Edgar Arturo Guerrero, 16

June 1, 2010, 9:31 a.m.

Edgar Guerrero, a 16-year-old Latino, was fatally shot Monday, May 31, in the 15000 block of Loukelton Street in La Puente, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Guerrero was at an apartment complex visiting friends about 1:45 a.m. when he was approached by two individuals and shot, said Sgt. Howard Cooper of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, who is handling the investigation.

Authorities were called and Guerrero was pronounced dead at the scene.

After the shooting, the assailants fled on foot, Cooper said. They were described as being Latino and in their teens to early 30s.

Anyone with information about the death of Edgar Guerrero is asked to contact Sgt. Cooper at the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.

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74 reader comments

Its about to be 3 years in 3 mounths and I still can believe your gone. All you people out thier disrespecting him If you did not even knew. I knew him and his family I was so close to him and was really sad as well as my family was when he died. I knew him alot. I get pissed off seening those rude comments you people put so lay off. He will always be in my prayers as well as his family. So do yourself a favor and lay off those rude comments....Put something positive or dont put nothing at all. I Loved him and I know he is in a better place right now. God Bless his Family.......all you ignorant people with those comments have a heart and lay off.

HOPPER
2013

— HOPS Feb. 21, 2013 at 2:02 p.m.

Memorial day is coming up.....
Edgar, I remember when you used to be here at my house ALL the time.. Some times I would get mad at you porque te tomabas mis caprisuns y te comias mis hot cheetos!! :) pero it's okay ... I hope you remember when you told me you would be my number one customer if i ever opened a bionico place cuz you LOVED my pico de gallo. I loved to make you and my brother fruit with a bunch of lemon and chile. Youd eat like 10 apples!! con chile y limon. It made me feel so good that someone appreciated my fruta picada lol. Edgar I still have the Jay-z album I was going to give you when I was like 14. I never gave it to you and I still have it. I wished that you would have still kept hanging out here at my house. I'm doing great things. I got into UC Berkeley !!! I miss you so much... so so much. The last time I saw you, you didnt even notice me. and the time before that you gave me the biggest hug ever... well I still can't believe its going to be 2 yrs... I've been praying for you.. tu sabes. My lil litany of saints book. <3 I miss you baby boy.. Ill always remember you as the lil boy that would drink my caprisuns.. miss youu con mucho amor<3

— vee May 26, 2012 at 5:56 p.m.

Its sad how most of here think u have the right to jug otheres i went to school with edge belive it or not he was a good kid with a very big hart just cuz he was out at that time dosent mean he was in a gang ive been out at that time at party and im not in a gang ive had a nife put to my throght and im not in a gang and it true most of u havent had to go throgh alot a s..t like some of us had most of u dont know wat it is to grow up like we did me i come from a big family im the second oldest of six kids my mom came to this pace to us a better life but we realy dony get to see her she works 2 jobs get home around 2 3 in the morning guess wat we dont all have a to floor house with an alarm system some of us live in the geto with a perets strugoling to make ends meet...i would live ti tryed withtje one that was talking about haveing a 2 floor house and alarm system maybe i would het to spend a little more time with my mom u dont know wat familys go through so dont jug...q descanse edger...

— Shorty May 3, 2011 at 9:59 a.m.

When will we stop internalizing the hate to one another and see that the judging goes way more than the color of the skin, or statistics. The system has failed us, this is not just a parent issue.
We find ourselves in a society that day by day finds it acceptable for parents to bury their children. This is unacceptable, analyze this 'it takes the hood to save the hood'. The issue is much deeper than what it seems, and we all are playing a role in it. It is not time to point fingers, it is a time to unite, to talk to our city officials, to demand more gang prevention programs, etc. It might seem insignificant to some, but it got me out of the 'hood mentality' and into a university. And I can say I am not the only one. Stop bashing on each other and understand that no parent should have to live through putting their child 6-feet-under.

Que Dios te bendiga mijo.

— Reality Dec. 5, 2010 at 9:21 p.m.

To syscom3, K&E,X, I would like to remind you that everyone on HR is not in a gang. I dont know Edgars situation but like I said before and I will say it again. If someone is getting initiated into a gang. They cannot kill a gang member. They have to kill someone innocent that is not in a gang. Remember Bill Cosbys son Ennis. Was killed in 1997 along side the freeway while changing his flat tire at night. He was killed by a ukraine gang member. He had no gang ties even though his death is gang related because he was killed by a gang member. It can happen to any of us at anytime. It happens to people who are innocent and people who are not innocent. But syscom3 please stop being racist. We know that you are not black or latino. We know that you are female not male. We know you live a sheltered , dull life behind community gates. Move to lacounty for a year. Come live among the common folk. Meet people who are less fortunate than you, they may have less money but lacounty, which includes East La, Wilmington, Compton, Lynwood, Inglewood,Athens, etc there are good people, decent people in these areas and there are bad people in theses areas. Come out of that Sheltered box that you live in and come live among these people before you start putting everyone in these areas down, and write anyone off in these areas as gang bangers who got what they deserved. I have never had to deal with this type of loss and pray I will never have to, but I do grieve for those who have.

