Cristian Tobar Monterrozo, 18
Cristian Tobar Monterrozo, a 18-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, March 21, after being stabbed near 17315 Saticoy St. in Lake Balboa, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Cristian Tobar Monterrozo, a 18-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, March 21, after being stabbed near 17315 Saticoy St. in Lake Balboa, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Martin Radostinov Kovachev, a 21-year-old white male, died Saturday, Oct. 10, after being shot near 17536 Strathern St. in Lake Balboa, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Lubov Dounamalian, a 59-year-old white female, died Monday, July 9, after being shot in Lake Balboa, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Sulma Flores, a 36-year-old Latina, died Saturday, Jan. 14, six days after she was shot in the 17500 block of Gilmore Street in Van Nuys, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records and police.
About 3:15 a.m. on Jan. 8, police and prosecutors said, a man, later identified by authorities as 32-year-old Marcos Tulio Flores, got into an argument with his family, then shot Sulma Flores, his sister-in-law.
Marcos Flores then fled, police said. About 11 p.m. the next night, police spotted Marcos Flores, who led them on a chase in his gray Acura, prosecutors and police said.
During the chase, the driver was seen tossing items out of the car and at one point fired a gun, prosecutors said.
Eventually, Marcos Flores was stopped and arrested on the 405 Freeway in Westwood. He had to be subdued by a police dog before being taken into custody.
Marcos Flores was …
Miguel Cano, a 34-year-old Latino, was shot and killed by Los Angeles police on Monday, Nov. 9, in the 17400 block of Stagg Street in Lake Balboa, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
About 1 p.m., officers responded to a neighborhood regarding a report of a man acting bizarrely and standing in traffic, said LAPD Lt. John Jenal. As a police helicopter flew over the area, the officers observed the man and his strange behavior, and they deployed a Taser to de-escalate the situation, Jenal said.
The Taser wasn’t effective, so officers shot beanbag rounds at the man, Jenal said. As the situation escalated, shots were fired and the man was killed, Jenal said.
It was unclear how many shots were fired or whether police were engaged in a struggle before the shooting.
The officers were not seriously injured, Jenal said.
Police don’t know why the man was acting …
Matthew A. Hanna, a 34-year-old white man, was found dead Feb. 28, 2015, in the 16000 block of Gilmore Street in Lake Balboa, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Hanna's decomposed body was discovered by his parents in his home with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso, according to a news release from the Los Angeles Police Department. Hanna had been shot one or more days before the discovery, the release said.
He was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:42 p.m., according to coroner's records.
The Los Angeles County district attorney's office issued a murder warrant for one of Hanna's acquaintances, Donte Daley, 39, accusing him of the killing.
U.S. Marshals were working with the LAPD to try to find the suspect, who was reported to be out of state, according to an LAPD release.
Daley was arrested on June 3 in Las Vegas after he allegedly crossed …
Jonathan Hernandez, a 24-year-old Latino, died on Sunday, Oct. 4, a week after he was assaulted in the 6700 block of Hayvenhurst Avenue in Lake Balboa, according to Los Angeles County coroner's officials.
Hernandez, of Panorama City, sustained head trauma in the Sept. 27 incident, said Ed Winter, a spokesman for the coroner's office. He was taken to Northridge Hospital, where he stayed until he died at 1:10 p.m. Oct. 4, Winter said.
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Peter Martinez, 20, was struck by a car and suffered massive blunt force injuries at 7304 White Oak Ave. in Reseda. He died at 5:19 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11. A $50,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the suspect in this case, which police described as a brutal road-rage incident.
Martinez was walking across White Oak at about 2:50 p.m. with his 18-year-old brother Alex. A faded Honda Civic driving northbound blew past them. The brothers yelled at the offending car. The driver pulled a U-turn and sped back, swerving toward the center divider where Martinez was standing. The driver struck Martinez very hard -- intentionally, investigators believe. He was taken to Northridge Medical Center, where he died.
Vehicular homicides are usually not catalogued as homicides by the Los Angeles County coroner unless they are intentional. The driver in this case is being sought by police. He is …
John Goudeaux, 45, a white man, was shot and killed by Van Nuys precinct Officer Timothy Hope, 27, at 17600 Runnymede St. in Van Nuys. He died at 9 p.m. Monday, April 9, about two hours after a confrontation with police. Officer Hope was responding to a report of a kidnapping, police said. They said Goudeaux was wielding a metal rod and was naked when he confronted the officer.
Dazohn Tony Roberts, a 16-year-old black male, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, after being shot in Lake Balboa, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Anthony Raymond Sena, a 25-year-old Latino male, died Friday, May 12, after being shot in Lake Balboa, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Beverly Ann Kass, a 38-year-old white female, died Sunday, April 2, in Lake Balboa, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Gary Allen Dubin, a 50-year-old white male, died Thursday, Jan. 19, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Lake Balboa, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Tae Joon Kim, a 26-year-old Asian male, died Saturday, Oct. 23, after being shot in Lake Balboa, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Shane Edward Wilson, a 31-year-old white male, died Saturday, Jan. 10, after being shot in Lake Balboa, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.