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Died on
Feb. 25, 2010

Inglewood
833 W. Beach Ave.
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Cause: Gunshot
Race/Ethnicity: Black
Agency: Inglewood PD

Ira Tyrone Koger, 21

March 1, 2010, 10:51 a.m.

Ira Tyrone Koger, a 21-year-old black man, was shot and killed Thursday, Feb. 25 in the 800 block of West Beach Avenue in Inglewood, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Det. Waters at (310) 412-5246.]

--Sarah Ardalani

This post has been updated to reflect Koger's middle name, Tyrone.

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52 reader comments

Peace
Why you Blaming the white man ???.What does a Person color have to do with this. Are you still blaming white for something that happen over 200 yrs . Its Time you get over that. Black Have the same opportunity as whites and Latino . Just because over 50% Of them in LA county would rather be gang Banger is Not the White mans Fault. I was raised in a ALL BLACK Neighborhood ( i'm White ) I went to school Got a Job and Made something of my self. I didnt join a Gang deal drug To me Thats a COP OUT. I'm owed something because i'm Black.. You really need a New out look because you have it all wrong. The only person( s ) You should be blaming is the Gang. If more people would Take control over their children teach them Gangs are a dead end street Maybe in the Future There would be no Gang PS most of the Killings are Black on Black Latino On Latino . I don't see whites Killing Black Or Latino at the rate these killings are Happing.. The Race card will get you No where On Here.. Stop and Look in the mirror Then you may see the problem Your attude would be a good Place to start............. My prays go out to The Family . I lost a family Member to a Murder 1 yr ago and I understand what you are going thur...Losing someone so young will never make any sence

— Absolutlykrazy Sept. 23, 2012 at 6:11 p.m.

My darling Tyrone, as we approach what would have been your 22nd birthday on February 4th, and a year on the date of your death February 25th,you are still the first thing on my mind when I awake each morning and the last thing when I go to bed at night. I am still shedding tears and I probably will for the rest of my life.To this day the police still have not apprehended the bas---ds who killed you for no reason and for that my heart aches for the justice I and the family know that you deserve,for I not only loved because you were my family member, but because you were truly a good person and we were each other's best friend. I pray that you rest in peace my sweet baby and know that your granny will love you forever and misses you so much. Sometimes life for me is hard when I think of you and how these demons just took your life for no reason, even the story in the newspapers abouth you exchanging words with a man in the car that drove upon you is incorrect, when there were three men in the car that day. I am praying that justice will be done and that it will be served one day. I get joy when I look at your daughter and marvel at her antics and how she looks like you, it helps our hearts to know that we have a part of you left with us. R.I.P my baby I pray that one day I will see you again. I Love You
Your Granny Ruth

— Ruth Allen Feb. 1, 2011 at 10:29 a.m.

guns are offered so easily

one can simply order a gun at a store and in a few days you have it....

this tradition that the USA has is not right
Are we still in the Wild Wild West or what?

even 12 year old kids walk around with a gun, and thats simply crazy...
cause like I said its so easy to get a gun,

guns shall not be sold to any citizen....
The sales of weapons should be prohibited...
Actually only officers should own one but it would be even better if we lived in a gunless world.... where no ghettos exist we should all be equal as far as wealth is concerned......
capitalism is a devils product
You have spreaded this seed with this whole policy and now it terrorizes your neighborhood, So why do you complain... ? zzzzzzzzz

You need to make a REAL change in your society, think about it and dont continue to pick on them gangbangers cause this will not solve each others drama,

we need jobs for all, no GHETTOS, equality and integration for everybody.......

— RealFact May 12, 2010 at 10:03 a.m.

Jareld Wallace care to explain by figured who he was? Ira was not in a gang nor affiliated with a gang. He was someone who was trying to do the right thing in life and did not surround his self with that type of bull. It's sad that everyone thinks when you are killed by someone in the urban community that you had to be in a gang. No that is not it because Tyrone wasn't even from that area. He was an innocent victim who was killed because of the crap that is going on between the Latino and Black gangs. Tyrone did not know anyone over there so I don't see how these demons target him for no reason. They rolled up on some other young men earlier that day but they took off running. So it wasn't that they knew who he was they just saw a young man and killed him. Any young black male that they saw they would have took their life. This have to stop because whil Blacks and Latinos are killing eachother the white man is just sitting back laughing at all our asses. Their work is being done without their hands getting dirty.

— Peace April 20, 2010 at 8:28 a.m.

Ira Tyrone Koger III was my my cousin. WHY, that is the question I ask everyday, why would some one just take his life not knowing the pain and hurt that they have caused this family and taking him away from his baby girl. He was a young man who was trying to do what was right. I am very angry and I am very pissed off. the justice system is too slow in solving these crimes, there are too many killings like this that never get solved and the killers just get away with the crime. Maybe the bastards who did this will probably be caught but, in my heart want to see them gunned down like the f____ing dogs they are and their mother if they have one standing over their coffin crying and asking the same question we are asking, WHY?

— Patricia March 28, 2010 at 8:28 p.m.

Ira (Tyrone) Koger III was my cousin who was taken way to soon. A fine young man that he turned out to be. It breaks my heart to see his mom go through something so tragic as losing a child especially your first born. My cousin left behind a baby girl who will never know her daddy what is this world coming to nowadays you can't even walk the streets or hang out in front of your place in fear something like this will happen i have alot of anger right now cause this should not have happened to our family again!!! To the people who read this i hope you understand how much this takes a toll on a family. Before i close to the demons who did this i hope you don't get another nights rest i hope you suffer the same fate you did my cousin and forgive me for saying this may your mother cry over your casket as they lower you into the ground for this i will not feel pity for you cause you raised a no good monster who took an innocent young man from his baby girl & family..Thanks

— Adimika Hickson March 20, 2010 at 2:18 a.m.