Desiree Nicole Garza, a 29-year-old Latino female, died Sunday, March 8, after being shot by law enforcement near 18202 Yukon Ave. in Torrance, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Rosemary Watson, a 57-year-old black female, died Tuesday, July 16, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Torrance, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Robert Earl Meekins Jr., a 28-year-old black man, died on Saturday, Jan. 5, after he was shot inside the Gable House Bowl, 22501 Hawthorne Blvd., in Torrance, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records.
Meekins was at the crowded bowling alley on Friday, Jan. 4, with his close friend Astin Kyle Edwards, 28, the godfather of his 5-year-old son.
About 11:54 p.m. a group of women began fighting, according to a news release from the Torrance Police Department. The fight escalated to include men and then someone began shooting, The Times reported.
Seven people were struck by gunfire, according to the release. Four were taken to the hospital and survived their injuries. But Meekins, Edwards and a third man, Michael Di'Shawn Radford, a 20-year-old black man, were pronounced dead at the scene at 12:07 a.m.
The cause of death for Meekins was listed as gunshot wounds …
Astin Kyle Edwards, a 28-year-old black man, died on Saturday, Jan. 5, after he was shot inside the Gable House Bowl, 22501 Hawthorne Blvd., in Torrance, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records.
Edwards was at the crowded bowling alley on Friday, Jan. 4, with his close friend Robert Earl Meekins Jr., 28. Edwards was godfather to Meekins' 5-year-old son.
About 11:54 p.m. a group of women began fighting, according to a news release from the Torrance Police Department. The fight escalated to include men and then someone began shooting, The Times reported.
Seven people were struck by gunfire, according to the news release. Four were taken to the hospital and survived their injuries. But Edwards, Meekins and a third man, Michael Di'Shawn Radford, a 20-year-old black man, were pronounced dead at the scene at 12:07 a.m.
The cause of death for Edwards was listed as …
Michael Di'Shawn Radford, a 20-year-old black man, died on Saturday, Jan. 5, after he was shot inside the Gable House Bowl, 22501 Hawthorne Blvd., in Torrance, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records.
Radford was at the crowded bowling alley on Friday, Jan. 4, just before the start of a popular glow-in-the-dark event called Rock-n-Glow, The Times reported.
About 11:54 p.m. a group of women began fighting, according to a news release from the Torrance Police Department. The fight escalated to include men and then someone began shooting.
Seven people were struck by gunfire, according to the news release. Four were taken to the hospital and survived their injuries. But Radford and two other men, longtime friends Astin Kyle Edwards, 28, and Robert Earl Meekins Jr., 28, were pronounced dead at the scene at 12:07 a.m.
The cause of death for Radford was listed as gunshot wounds …
Mimi Dola, a 29-year-old Asian woman, was pronounced dead on Tuesday, Oct. 2, after she was stabbed and strangled in the 20700 block of Anza Avenue in Torrance, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Family members from the East Coast called the Torrance Police Department asking officers to check on Dola's welfare, said Sgt. Ronald Harris.
When officers arrived at her apartment, they found Dola and her male roommate, Tuan Kim Bui, a 46-year-old Asian, unresponsive inside the apartment, Harris said.
The two were pronounced dead at 1:33 p.m., according to coroner's records. Bui's death was ruled a suicide by a single gunshot to the head, according to coroner's records.
Dola's death was ruled a homicide, caused by stab wounds to the chest and manual strangulation, according to coroner's records.
Investigators believe Dola and Bui had a "dating relationship," and both their names were on the lease for the …
Bronze Obinna Ibe, a 28-year-old black man, died Wednesday, June 20, after he was shot in the 24400 block of Crenshaw Boulevard in Torrance, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
The night before, Torrance police officers were called to the Home Depot parking lot at 24451 Crenshaw Blvd. at 11:38 p.m., regarding shots fired. They found Ibe in the parking lot with gunshot wounds, according to a department news release.
Ibe was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:13 a.m., according to coroner's records.
The release did not provide any suspect information. Sgt. Ronald Harris, a police spokesman, said he couldn't provide more details about Ibe or the crime scene.
The Daily Breeze published photos of investigators working around a white Chevrolet El Camino and quoted Harris as saying it wasn't known whether Ibe was inside his vehicle when the shooting occurred.
The shooting …