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Oscar Ruiz, a 25-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, Jan. 20, in Bellflower, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.
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Oscar Ruiz, a 25-year-old Latino male, died Sunday, Jan. 20, in Bellflower, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.
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David Adalberto Hernandez-Licona, a 25-year-old Latino, was fatally shot on Wednesday, Jan. 16, on Rancho Center Drive at City Ranch Road, about a half mile south of Elizabeth Lake Road in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators.
Hernandez-Licona, a resident of Boyle Heights, was one of four men who were shot on the remote, unlighted road around 11 p.m. that night, according to Lt. Derrick Alfred.
Three of the men, including Hernandez-Licona, were pronounced dead at the scene. A fourth man called 911 to report he had been shot in the face. The survivor was taken to a Palmdale hospital that night, and later transferred to an undisclosed location for more "specialized medical care," Alfred said Tuesday.
The other dead were listed as Sean B. Cowen, a 24-year-old white male from Van Nuys, and Olukayode A. "Kayode" Owolabi, a 27-year-old black male from the ...
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Alejandra Claudia Hernandez, a 24-year-old Latino female, died Saturday, Jan. 12, after being shot in West Puente Valley, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
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Martin Mata Acosta, a 38-year-old Latino male, died Saturday, Jan. 12, after being shot in Hollywood Hills, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
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Evan Gaulhiac, a 19-year-old Latino male, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, after being stabbed in Pico Rivera, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
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Jose Albert Holguin, a 31-year-old Latino male, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, after being shot in Boyle Heights, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
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Daniel Ramirez, a 28-year-old Latino, was found dead Monday, Jan. 7, near West 82nd Street and South Grand Avenue in Florence, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Shortly after 3 a.m., officers from the Los Angeles Police Department were on patrol when they came across a city trash can that was set on fire, said LAPD Det. Dave Garrido.
Officers called the fire department. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and realized that a person was inside the can, police said.
That person, later identified as Ramirez, was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:25 a.m., according to coroner's records.
Police believe that Ramirez was shot, then placed in the trash can, which was then lit on fire.
Detectives are asking for the public's help in identifying any witnesses.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (323) 786-5113. Those who wish to remain ...
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Nadia Solis, a 41-year-old Latina, was pronounced dead on Saturday, Jan. 5, after she was struck in the head in the 8700 block of Orange Street in Whittier, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigators.
Deputies went to the home where Solis lived with her long-time boyfriend, Luis Rey JimenezJimenez, after coworkers requested a welfare check because she hadn't come to work for several days, said Lt. Derrick Alfred.
Worried co-workers had come to the house earlier in the week and talked to a relative who was babysitting, The Times reported. The relative said Solis had left and no one knew where she had gone.
On Saturday, however, deputies felt like "things weren't adding up" when they questioned JimenezJimenez, 44, and asked to search the house, Alfred said. Then they noticed JimenezJimenez's car in the carport and asked for the keys.
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Fael Valente, a 30-year-old Latino male, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, after being shot in East Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.