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Gabriela Gonzalez, 24

Gabriela Gonzalez (2007-03-29)

Gabriela Gonzalez, a 24-year-old Latina, died from multiple gunshot wounds and sharp force trauma at 830 E. 82nd Street in LAPD's 77th Street Division in South Los Angeles. She died at 12:25 a.m. Thursdsay, March 29.

Police said the woman's partner, 29-year-old Fredy Melara, a Latino, killed her and the couple's small daughters, then killed himself. A witness heard the couple yelling, Gonzalez saying, "Fredy no, no!" and then gunshots.

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