Karl Braggs, a 58-year-old black male, died Thursday, Jan. 16, in Sun Valley, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.
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Kenneth Onyebuchi Onah, a 46-year-old black male, died Saturday, Jan. 11, after being shot near the 15100 block of Raymond Avenue in Gardena, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Earl Dean Chiles, a 43-year-old black male, died Saturday, Dec. 21, after being shot near the 1100 block of Vermont Avenue in Pico-Union, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Erin Kayla Lavender, a 19-year-old black woman, died on Saturday, Dec. 15, after she was fatally shot in the 20300 block of Alvo Avenue in Carson, according to Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner records.
Lavender, a sophomore softball player at Compton College, and her friend, 17-year-old Dalelaja Francis Denise Hearn, a senior at Hoover High School in Fresno, had gone to a vigil in a residence that evening to honor a male friend who died a week earlier from what appeared to be a drug overdose, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Brandon Dean told The Times.
Shortly before 9 p.m., the young women got into their car, which was parked in front of the residence. As they were preparing to leave, someone began shooting into the car, Dean said.
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Dalelaja Francis Denise Hearn, a 17-year-old black girl, died on Saturday, Dec. 15, after she was fatally shot in the 20300 block of Alvo Avenue in Carson, according to Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner records.
Hearn, a high school student, and her friend, 19-year-old Erin Kayla Lavender, a softball player at Compton College, had gone to a vigil in a residence that evening to honor a male friend who died a week earlier from what appeared to be a drug overdose, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Brandon Dean told The Times.
Shortly before 9 p.m., the young women got into their car, which was parked in front of the residence. As they were preparing to leave, someone began shooting into the car, Dean said.
A dark-colored SUV was seen leaving the area, but investigators don't know if it was related to the shooting or ...
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Dont-E Marquis Hampton, a 18-year-old black male, died Saturday, Dec. 14, after being shot near La Brea Avenue N/O Venice Boulevard in Mid-City, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Melvin Lawrence Sanders, a 34-year-old black male, died Sunday, Dec. 8, after being shot near 1365 S. Broadway in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Charles Michael Farrell, a 66-year-old black male, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, after sustaining blunt force trauma near the 1100 block of East Anaheim Street in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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John Charles Williams, a 38-year-old black man, was shot and killed Sunday, Dec. 1, in the 8900 block of South Figueroa Street in Vermont Vista, according to Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner’s records.
About 9 p.m., Williams was riding his bike north on South Figueroa approaching West 89th Street when a vehicle approached and a person inside began shooting, said Los Angeles Police Det. Nathan Kouri.
The vehicle continued north, police said.
Williams was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:12 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
Police are looking for witnesses.
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Andrew LaVelle Price II, a 36-year-old black man, was shot and killed Saturday, Nov. 30, in the 13200 block of South Wilkie Avenue in Gardena, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 8:49 p.m., multiple people called the Gardena Police Department about gunshots heard in the area, according to a news release from the department.
Officers arrived and discovered Price, who had suffered a gunshot wound to the hip, police said.
Price was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:13 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
Detectives said, based off a preliminary investigation, that Price was standing on the sidewalk with a group when two vehicles drove by one after the other and shot at the group, striking Price.
The two suspect vehicles were described as a silver Lexus sedan and a dark-colored BMW.
Price, a father of ...
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Nathaniel Robert Pinnock, a 22-year-old black male, died Monday, Nov. 25, after being shot by law enforcement near the 6700 block of Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Tijah Devon Johnson, a 23-year-old black man, was fatally shot on Saturday, Nov. 23, in the 1900 block of East Pine Street in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Johnson was hanging out with several people a few blocks from his home shortly after noon when a single shot was fired from the driver's side window of a white or grayish-colored compact SUV heading south on East Pine Street, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Brandon Dean.
The shot hit Johnson directly in the face, Dean said. "The distance was a good 40 yards," he said. "I don't think it was that good of a shot; it looks like just total luck."
Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:50 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as a gunshot wound to the head ...
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John Carldarius Johnson Jr., a 25-year-old black man, died Wednesday, Nov. 20, after he was shot in the 9800 block of South Van Ness Avenue in Gramercy Park, according to Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner’s records.
On Tuesday, Nov. 19, shortly before midnight, Johnson was driving a black Kia with another person north on South Van Ness, said Los Angeles Police Det. John Flores.
A car pulled up beside the Kia and a person inside began shooting at Johnson, Flores said.
The Kia collided with a parked car. The other person in the car, who was not injured, got out and flagged down a motorist for help.
Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:02 a.m. on Nov. 20, according to coroner’s records.
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Mareon Da’Pre Jefferson, a 19-year-old black man, was shot and killed Monday, Nov. 11, in the 200 block of East 99th Street in Broadway-Manchester, according to Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner’s records.
About 10:25 p.m., Jefferson was standing in the street with a group of people when a car passed by and a person inside fired at the group, said Los Angeles Police Det. Nathan Kouri.
Jefferson was struck. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:43 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
It’s unknown if the shooter was sitting in the passenger or driver’s side of the car, described only as a light-colored sedan, police said.
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James Lee Chambers, a 55-year-old black male, died Saturday, Nov. 9, after being shot in Adams-Normandie, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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