Julio Olivares, 34 [Updated]

Julio Olivares, a 34-year-old Latino, died Monday, Jan. 4, of injuries suffered in a shooting on July 9, 2009, in the 900 block of East 85th Street in Florence, according to Los Angeles County coroner's officials.

Ed Winter, a spokesman for the coroner's office, said Olivares had been a patient at a hospital since the shooting.

Olivares died at 9:50 p.m. Jan. 4. Winter said the cause of death was deferred.

[Updated Feb. 28, 2011: Coroner's officials said Olivares' death was deemed a homicide. He died from a gunshot wound to the chest.]

-- Anthony Pesce and Sarah Ardalani