Michael Daniel, a 60-year-old black man, died Sunday, Jan. 29, after he suffered blunt head trauma near West Pico and South Sepulveda boulevards in the Sawtelle area, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

On Jan. 27 at about 2:20 p.m., Daniel was outside the county building in the area when a mobile phone vendor approached two women he was with about a phone, said Los Angeles Police Sgt. Herman Frettlohr.

Daniel became upset that the phone vendor was talking to the women and got into an argument with the man. The argument escalated and Daniel threatened to shoot the phone vendor, witnesses told police.

As Daniel was walking to his vehicle, the phone vendor chased after him and the fight turned physical, Frettlohr said.

At some point during the fight, Daniel fell and hit his head, police said. Daniel was taken to a hospital, where he remained until he …

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Sean Parmley, a 38-year-old white man, was stabbed in the 2900 block of Sepulveda Boulevard in West Los Angeles on Sunday, Dec. 30, at about 8:40 p.m., and was taken to the UCLA hospital, where he died a short time later, at about 9:30 p.m. Two men came to the door of his apartment. There was an argument, then a fistfight. One of the suspects pulled out a knife and stabbed Parmley, then both fled on foot. Parmley was single and had moved south from Santa Rosa in recent months, police said.

-- Jill Leovy

Douglas Yong Kim, a 47-year-old Asian male, died Sunday, Feb. 24, after being shot in Rancho Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.