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Danielle Hagbery, 22 [Updated]

Danielle Rae Hagbery (2010-01-10)

Danielle Hagbery, a 22-year-old white woman, died of gunshot wounds Sunday, Jan. 10,  in the 300 block of 2nd Street in Manhattan Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's officials.

Ed Winter, a spokesman for the coroner's office, said Hagbery was killed at her apartment in a murder-suicide incident. Winter identified her killer as Michael Garrett Nolin, a 24-year-old white man, with whom she was living.

Winter said Hagbery and Nolin may have had a business relationship. Winter said neighbors heard gunshots the evening of Jan. 9, but nobody called the police.

After Danielle Hagbery failed to go to work at the Cheesecake Factory on Friday and Saturday, her boss alerted the police. Hagbery and Nolin were found dead at 11:44 a.m. Sunday -- Hagbery with two gunshot wounds to the head and Nolin with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Winter said.

Updated Feb. 2: Diane Hagbery, the victim's mother, said her …

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Oliva Gallup, 50

Oliva Gallup, a 50-year-old Latina, was fatally shot July 3, 2003, in the 400 block of Marine Place in Manhattan Beach, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

On the day of the killing, Manhattan Beach police found Gallup dead in her home after she was shot three times by her husband, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office. 

On April 6, 2016, a jury found Bill Lawrence Gallup, 68,  guilty of first-degree murder. He was also sentenced to 50 years to life in state prison three weeks later. 

During the trial, prosecutors said Oliva Gallup arrived at house with her sister after running some errands and found Bill Gallup playing music loudly. She asked her husband to turn down the music, and an argument began, according to evidence presented at trial. 

The argument ended when Bill Gallup shot his wife three times, killing her, prosecutors said. …

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