Barry John Ross, a 34-year-old white male, died Thursday, Sept. 23, after being shot by law enforcement near Sierra Hwy & West Avenue B in Northeast Antelope Valley, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Mariano Panduro Campos, a 41-year-old Latino, was pronounced dead Tuesday, Feb. 20, after being shot in the 11000 block of Hampel Avenue in the Littlerock area of Northeast Antelope Valley, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Campos lived in one of four homes on a large lot in an isolated part of Littlerock and worked on cars out of his home, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Joe Mendoza.
A family member went looking for Campos around 12:30 p.m. and found him and another man with gunshot wounds in a large metal work shed on Campos’ property, Mendoza said.
Campos and the other man, Gerardo De Luna, a 33-year-old Latino from Littlerock, were pronounced dead at the scene at 1:10 p.m., according to coroner’s records. Both had been shot multiple times.
Mendoza said Campos’ family member didn’t recognize De Luna, so it’s unclear how the two knew each other or why he was …
Gerardo De Luna, a 33-year-old Latino, was pronounced dead Tuesday, Feb. 20, after being shot in the 11000 block of Hampel Avenue in the Littlerock area of Northeast Antelope Valley, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
De Luna, a resident of Littlerock, was found in a large metal work shed outside the home of Mariano Panduro Campos, a 41-year-old Latino who also was found dead with gunshot wounds, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Joe Mendoza.
Campos lived in one of four homes on a large lot in an isolated part of Littlerock and worked on cars out of his home, Mendoza said.
One of Campos’ family members, who lived on another part of the property, went looking for Campos around 12:30 p.m. and found the two men, Mendoza said.
De Luna and Campos were pronounced dead at the scene at 1:10 p.m., according to coroner’s records. Both had been shot multiple times.
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Travis Ryan Rutledgehass, a 29-year-old white man, was shot and killed Monday, April 11, in the 4000 block of East Avenue G in Lancaster, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Rutledgehass was at the home of Michael Shaun Greenstone, 34, when he was shot with an AK-47 assault rifle, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. John Corina. Rutledgehass was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:54 p.m. with a gunshot wound to the head, according to coroner’s records.
Greenstone was arrested at his residence that evening and has been charged with murder, according to Ricardo Santiago, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office. He is scheduled to be arraigned on May 24 in the Los Angeles County Superior Court’s Antelope Valley courthouse. His bail has been set at $2 million.
Investigators aren’t sure what led to the shooting, Corina said. “There was a group of people …
Update: The Los Angeles County Medical-Examiner Coroner’s office has changed the mode of this death. It has not been ruled a homicide.
Nickolaos Christidis, a 76-year-old white male, died Saturday, Aug. 15, in Northeast Antelope Valley, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Abraham Trejo, a 23-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, Aug. 10, after being shot in Northeast Antelope Valley, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Stephen Lee Finson, a 47-year-old white man, was shot and killed Monday, Feb. 24, near the 13300 block of East Avenue H in the northeast Antelope Valley, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Finson's family reported him missing after he failed to return from the desert on his all-terrain cycle. He was last seen Sunday afternoon, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Finson was found on the ground near his ATC. Deputies found that he had suffered a gunshot wound, and he was pronounced dead at 9:20 a.m. at the scene, according to Sheriff's Department and coroner's records.
Anyone with information can call the Sheriff's Department at (323) 890-5500. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
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Eugene Mallory, a 80-year-old white male, died Thursday, June 27, after being shot by law enforcement near 36644 117th St. East in Northeast Antelope Valley, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Victor Earl Jones, a 48-year-old black male, died Friday, May 31, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Northeast Antelope Valley, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Francisco Aguilar, a 36-year-old Latino, was found dead Tuesday, May 29, at the California State Prison in the 44700 block of 60th Street in Northeast Antelope Valley, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Aguilar was pronounced dead about 1:18 a.m. after being found unresponsive in his bunk, according to a news release from the prison. He was found with a cable wrapped around his neck.
His cellmate, Aaron Alvarez, 42, is suspected in the killing and was placed in isolation in the prison’s administrative segregation unit, officials said.
Alvarez is serving a life sentence for first-degree murder on a Kern County conviction.
The slain inmate had been in prison since 1999 and was serving a life sentence for sexual assault of a child in San Diego County, prison officials said.
The death is being investigated by prison staff and detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
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Christian Bojorquez, a 21-year-old Latino, died Wednesday, March 14, nine days after he was shot near 180th Street East and Avenue M in Northeast Antelope Valley, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Bojorquez was shot March 5, according to a Sheriff's Department news release. After the shooting, he was taken to a hospital where he remained until his death March 14.
Ed Winter, spokesman for the coroner's office, said Bojorquez was shot during a carjacking. He had no other information about the killing.
Anyone with details about the shooting or the identity of the killer is asked to contact the sheriff's homicide bureau at (323) 890-5500. Tipsters wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
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Omar Romero, a 29-year-old Latino, was found dead Thursday, July 7, near Sierra Highway and Ave B-8 in the Northeast Antelope Valley, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
A passerby discovered Romero's body on the side of the road about 5:35 a.m., said Ed Winter, spokesman for the coroner’s office.
Authorities were called and Romero was pronounced dead at the scene. Coroner’s records show he died from a gunshot wound to the head.
Winter said it's unknown if Romero was shot in the location where he was found. The coroner’s office had no other details about the case.
Anyone with information about the killing is asked to contact the sheriff's homicide bureau at (323) 890-5500. Those wishing to remain anonymous should call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
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Miguel Villa, a 27-year-old Latino, was found dead Tuesday, April 19, near 85th Street East, north of Avenue J in northeast Antelope Valley, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Villa was pronounced dead at the scene, sheriff's officials said.
Coroner's records show he died of multiple blunt force trauma to the head. Authorities said they believed Villa's body was dumped after the killing.
Anyone with information about the killing is asked to contact the sheriff's homicide bureau at (323) 890-5500. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
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Victor Cruz, a 22-year-old Latino man, was shot and killed in front of his home in the 45000 block of 185th Street East in Lake Los Angeles about 6:25 p.m. Monday, April 21.
Authorities said Cruz was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:57 p.m.
Jeremy Mancera, a 19-year-old Latino man, was shot at 41725 170th St. in Lake Los Angeles about 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3. Detectives with the sheriff's homicide bureau said Mancera had called friends and told them that he was being chased by three Latino men in a brown truck.
Mancera was later found by his friends in the back seat of his car with gunshot wounds, authorities said. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he died at 5:05 p.m.