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Saul Serrano Rodarte, a 36-year-old Latino male, died Monday, Aug. 16, after being shot near 5641 Blackwelder St. in West Adams, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Saul Serrano Rodarte, a 36-year-old Latino male, died Monday, Aug. 16, after being shot near 5641 Blackwelder St. in West Adams, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Rayshawn Michael Speight, a 18-year-old Black male, died Monday, June 7, after being shot near 2837 Somerset Drive in West Adams, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Jose Luis Cantoran, a 24-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, Feb. 25, after being shot near 5450 Smiley Drive in West Adams, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Troy Lee Freeman, a 66-year-old Black male, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, after being stabbed near 3335 S. Crenshaw Blvd. in West Adams, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Jose Roberto Mata Vega, a 32-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, Oct. 18, after being shot near 3601 S. Crenshaw Blvd. in West Adams, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Eddie Johnny Roberts, a 78-year-old Black male, died Thursday, July 9, after being stabbed near the S/E corner of S. Crenshaw & West Jefferson boulevards in West Adams, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Alberto Urbina Jr., a 27-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, Sept. 30, after being shot in West Adams, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Quintin Pierre Holmes, a 20-year-old black man, was shot and killed Thursday, March 29, near West Adams Boulevard and South Palm Grove Avenue in West Adams, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
About 10 p.m., Holmes and two other people were walking north on South Palm Grove Avenue approaching West Adams Boulevard when a car passed, Los Angeles Police Det. Dave Garrido said.
The car, described as a dark sedan, made a U-turn, and a person inside shot at the three people, Garrido said.
Holmes was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:03 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
No one else was injured in the shooting. Holmes was not a documented gang member, and detectives are investigating a motive for the killing.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (323) 786-5111. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477. …
Terry Gibson, a 30-year-old black man, was shot and killed Sunday, Jan. 21, near West 30th Street and Chesapeake Avenue in West Adams, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Shortly before 11 a.m., officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's Southwest Division responded to a call of a shooting, said Det. Dave Garrido.
Officers arrived to the aftermath of a car accident involving a red four-door Ford Fusion and a parked white van. When officers walked up to the red car, they saw a man, later identified as Gibson, unconscious in the driver's seat, Garrido said.
Paramedics pronounced Gibson, of Palmdale, dead at the scene at 11:14 a.m., according to coroner's records.
Investigators believe that Gibson was driving the red Ford with a passenger when they were shot at. The passenger fled from the scene, but police don't believe that he or she was the shooter.
It's still unknown …
JT Lamar Thompson, a 25-year-old black man, was shot and killed Thursday, April 27, in the 2900 block of Crenshaw Boulevard in West Adams, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
About 3:55 p.m., Thompson was a passenger in a tan sedan traveling down an alley when a dark SUV approached the sedan head on, Los Angeles Police Det. Nathan Kouri said.
A person got out of the SUV and fired at the sedan, Kouri said.
Thompson was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:03 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
The driver of the car was not injured. The SUV continued south down the alley, then exited onto West 30th Street, police said. Authorities are trying to identify the shooter, whom they describe as a black man in his 40s.
Anyone with information is asked to call the LAPD’s Criminal Gang Homicide Division at (323) 786-5110. Those who wish to …
Habte Keleta, a 57-year-old man, died Tuesday, Nov. 24, after he was beaten in the 2800 block of Crenshaw Boulevard in West Adams, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Shortly before 9 p.m. on Nov. 19, Keleta was working at a tobacco shop when a man walked in and began to beat him, LAPD Det. Dave Garrido said.
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Dec. 4, 11 a.m.: A previous version of this article incorrectly reported that Keleta was shot. Keleta died of blunt force trauma.
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Keleta got a replica handgun, but the suspect took it away and continued to beat him. The suspect took “property” from the area, and fled. Garrido would not say what was taken, citing the pending investigation.
Keleta was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:50 a.m. on Nov. 24, according to coroner’s records.
Anyone with information is asked to call …
Bryan Serrano, a 23-year-old Latino, was fatally stabbed Saturday, Oct. 17 in the 5500 block of Geer Street in West Adams, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
About 11:20 p.m., Serrano was at a party when he got into an argument with another man in a garage area, said LAPD Det. Dave Garrido. The assailant pulled out a knife and stabbed Serrano multiple times in the stomach, Garrido said.
Serrano was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:05 a.m. on Oct. 18, according to coroner’s records.
Francisco Jacobo, a 20-year-old Latino, has been charged with one count of murder and one count of attempted murder in the case, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office. Jacobo pleaded not guilty on Nov. 18.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Criminal Gang Homicide Division at (323) 786-5110. Those who wish to remain anonymous …
Rodney Lamont Lewis, a 56-year-old black male, died Friday, April 24, after being shot in West Adams, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Peter John Martinez, a 41-year-old white male, died Tuesday, Dec. 2, after sustaining blunt force trauma near the 2500 block of Rimpau Avenue in West Adams, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
David Akiva Saltzman, a 32-year-old white male, died Friday, Oct. 3, after being shot in West Adams, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.