Tony Rocha Lugo, a 26-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, June 13, after being shot by law enforcement near 20th Street & East Palmdale Boulevard in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Jason Marlin Encinas, a 19-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, May 23, after being shot near 1230 Springline Drive in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Lafayette Ramone Banks, a 38-year-old black male, died Monday, April 6, after being shot near 38700 10st St. East in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Rodrick Ray Jackson, a 49-year-old black male, died Monday, April 6, after being shot near 38700 10st St. East in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Ladonna Perry Mitchell, a 63-year-old black female, died Wednesday, March 18, after being stabbed near 39362 10th St. East in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Julian James Taylor, a 29-year-old black man, was fatally shot on Tuesday, Jan. 28, outside a fast food restaurant at the Antelope Valley Mall in the 1200 block of West Rancho Vista Boulevard in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner records.
Taylor met a man in the parking lot of Carl's Jr., 1031 W. Ave. P, at the southeast corner of the mall property, about 8:25 p.m., when the meeting went bad, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt Barry Hall.
"There was a shooting in the parking lot that we believe was a drug deal gone bad," Hall said. "The victim was outside of his car when he was shot and the suspect fled in his own car."
Taylor was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 9:08 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as a gunshot wound to the ...
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Clayton Paul Prejean, a 29-year-old black male, died Sunday, April 14, after being shot in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Timothy John Beckwith, a 49-year-old white male, died Sunday, March 17, after being shot in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Everardo Castro, a 26-year-old Latino, was fatally crushed on Thursday, Jan. 24, in the 38000 block of 35th Street East in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records.
Castro and his sister got into an argument with her boyfriend, Esteban Reyes-Rojas, around 4 p.m., on a residential street, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department news release.
Reyes-Rojas allegedly got into his car, a tan 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe, and chased the brother and sister down, striking Castro and pinning him to the garage door of a house, Sheriff's Lt. Scott Hoglund said.
Castro was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:11 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as crushing torso injuries.
His sister suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to the news release.
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Olukayode A. "Kayode" Owolabi, a 27-year-old black male, was fatally shot on Wednesday, Jan. 16, on Rancho Center Drive at City Ranch Road, about a half-mile south of Elizabeth Lake Road in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators.
Owolabi, a former New York resident who most recently was living in the South Bay community of Westchester, was one of four men shot on the remote, unlighted road around 11 p.m.
Three of the men, including Owolabi, were pronounced dead at the scene, said sheriff's Lt. Derrick Alfred. A fourth man called 911 to report he had been shot in the face. The survivor was taken to a Palmdale hospital that night, and later transferred to an undisclosed location for more "specialized medical care," Alfred said Tuesday.
The other dead were listed as Sean B. Cowen, a 24-year-old white male from Van Nuys, and David Adalberto Hernandez-Licona, a ...
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Sean B. Cowen, a 24-year-old white male, was fatally shot on Wednesday, Jan. 16, on Rancho Center Drive at City Ranch Road, about a half mile south of Elizabeth Lake Road in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators.
Cowen, a resident of Van Nuys, was one of four men who were shot on the remote, unlighted road around 11 p.m. that night.
Three of the men, including Cowen, were pronounced dead at the scene. A fourth man called 911 to report he had been shot in the face. The survivor was taken to a Palmdale hospital that night, and later transferred to an undisclosed location for more "specialized medical care," Lt. Derrick Alfred said Tuesday.
The other dead were listed as David Adalberto Hernandez-Licona, a 25-year-old Latino from Boyle Heights, and Olukayode A. “Kayode” Owolabi, a 27-year-old black male formerly from New York who most recently ...
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David Adalberto Hernandez-Licona, a 25-year-old Latino, was fatally shot on Wednesday, Jan. 16, on Rancho Center Drive at City Ranch Road, about a half mile south of Elizabeth Lake Road in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators.
Hernandez-Licona, a resident of Boyle Heights, was one of four men who were shot on the remote, unlighted road around 11 p.m. that night, according to Lt. Derrick Alfred.
Three of the men, including Hernandez-Licona, were pronounced dead at the scene. A fourth man called 911 to report he had been shot in the face. The survivor was taken to a Palmdale hospital that night, and later transferred to an undisclosed location for more "specialized medical care," Alfred said Tuesday.
The other dead were listed as Sean B. Cowen, a 24-year-old white male from Van Nuys, and Olukayode A. "Kayode" Owolabi, a 27-year-old black male from the South Bay community ...
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Angela Anne Gatewood, a 48-year-old white woman, was pronounced dead on Thursday, Oct. 18, after she was assaulted in the 38500 block of 11th Street East in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Neil Jason Edgar, a man identified as Gatewood's husband, went to a Palmdale hospital about 10 a.m. that day "for some sort of medical assistance," and told hospital staff that he had assaulted his wife, Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Rodney Moore said.
When deputies went to the couple's home, they found Gatewood unresponsive, Moore said, with "trauma to the upper torso."
Gatewood was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:51 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as blunt head trauma.
Moore said the case is being investigated as domestic violence.
It's not clear why Edgar, a 41-year-old white man, went to the hospital. Moore said he couldn't be more ...
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Bo Morrison, a 20-year-old black man, died Saturday, May 12, after he was shot in the 38100 block of 11th Street East in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Morrison was outside an apartment complex near where he lived when he was shot around 11:32 p.m. May 11, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Rodney Moore.
When deputies arrived, they found Morrison with gunshot wounds to his head and torso, according to coroner’s records.
He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:04 a.m., according to coroner’s records.
Investigators don’t have any suspect information or a motive for the shooting, Moore said.
Anyone with information is asked to call 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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Israel Joel Castaneda, a 35-year-old Latino, was fatally shot on Saturday, March 31, 2018, in the 37900 block of 47th Street East in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Castaneda was standing in front of Michael's Liquor and Market, 37935 47th Street East, around 10:50 p.m. when he was shot in the face and shoulder, according to coroner's records.
A male "of unknown race" was seen running away from the scene, heading south on 47th Street East, shortly after the shooting, but investigators don't know if he was involved in the shooting, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Castaneda, a resident of Palmdale, was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:15 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as multiple gunshot wounds.
Investigators don't have a motive for the shooting. Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's ...
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