Victor Valencia, a 31-year-old Latino, was shot and killed by Los Angeles police on Saturday, Jan. 11, near South Venice Boulevard and Tuller Avenue in Palms, on the border with Culver City, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Shortly before 1 p.m., a sergeant with the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a call of a man with a gun near South Sepulveda and Venice Boulevard, according to a video released by the LAPD detailing the incident.

The sergeant saw a man matching the description he was given, stopped his vehicle, got out and saw the man, later identified as Valencia, pointing a gun at him, according to a prepared LAPD statement.

A person in the area also said that Valencia was pointing a gun at the officer.

The sergeant began shooting at Valencia, who collapsed. Paramedics responded and Valencia was taken to a hospital, where he ...

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Dai Phuoc Nguyen, a 38-year-old man of Vietnamese descent, was fatally shot by police officers on Monday, Dec. 2, in the 9800 block of Cortada Street in El Monte, according to Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner records.  

El Monte police officers went to Nguyen's home about 12:30 p.m. after dispatchers received a 911 hang-up call, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Scott Hoglund. 

"There was a lot of screaming on the other end and nobody answering questions, so the officers responded," he said. 

When the officers arrived, they parked just west of the house on Cortada Street, Hoglund said. As they got out of their cars, Nguyen allegedly charged from the driveway of his home toward them with a "bladed weapon" in his hand. Officers "described it as a very large wood-handled kitchen knife," Hoglund said, "almost like a machete." 

Hoglund said ...

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Nathaniel Robert Pinnock, a 22-year-old black man, was shot and killed by Los Angeles police Monday, Nov. 25, 2019, in the 6700 block of Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, according to Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner’s records.

About 11:20 a.m., a man later identified by police as Pinnock walked into an auto parts store near North Highland and Fountain avenues and committed a robbery while armed with a machete, police said.

Pinnock walked north on North Highland Avenue, and eventually officers found him on McCadden Place. Police asked him to drop the machete he was holding, according to a video released by the Los Angeles Police Department detailing the incident.

Pinnock ignored the officers and continued to the parking lot of a Chick-fil-A in the area.

Again, Pinnock was asked to drop the machete, and he ignored officers, the video shows. In the Chick-fil-A drive-through line, he got ...

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Jessica Ann Beedles, a 42-year-old white female, died Wednesday, Nov. 20, after being shot in Woodland Hills, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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Alex Flores, a 34-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Tuesday, Nov. 19, near South Central Avenue and East 28th Street in Historic South-Central, according to Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner’s records.

About 8 a.m., a person in the area flagged down a Los Angeles police sergeant regarding a man walking north on South Central Avenue with a knife, according to police.

The sergeant found the man near South Central Avenue and East 28th Street and called for additional officers. 

Officers told Flores, who was facing them with a knife, to drop the weapon repeatedly.

One officer yelled, “Don’t come at me,” at Flores several times. Flores ran toward the officer, who began shooting, according to a critical incident video released by the LAPD that showed body camera footage.

Police said there were other officers who were wearing body cameras during the incident, but only one camera ...

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Omar Enrique Garcia, a 37-year-old Latino male, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, after being shot in East Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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Ricardo Russell Myers, a 62-year-old white male, died Wednesday, Oct. 30, after being shot in Lancaster, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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Delfon Garnell Kinney Sr., 48, was fatally shot Wednesday, Oct. 23, in the 1700 block of Artesia Boulevard in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner records. 

Investigators believe Kinney, a resident of Long Beach, shot at least two other people in the Bottoms Up Sports Bar before he was shot by a bar patron and then police officers, according to a Long Beach Police Department news release.  

When SWAT officers entered the bar, they found Kinney lying unresponsive on the ground, holding a firearm, according to the news release. 

Both Kinney and Manuel Eugenio "Manny" Marquez, 44, were pronounced dead at the scene around 12:20 a.m., shortly after the shooting began. 

Investigators don't have a motive for the shooting, according to the release. Family members described Kinney as a loving father and grandfather and a long-time employee of ...

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Dominador Araquel Rabot, a 55-year-old male, died Tuesday, Oct. 22, after being shot in Carson, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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Lasseri James Frazier Jr., a 21-year-old black male, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, after being shot in Sherman Oaks, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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Sawandi Asad Toussaint, a 21-year-old black man also known as Sawandi Asad Toussaint-Anderson, was fatally shot by police officers on Saturday, Oct. 12, in the 3500 block of Santa Anita Avenue in El Monte, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records. 

El Monte police officers were called to the bus depot on Santa Anita Avenue around 2:30 p.m. to look into reports of a man firing a gun in the lower level where buses drop off passengers, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Brandon Dean. 

After reviewing hours of surveillance video, investigators believe Toussaint walked to the depot and down to the lower level, Dean said. Once downstairs, it appears Toussaint fired one round into the air and two into the cement walls before putting his gun into his backpack and walking back upstairs and onto the street, where he was spotted by the ...

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Michael Phillip Uccello, a 48-year-old white man, was fatally shot by a U.S. Marshal on Thursday, Oct. 10, near the intersection of 10th Street West and Holguin Street in Lancaster, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records. 

A U.S. Marshal Fugitive Apprehension Team with a South District of Ohio warrant accusing Uccello of conspiracy to traffic narcotics had been following the man that morning, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Brandon Dean. 

When Uccello pulled into a gas station around 9 a.m., eight marshals tried to make a traffic stop to arrest him, Dean said. Uccello allegedly initially pulled over, but then quickly drove into a nearby residential area, he said, with the marshals in pursuit in seven different vehicles. 

During the chase, Uccello struck two parked cars and a marshal's, causing his car to spin around. "It was such a ...

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Marco Antonio Vazquez, a 37-year-old Latino, was fatally shot by sheriff's deputies on Sunday, Oct. 6, in the 8200 block of Rexall Avenue in West Whittier-Los Nietos, according to Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner records. 

Vazquez lived in a house with his wife, children, parents and other family members in West Whittier, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Derrick Alfred. 

Around 8 p.m. neighbors called deputies to report that Vazquez was running around the outside of his house with a machete in his hand, banging on the windows, Alfred said. 

When deputies arrived, Vazquez was in the house and family members told investigators that Vazquez was paranoid and schizophrenic, and sometimes became overly protective of his family. 

The deputies called all the family members out of the house, to check on their welfare but Vazquez refused to come out, Alfred ...

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Raymond Hernandez, a 63-year-old Latino male, died Monday, Sept. 23, after being shot in Wilmington, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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Jordan Michael Griffin, a 18-year-old black male, died Thursday, Sept. 19, after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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