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Sawandi Asad Toussaint, a 21-year-old black male, died Saturday, Oct. 12, in El Monte, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.
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Michael Phillip Uccello, a 48-year-old white male, died Thursday, Oct. 10, after being shot in Lancaster, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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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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Alvaro Duran Venegas, a 35-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, Sept. 12, after being shot in Santa Clarita, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Carlos Torres, a 39-year-old Latino, was shot and killed by Los Angeles police Monday, Aug. 19, near Branford Street and Arleta Avenue in Arleta, according to Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner’s records.
The incident began at 4:19 p.m., when officers from the LAPD’s Mission Division responded to a call of a family dispute in the 13100 block of Ottoman Street.
When officers arrived they were directed by the person who called police to Torres, who was on the front porch, according to a statement from the LAPD.
Officers tried to speak with Torres, who stepped back into the house as he removed a gun from his waistband. He removed his gun and fired at the officers, who fired back, police said.
Torres then went into the house and was seen running through a neighboring yard and onto Ottoman Street. As Torres continued to run, police ...
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Roberto Rene Gabriel, a 33-year-old Latino, died Monday, Aug. 19, after he was shot by Los Angeles police near Alhambra and Belleglade avenues in El Sereno, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
On Aug. 18, shortly before 11:30 p.m., officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollenbeck Division were in a patrol SUV about to approach a red traffic light when they were suddenly shot at, according to a news release from the department.
A round hit the driver’s side door of the SUV and the gunman ran west and into an alley north of Alhambra Avenue, police said.
The officers called for help and then tried to find the person. Anticipating that the gunman would try to leave the area through a nearby alley, the officers drove to Alhambra and Belleglade avenues and spotted the man on the sidewalk.
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Jamaal Michael Simpson, a 21-year-old black male, died Thursday, Aug. 1, after being shot in Hyde Park, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Rickie Cornell Starks, a 65-year-old black man, was fatally shot on Wednesday, July 3, near the corner of Spruce Street and Aranbe Avenue in Compton, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records.
Investigators believe Starks was riding his bicycle when he was struck by gunfire during a shootout between Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies and a black Cadillac Escalade around 11 p.m., said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Derrick Alfred.
Deputies didn't find Starks' body until they went to secure evidence at the shooting scene, which was littered with spent bullets, Alfred said.
Starks was found lying in the street near his bicycle and was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:25 p.m., according to coroner's records.
One deputy was injured and a patrol car disabled by the intermittent gunfire between Compton and Inglewood, where at least four suspects ...
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Paul David Rea, a 18-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, June 27, after being shot in East Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Jose Salvador Meza, a 35-year-old Latino male, died Thursday, June 6, after being shot in San Gabriel, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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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 ...
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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.
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