Rashad Jamal Budd, a 24-year-old black male, died Saturday, July 20, in Pomona, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

Jonathan Lee Hoskins, a 33-year-old black male, died Wednesday, July 17, after being shot in Charter Oak, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Cory Devaughn Pickett, a 42-year-old black male, died Friday, July 12, after being shot in Broadway-Manchester, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Awki Hanifshukre Wilds, a 41-year-old black male, died Monday, July 8, after being shot in Compton, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Micquel Hawkins, a 23-year-old black female, died Saturday, July 6, after being shot in Historic South-Central, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Miles Julian Lishey, a 31-year-old black male, died Friday, July 5, after being shot in Gramercy Park, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Rickie Cornell Starks, a 65-year-old black man, was fatally shot on Wednesday, July 3, near the corner of Spruce Street and Aranbe Avenue in Compton, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records. 

Investigators believe Starks was riding his bicycle when he was struck by gunfire during a shootout between Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies and a black Cadillac Escalade around 11 p.m., said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Derrick Alfred.

Deputies didn't find Starks' body until they went to secure evidence at the shooting scene, which was littered with spent bullets, Alfred said. 

Starks was found lying in the street near his bicycle and was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:25 p.m., according to coroner's records. 

One deputy was injured and a patrol car disabled by the intermittent gunfire between Compton and Inglewood, where at least four suspects ...

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Kendall Chico Montgomery, a 67-year-old black male, died Saturday, June 29, after being shot in Pomona, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

 Paul Edward "PJ" Foster, a 50-year-old black man, died Friday, June 28, after he was shot outside 14115 Crenshaw Boulevard in Hawthorne, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's office. 

Foster was standing outside his workplace, the En Effect Barber Shop, eating a bowl of cereal around 10:50 a.m. when a silver-colored sedan  pulled into the parking lot, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Brandon Dean. 

Two men got out of the car wearing dark-colored ski masks and began firing at Foster, striking him multiple times, Dean said. The men ran back to their car and drove away, heading west on Rosecrans Avenue.

Foster was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 12:42 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as multiple gunshot wounds. 

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Michael Ronae Bowman, a 18-year-old black male, died Monday, June 24, after being shot in Vermont-Slauson, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Ronal Joseph Lawson, a 25-year-old black male, died Sunday, June 23, after being shot in Lancaster, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Domonique Menion Paul, a 24-year-old black male, died Thursday, June 20, after being stabbed in Hyde Park, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Travon Keith Williams, a 33-year-old black male, died Wednesday, June 19, after being shot in Athens, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Jamie'on Nicholas Kievell Jackson, a 16-year-old black male, died Wednesday, June 19, after being shot in Athens, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Ivan Lee Harge, a 54-year-old black male, died Wednesday, June 19, after being shot in Westmont, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.