Leandro David Maza, a 31-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, April 2, after being stabbed near 2015 Linden Ave. in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Isaac Charles Smith, a 46-year-old black male, died Monday, March 30, after sustaining blunt force trauma near 6847 Obispo Ave. in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Chelsea Joan Smith, a 27-year-old white woman, was fatally beaten and strangled Monday, March 16, in the 4600 block of Whitewood Avenue in Long Beach, according to authorities and Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
About 8:30 p.m., officers from the Long Beach Police Department were called to a home regarding a potential suicide, according to a news release from police.
While officers were on their way to the home, they were told a murder may have occurred in the back unit.
Officers arrived and "encountered a male adult suspect," police said. The man immediately surrendered to police and was taken into custody.
Police then went into the home and found Smith on the ground. Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene.
Coroner's records show Smith died of "homicidal asphyxiation." Prosecutors said that Smith was fatally beaten.
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Catherine Gomez, a 25-year-old Latino female, died Sunday, March 15, after being shot by law enforcement near 263 Molino Ave. in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Luis Angel Ramirez, a 22-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, Feb. 20, after sustaining blunt force trauma by law enforcement near Atlantic Avenue & Market Street in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Tyree Latrell Coleman, a 23-year-old black male, died Tuesday, Feb. 18, after being shot near the 6200 block of White Avenue in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Joseph Edward Roque, a 33-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, Feb. 16, after being shot near the 700 block of East 6th Street in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Francisco Sanchez-Reyes, a 73-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, Feb. 8, after sustaining blunt force trauma near 2776 Pacific Ave. in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Marc-Antony Ramirez Sr., a 55-year-old Latino, died Friday, Jan. 31, after he was stabbed in the 6700 block of Paramount Boulevard in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner Coroner’s records.
About 1 a.m. on Jan. 5, Ramirez was discovered in an alley with injuries to his upper torso, according to the Long Beach Police Department.
Ramirez was taken to a hospital. He was pronounced dead Jan. 31 at 10:02 a.m., according to the coroner’s office.
Police are looking for additional witnesses to the stabbing.
Anyone with information is asked to call (562) 570-7244. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
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Raquel Bramasco DeDavila, a 62-year-old Latina, was shot and killed Wednesday, Jan. 22, in the 1600 block of West 19th Street in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
About 6:30 p.m., officers from the Long Beach Police Department on patrol in the area heard gunshots in the area and found Bramasco DeDavila and a man with gunshot wounds, police said in a statement.
Bramasco DeDavila was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 7:15 p.m., according to coroner’s records. The man was treated for injuries that were not life-threatening.
Detectives believe that the suspect was inside his home in the area when he saw Bramasco DeDavila and the man. He came outside to confront the two and shot them, police said.
Police said a long-term “personal dispute” was ongoing between the suspect and the victims.
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Bradley Meas, a 32-year-old Asian man, was fatally shot Dec. 29 in the 2300 block of East 124th Street in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records.
Meas was standing on the sidewalk with four other people in front of an apartment complex around 5:30 p.m. when two adult males walked up to the group, according to a Long Beach Police Department news release. One of the newcomers yelled at the group and "subsequently opened fire," striking Meas and another adult male.
The suspects fled from the scene on foot before officers arrived, according to the release.
Meas and the other gunshot victim were taken to a nearby hospital where Meas was pronounced dead at 5:34 p.m., according to coroner's records.
The second victim was treated for his wounds and released, according to the news release.
Investigators don ...
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Jaynie Michelle Sauter, a 46-year-old white female, died Saturday, Dec. 7, after sustaining blunt force trauma near 728 Chestnut Ave. in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Charles Michael Farrell, a 66-year-old black male, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, after sustaining blunt force trauma near the 1100 block of East Anaheim Street in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Jaime Albert Ruiz, a 36-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Friday, Nov. 22, in the 1500 block of Magnolia Avenue in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 10:55 p.m., officers responded to a call of shots fired in the area and found Ruiz with wounds to his upper body, according to a news release from the Long Beach Police Department.
Ruiz was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:17 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
Investigators believe that Ruiz and two others were outside a home when a man approached them, police said.
A “verbal exchange” occurred, and the man began shooting at Ruiz and the two people he was with. The two others were uninjured.
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Maurice Dawayne Poe Jr., a 25-year old, man was fatally shot on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at a home in the 2700 block of East 7th Street in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner records.
Poe, a resident of Long Beach, was among about 30 people attending a Halloween-themed birthday party at the home when at least one gunman attacked. At about 10:45 p.m., a shooter, in dark clothing with his face concealed, began firing into the backyard of the home from a rear alley, striking 12 people.
Three men — Poe, Melvin Williams II, 35, of Gardena; and Ricardo Torres, 28, of Inglewood — were pronounced dead at the scene, according to a news release from the Long Beach Police Department.
Nine other guests — seven females and two males ranging in age from 20 to 49 — were injured and taken to the hospital, including ...
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