los Angeles Police Det. Dave Garrido. 

Navarro was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:24 p.m.

Navarro was not a gang member, and police are looking into why someone would shoot him, Garrido said.

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