Artikas Atabai, a 47-year-old white male, died Friday, Aug. 28, after being stabbed near 7635 Fallbrook Ave. in West Hills, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Cesar Ascencio, a 42-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, May 23, after being shot in West Hills, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Daniel Adrian Mercado, a 27-year-old Latino male, died Wednesday, May 22, after being shot in West Hills, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Jose Mendoza, a 20-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Monday, March 5, in the 22100 block of West Roscoe Boulevard in West Hills, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Mendoza was in a parking lot about 12:45 a.m. when he was shot, LAPD Det. Ryan Verna said.

Mendoza was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:21 a.m., according to coroner’s records.

Reyanna Villarreal, a 25-year-old Latina, was arrested on suspicion of murder the same day, according to online jail records.

Villarreal was charged March 7 with one count of murder with the allegation that she used a handgun, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.

Villarreal is due back in court July 25, according to online court records.

Villarreal and Mendoza were dating, according to prosecutors. It’s unknown whether there was an argument prior to the shooting, police said.

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Connie Annadell Cajulis, a 53-year-old white woman, was fatally stabbed Tuesday, May 24, in the 7100 block of Shadow Ridge Court in West Hills, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Cajulis’ husband came home about 5 p.m. and found her stabbed to death, said LAPD Det. Rich Wheeler. The couple’s SUV was also missing.

About an hour earlier, authorities had responded to an accident with a vehicle that matched the description of Cajulis’ vehicle.

Police said a 16-year-old who was living with the family stole the vehicle then crashed it nearby. Steven Paul Main has been charged as an adult.

The 16-year-old had some difficulties, and Cajulis' family had allowed him to stay with them for a few months.

Main pleaded not guilty to a murder charge May 26 and is due back in court June 24, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office. Main is …

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Mirian Edith Mojica, a 64-year-old Latino female, died Wednesday, Feb. 3, after sustaining blunt force trauma in West Hills, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Michelle Ann Kane, a 43-year-old white woman, was stabbed to death by her estranged husband on Saturday, June 15 in the 7100 block of Deveron Ridge Road in West Hills, according to authorities.

Michael Rodney Kane, 46, allegedly forced his way into a home where his estranged wife was staying, stabbed a man in the hand who tried to protect the woman, then chased her down the street and stabbed her, police said.  

Neighbors heard the commotion and stepped outside to find the woman mortally wounded.  She was pronounced dead on the street at 7:57 a.m. in the hilly, well-kept neighborhood of mostly 1960s tract homes, many of them occupied by their original owners. 

Just hours before the stabbing, she had gone to the Los Angeles Police Department’s Topanga station to report that her husband had vandalized the home they once shared.  

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Carlos Heredia Jr., a 17-year-old Latino, was shot and killed by a Los Angeles police officer Tuesday, Jan. 18, in the 22100 block of Roscoe Boulevard in West Hills, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Shortly after midnight, police responded to a report of an attempted robbery of two people outside a gas station on Topanga Canyon and Roscoe boulevards, said LAPD Officer Bruce Borihanh.

As police arrived, they began chasing a possible suspect, later identified as Carlos Heredia Jr., on foot.

During the chase, Heredia allegedly displayed a handgun. At that point, a police officer shot him, Borihanh said.

Authorities called the Los Angeles Fire Department, who arrived and pronounced Heredia dead.

Borihanh said a handgun was recovered at the scene. 

LAPD officials identified the officer who shot Heredia as Dennis Cunningham, a veteran of more than 12 years. Cunningham fired his weapons several times, according to police. …

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Anne Ward, a 77-year-old white woman, was fatally shot Thursday, May 20, in the 7200 block of Cirrus Way in West Hills, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Police discovered the bodies of an elderly couple around 9 a.m. after responding to a 911 call from the residence, the Los Angeles Police Department said.

The husband and wife, later identified by the coroner's office as Anne Ward, were found inside after an officer entered the home through an open rear door. The victims had single gunshot wounds to their heads. The spouses were pronounced dead at the scene by Fire Department paramedics, the LAPD said.

It's believed the incident was an apparent murder-suicide case, police said.

Anyone with additional information about the incident is asked to call LAPD Topanga Division Det. Brian Pogue at (818) 756-3362.

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Donna Edwards, a 66-year-old white woman, was shot and killed Monday, Nov. 2, in the 7900 block of McLaren Avenue in West Hills, according to Los Angeles County coroner's officials.

Ed Winter, a spokesman for the coroner's office, said Edwards was killed in her home by her husband in a murder-suicide. Authorities identified a man found dead at the scene as Craig Edwards, 62.

The couple's bodies were discovered shortly after 10 a.m., Winter said.

Donna Edwards' co-workers had gone to the home after she did not show up for work and did not answer her phone, Los Angeles police said. A neighbor who had a key let them into the residence, where they found Donna Edwards dead in the master bedroom and Craig Edwards' body on the kitchen floor.

Coroner's officials have not yet determined his cause of death.

Detectives found several weapons in the home, police said. …

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Samuel Romeo, a 76-year-old white male, died Monday, Dec. 22, after being shot in West Hills, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Joshua Guzman, a Latino male, died Monday, June 5, in West Hills, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Abel Munoz Jr., a 26-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, March 19, after being shot in West Hills, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Hector Serrano Ceja, a 24-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, Aug. 7, after being shot in West Hills, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Agustin Vidal Villegas, a 36-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, April 8, after being shot in West Hills, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.