Angel Berrios, 1

April 12, 2010, 10:49 a.m.

Angel Berrios, a 1-year-old white boy, was shot and killed Thursday, April 8, in the 800 block of South Sierra Vista Avenue in Alhambra, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Police officers received a call of a possible suicide at a home about 4:30 a.m. When officers arrived at the location, they found three bodies, Alhambra police Lt. Edith Lopez said.

Inside they discovered a 25-year-old man, later identified as Angel Berrios Jr., fatally shot, along with Natasha Cobian, 23, and the couple’s infant son, Angel Joseph Berrios.

Alhambra police said that, based on the crime scene, they believe the deaths were the result of a double-murder suicide, with the man shooting the baby and Cobian, then taking his own life.

Lopez said several other family members were inside the four-bedroom house at the time of the shooting, but they were unharmed. They alerted authorities to the shooting.

-- Richard Winton

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Thank you Blank for stating the simple truth. He was on drugs when he did this. He should have not been allowed in a home with children in his state of mind. He should have been in rehab, a detox center or even jail. This is what would have saved his life and the life of the mother of his children, their son and their unborn child. But he was spoiled and treated like a child. Drastic times call for drastic measures and a person in his state of mind needed tough love. Instead he was left unattended with access to drugs and GUNS!!! It still boggles my mind how this could happen in a house with so many other people. Where was his support system, where was his so-called close family when he was at his lowest. This is really a shame. And I don't believe he should carry all the blame. Natasha should have had enough common sense than to keep her children in that environment. She should have left with her kids to a safe place. If she felt like she could not rely on her so called "f @%$'d up" family she should have gone to the police station or a shelter, anything to keep her kids safe. But she chose to stay. She did not want to let him go because she knew he was seeing someone else and did not give her the satisfaction. I don't get it, how these people glorify thugs. They think it is cool to be a thug, a hard ass, to be a criminal, to smoke weed everyday, listen to Tupac, to be hustlers, to get tattoos of these stupid sayings like "true till death" and they don't realize how ridiculous and pathetic they appear. They mindlessly utter "Only God can Judge" as if that is an excuse or justification to commit criminal acts. They don't realize that that type of mentality will not get you anywhere but jail or dead. Why would I glorify Tupac when he ended up shot in the street dead at a young due to a senseless arguement. It's just such a dumb mentality. I get that Angel may have been a good friend and amazing and all that other stuff but maybe his friends and family should have let him know that because it is too late now and nobody should feel like their only solution is murder or suicide. I really do hope God takes mercy on his soul.

— Finally March 4, 2013 at 3:20 p.m.