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Abraham Villasano, a 27-year-old Latino male, died Friday, Aug. 6, after being shot near 19600 Plummer St. in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Abraham Villasano, a 27-year-old Latino male, died Friday, Aug. 6, after being shot near 19600 Plummer St. in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Elvis Antonio Marenco, a 37-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, Jan. 9, after being shot near 8622 Wystone Ave. in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Sandra Cossid Lertzman, a 60-year-old white woman, was shot and killed Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the 9600 block of Vanalden Avenue in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 9 a.m., officers from the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a call of a shooting in the area and found three people dead in a home.
Authorities said Lertzman was shot by her husband, Eric Lertzman, 60, in their master bedroom. He then walked across the hall and tried to shoot another woman, whom neighbors described as his daughter. She escaped and locked herself in the hallway bathroom, according to police.
Lertzman then shot and killed his 19-year-old son, Michael. During this time, the daughter escaped through the bathroom window and ran to a neighbor’s home. Lertzman went back into the master bedroom and killed himself, according to the LAPD.
Detectives recovered two guns at the scene. …
Michael Joseph Lertzman, a 19-year-old white man, was shot and killed Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the 9600 block of Vanalden Avenue in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 9 a.m., officers from the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a call of a shooting in the area and found three people dead in a home.
Authorities said Eric Lertzman, 60, first shot his wife, Sandra Lertzman, 60, in their master bedroom. He then walked across the hall and tried to shoot another woman, whom neighbors described as his daughter. She escaped and locked herself in the hallway bathroom, according to police.
Lertzman then shot and killed Michael Lertzman, authorities said. During this time, the daughter escaped through the bathroom window and ran to a neighbor’s home.
Lertzman went back into the master bedroom and killed himself, according to the LAPD. Detectives recovered two guns at …
Jorge Alberto Reyes Jr., a 23-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Sunday, Dec. 31, at 8622 Balboa Blvd. in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Shortly after 6 p.m., officers responded to a call of shots fired and found Reyes in the parking lot of a Kentucky Fried Chicken, according to a news release from the Los Angeles Police Department.
Reyes was pronounced dead at the scene at 7 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
Investigators think Reyes and two friends drove to the KFC and the driver of the car went inside, Los Angeles Police Det. Ryan Verna said.
A Latino then approached the car and began arguing with Reyes, police said. The man punched Reyes then pulled out a gun and began firing, Verna said.
Reyes got out of the car and began running but was struck by gunfire and fell to the ground.
The suspect got …
Khachik Surmabukhian, a 65-year-old white male, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Phillip Cha, a 27-year-old Asian male, died Friday, Sept. 30, after being shot in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Adrian Anthony Ortiz-Najera, a 19-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, Sept. 8, in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Michael Neil Millington, a 69-year-old white male, died Wednesday, Aug. 17, in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Jamal Olarenwaju Oladapo, a 21-year-old black male, died Sunday, July 24, after being stabbed in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Peter Isaac Paplanus, a 36-year-old white male, died Saturday, June 4, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Arthur Gonzalez, a 21-year-old Latino male, died Wednesday, Aug. 7, after being shot in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Paulo Lopez, a 45-year-old Latino, was found dead from a gunshot wound on Tuesday, Jan. 8, outside a bar in the 8600 block of Lindley Avenue in Northridge, according to authorities.
Lopez, who was not immediately identified by police, was found dead shortly before 2:30 a.m. in the parking lot of the College Inn bar, said Lt. Aaron Ponce of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Investigators say no one reported hearing gunshots.
“The origination of the call wasn’t even a gunshot call,” Ponce said.
-- Nicole Santa Cruz
Louis Villegas, a 25-year-old Latino, was fatally shot Tuesday, Sept. 25, near Balboa Boulevard and Parthenia Street in Northridge, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The shooting was reported just after midnight, said Los Angeles police Sgt. Lonnie Tiano.
Officials said four people, including Villegas, were riding in a Lexus and had pulled over to the side of the road when a man approached and began shooting.
The incident was initially reported as a car-to-car shooting. Tiano said that although investigators had not ruled out that scenario, they believe the suspect got in a car after the shooting and sped away.
The victims were taken to area hospitals, where Villegas later died, Tiano said. No other information about the victims or their conditions was available.
A nearby house was also struck by gunfire, homeowner Bilai Wellthy told KTLA. No other injuries were reported.
"I was watching the TV and …
Cristian Manzur, a 56-year-old Latino, died Sunday, July 24, two days after he was shot in the 8900 block of Tampa Avenue in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Manzur was shot by an unknown person about 4 p.m. on July 22, said Ed Winter, spokesman for the coroner's office.
The victim was taken to a hospital where he died two days later at 1:35 p.m.
Coroner's records show Manzur suffered a gunshot wound to the face.
Winter said as of Wednesday, the coroner's office had not completed Manzur’s autopsy.
Anyone with information about the death of Cristian Manzur is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
-- Los Angeles Times