Heather Ann Kent, a 59-year-old white female, died Tuesday, Dec. 24, in South Park, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Roberto DeJesus Hernandez, a 53-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, Dec. 21, after being shot near the 800 block of North Mariposa Avenue in East Hollywood, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Earl Dean Chiles, a 43-year-old black man, was shot and killed Saturday Dec. 21 in the 11500 block of South Vermont Avenue in Vermont Vista, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 1:30 a.m., people were in a parking lot when an argument broke out and Chiles was shot, said Los Angeles Police Det. Nathan Kouri.
It’s unclear what the disagreement was about, and the shooter fled.
Chiles was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:47 a.m., according to coroner’s records.
Police are seeking witnesses.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (323) 786-5111. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
Contact the Homicide Report. Follow @nicolesantacruz and @latimeshomicide on Twitter.
Nathan Anthony Fernandes, a 17-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Thursday, Dec. 19 in the 10700 block of Anzac Avenue in Watts, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 7:45 p.m., Fernandes was standing in his front yard when a vehicle traveling north drove up and a person inside began shooting, striking the teenager, said Los Angeles Police Det. Nathan Kouri.
The vehicle continued traveling north on South Anzac Avenue.
Fernandes was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:30 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
It’s unclear why Fernandes was shot.
Police are looking for witnesses.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (323) 786-5111. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
Contact the Homicide Report. Follow @nicolesantacruz and @latimeshomicide on Twitter.
Kalvin Damian Sanchez, a 23-year-old Latino male, died Wednesday, Dec. 18, after sustaining blunt force trauma near 3939 S. Figueroa St. in Exposition Park, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Yocelin Kadi Zuniga, an 18-year-old Latina, died Wednesday, Dec. 18, after she was shot near Vanowen Street and Ethel Avenue in Valley Glen, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
On Dec. 14 about 9 p.m., Zuniga was in the passenger seat of a white BMW that her boyfriend was driving east on Vanowen Street when the car stopped at Ethel Avenue, said Los Angeles police Det. James Fillmore.
A gray sedan pulled up and a person inside shot at the BMW, striking Zuniga in the head, Fillmore said.
As Zuniga’s boyfriend tried to chase down the sedan, the two cars continued east on Vanowen, then onto Coldwater Canyon Avenue, Fillmore said.
The boyfriend hit a curb, then took Zuniga back to his house and called 911.
Zuniga was taken to a hospital where she was on life support until Dec. 18.
Police said that the shooter is described as …
George Angel Garcia, a 43-year-old Latino, was found dead Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, in the 12500 block of Raymer Street in Valley Glen, according to Los Angeles County medical-examiner coroner’s records.
About 10:30 a.m., officers from the LAPD’s North Hollywood division responded to a call for a death investigation near railroad tracks in the area, police said.
Officers found Garcia near the tracks with blunt force trauma to his head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Detectives are looking for witnesses to the attack, which they believe occurred between 7 and 10:30 a.m. south of the railroad tracks.
Anyone with information is asked to call Det. Christine Moselle at (818) 374-9550. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
Contact the Homicide Report. Follow @nicolesantacruz and @latimeshomicide on Twitter.
Levert Leon Jefferson, a 56-year-old Black male, died Sunday, Dec. 15, after sustaining blunt force trauma near 4029 S. Hooper Ave. in Central-Alameda, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Editha Cruz de Leon, a 76-year-old Filipino woman, was found dead Sunday, Dec. 8, in the 3900 block of Van Horne Avenue in El Sereno, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Shortly before noon, officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollenbeck Division received a radio call for a death investigation in the area.
Officers discovered Cruz de Leon, and paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene at 11:52 a.m., according to coroner’s records.
Coroner’s records show that Cruz de Leon, a retired gynecologist, had been stabbed and strangled, then discovered by a relative.
Prosecutors said in a news release that Cruz de Leon was killed the previous day.
A team of authorities from the LAPD and the FBI arrested Timothy Chavira on Dec. 18 at a Pasadena home, police said.
Chavira, a 56-year-old Latino, has been charged with one count of murder with a special circumstance allegation that …
Luis Mario Aceituno, a 26-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, Dec. 7, after being stabbed near 2777 Wynwood Lane in Boyle Heights, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.