— Sheba Aug. 18, 2010 at 9:13 p.m.

Edgar, you know i love you. im missing you everyday. everynite your in my dreams. your a great person with a BIG heart. i know you knew what you had to do. your mom loves you very much and i know you feel the same. thank you for bringing myself and your mom together. i honestly wouldnt think we would want to meet up just because. theres a reason why were talking. i know it, i can feel it. looking at a picture your mother gave to me yesterday, your eyes they smile at me. i feel like your still here. i dont want to believe your gone. i dont want to except it. i feel like your here with me all the time. my love for you will be everlasting.Your one of a kind. 1 in a million.Im always hanging on, ill never let you go. One friend too many. LIFE DOESNT LAST FOREVER, LOVE DOES. till we meet again my friend. love always kandace.

— kandace Aug. 18, 2010 at 3:31 p.m.

I have condemned white gangsters just as harshly as black and Latino gangsters.

Perhaps all of you should look through the statistics of the homicide report and take note of the fact that the huge majority of homicides in LA County are Black and Latino.

Its not my fault that for the most part, only those two racial groups are abundantly represented in this blog.

Read this blog long enough and a predictable pattern emerges. The victim was said to be an angel and great person. Then someone makes the comment about him being a gangster. Then his relatives say no one is perfect and only god can judge. Then someone else chimes in about the deceased having "blood" on their hands.

Its getting to be so predictable, its like a stupid Hollywood movie using the same plot, different characters.

— syscom3 June 12, 2010 at 11:28 p.m.

This was just a baby, he was killed for nothing. I realize that at that age he should have been in the house but the way the world is now he actually was doing the norm for most teenagers. They tend to stay out later now days. I have two children and I won't allow them to come in my house after 10pm-They are 19 years old and 17 and they know that even if you are doing the right thing but out at that hour something bad is going to happen. I hope everone reading this realizes that Edgar's mother is grieving for her loss rather he was in a gang or not, if he should have been in the house or not, she lost her son and she is in pain. She did not raise him to be in the streets, sometime these kids do what they want no matter how hard you try to lead them down the right path. God bless the family and my prayers are with you.

— Joker June 10, 2010 at 10:10 a.m.

I just heard last night about Edgar and came on to see if there was any information about services for him. It was very sad to see these comments by people who aren't experiencing this lose. We look to always blame we don't walk in others shoes. Right now we should have some compassion for others pain, like Rose and Edgars family and friends. I knew Edgar from sharing our faith and trying to grow in it. There is an old expression my mother would always say,,," there go I but for the grace of God." None of us know for certainty what life is going to throw at us. Rose,,,,please extend my sinceres sadness at the loss of Edgar and some of his friends send their sadness also. If there are any funeral arrangements that haven't happen yet please let me know. Thanks,,,

— Catholic Volunteer June 9, 2010 at 4:34 p.m.

Aunt,
I am not saying that you put a alarm system on the ENTIRE complex, put one in YOUR home,, the apt YOU live in. You mention you see ALL types of people coming and going at 1 or 2 and even 3 and 4 am coming home from work. Well do you think a 16yr was coming home from work at 145am, and if that was the case he should have went straight home, there is a law called curfew in which minors are not to be out after a certain time. If he were home like at the time of night CHILDREN are supposed to be then I think we wouldnt even be having this conversation, the truth hurts, but until your children are 18 and out on their own, they are YOUR responsibity. I am not saying what happened here isnt tragic, and not blaming anyone, I am simply saying that if you dont/cant/wont account for where your children are at those hours dont be suprised if you have to make funeral arrangements.

— JJ June 6, 2010 at 3:05 p.m.

Syscom I have to agree about the time. Citizen X I understand that school is out, my 16yr old daughter is out of school as well. I can certainly tell you that she is not out visiting friends at 1:45am She is upstairs in her room where she should be. I have an alaram system on my house NOBODY gets in or out after 10pm without me knowing about it. Unless of course she is scaling down the second story of our house and then hoping our rod iron fence (because I pad lock my side gate) to a friend who is on the other side of the fence with a ladder. This may sound extreme to some of you, but guess what my kids are in bed when they are supposed to be, I secure my home and can account for my kids whereabouts, I think it is pretty safe to say my odds of getting "that phone call" informing me that my daughter was shot in some gang infested area of town are slim.

— JJ June 4, 2010 at 12:06 p.m.