Jeffrey Roderick Woods, a 50-year-old white male, died Saturday, July 3, after sustaining blunt force trauma near 15th Street & Hermosa Avenue in Hermosa Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Vantha Tho, a 35-year-old Asian woman, was shot and killed Thursday, July 28, in the 100 block of Herondo Street in Hermosa Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Tho, a hair stylist and former Miss Cambodia America 1998, was sleeping in the room she rented just two blocks from the beach when her former boyfriend snuck into her room about 6:27 a.m. and began shooting, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Mike Rosson.
“According to witnesses, there was no argument, just one scream and then the shots,” Rosson said.
Tho was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:49 a.m. with gunshot wounds to the head, according to coroner’s records.
Her estranged boyfriend, Angel Marquez, a 32-year-old Latino who lived in Los Angeles, shot himself immediately afterwards and was also pronounced dead at the scene, according to coroner’s records.
“We found the weapon, and there was a note,” Rosson …
Samantha Sproson, a 38-year-old white woman, was shot and killed Saturday, Dec. 31, in the 700 block of Manhattan Avenue in Hermosa Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Witnesses summoned police to Sproson's apartment about 5 a.m., reporting an argument followed by a gunshot, police said. On arrival, police detained a man outside the building and then went inside the apartment, where they found Sproson dead.
Coroner's records show she died from a gunshot wound to the head.
Detectives from the Hermosa Beach Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department are conducting an investigation. A police spokeswoman said no further details were available.
The Times has contacted investigators to obtain additional details about the case and will post an update as soon as possible.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the sheriff's homicide bureau at (323) 890-5500. Tipsters who would like to …
Mauro Lujano Lopez, a 26-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, March 5, after being shot in Hermosa Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Joel Tupac Bues, a 26-year-old white male, died Tuesday, March 18, after being shot in Hermosa Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.