Jose Salvador Meza, 35
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Jose Salvador Meza, a 35-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, June 6, in San Gabriel, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.
Ryan Twyman, 24
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Ryan Twyman, a 24-year-old black man, was shot and killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies Thursday, June 6, near East 132nd and South San Pedro streets in Willowbrook, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Twyman was sitting in a white sedan with another person in the parking lot of an apartment complex about 7:30 p.m. when the sheriff's department said in a statement that deputies approached him.
“During the contact, a deputy-involved shooting occurred,” the department said in a statement.
It remains unclear what prompted the shooting.
Twyman was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:50 p.m., according to coroner's records.
He was one of three men killed by sheriff's deputies in a single day.
Twyman was a father of three children and also cared for his girlfriend's daughter. A fundraising page has been set up for ...
Jose Antonio De Santiago-Medina, 59
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Jose Antonio De Santiago-Medina, a 59-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, June 6, after being shot in Atwater Village, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
Pablo Garcia, 42
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Daniel Loren Warren, 36
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Malik Ali Gresham, 36
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Eddie Phillip Herrera, 51
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Eddie Phillip Herrera, a 51-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, May 9, after being shot in Montebello, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
David Flores, 36
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David Flores, a 36-year-old Latino, was shot by Los Angeles police Monday, April 22, near South Figueroa Street and West Gardena Boulevard in Harbor Gateway, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 6:40 a.m., officers from the LAPD’s Southeast Division responded to a call of a family dispute in which shots were fired in the 16700 block of South Denver Avenue, according to police.
As officers were on their way, they received information that a man was in the intersection near South Figueroa Street. As the two officers approached the intersection, they saw a man who matched the description of the suspect and was armed with a gun, police said.
The man, later identified as Flores, shot at the officers as they got out of their vehicle, and the officers fired back, authorities said.
Flores was struck and pronounced dead at the scene at ...
William Ty Crawford, 47
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Brian Leslie Statler, 30
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Brian Leslie Statler, a 30-year-old black man, was shot and killed by Inglewood police Wednesday, March 27, in the 300 block of S. Market Street in Inglewood, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 3:30 p.m., Statler drove up to the Church of Scientology of Inglewood in a white Bentley and walked inside with a “very large sword,” police said.
About five people were in the lobby when Statler entered. Police would not describe what happened inside, but said that two police officers, along with Statler, were shot.
Statler was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:33 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
One officer was shot in the hand, the other in the forearm. Neither injury was believed to be life-threatening.
At a news conference the night of the shooting, Inglewood Police Lt. Oscar Mejia said authorities ...
Timothy John Beckwith, 49
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Wilfredo Hernandez, 47
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Dimas Diaz Jr., 43
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Dimas Diaz Jr., a 43-year-old Latino, was fatally shot by law enforcement officers on Saturday, Jan. 12, on the 101 Freeway just north of the Las Virgenes Road exit in Calabasas, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records.
The incident began in the late morning when Ventura County Sheriff's Department deputies went to a home in Camarillo regarding a domestic violence incident, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Scott Hoglund. The alleged assault involved a woman Diaz had been dating, Hoglund said.
When the deputies arrived, Diaz fled in a stolen sedan, Hoglund said, and the deputies got into their car and gave chase, through the city limits of Camarillo. When Diaz drove south on the 101 Freeway, California Highway Patrol officers joined the pursuit.
Diaz crashed his car on the 101 Freeway just north of the Las Virgenes Road exit around 11:15 a ...
Rony Josue Parras-Mendez, 18
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Rony Josue Parras-Mendez, an 18-year-old Latino, was shot and killed by Los Angeles police Monday, Dec. 31 in the 13600 block of Vanowen Street in Valley Glen, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 4:40 a.m., LAPD officers responded to an apartment regarding a call of a screaming woman, according to a news release from the department.
Parras-Mendez came to the door of the apartment armed with a “large kitchen knife,” according to police.
Police said Parras-Mendez was given commands that he ignored and “quickly moved toward one of the officers,” prompting the shooting.
Mendez was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:52 a.m., according to coroner’s records.
Police said that before the shooting, Parras-Mendez had assaulted a man who lived at the complex. The man received treatment at a local hospital. A nine-inch knife was recovered at the scene, police ...
Kaybeen Razana, 26
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Kaybeen Razana, a 26-year-old white male, died Thursday, Dec. 28, after being shot in South Gate, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.