Sandra Cossid Lertzman, a 60-year-old white female, died Wednesday, Sept. 11, after being shot in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Michael Joseph Lertzman, a 19-year-old white male, died Wednesday, Sept. 11, after being shot in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Nicholas Mario Granadino, a 28-year-old white male, died Wednesday, Sept. 4, after being shot in Harbor Gateway, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Ahmed Abbas Helmy, a 47-year-old white male, died Saturday, Aug. 31, after being shot in Baldwin Park, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Charles Edward Mondev, a 19-year-old white man, was shot and killed Sunday, Aug. 25, in the 900 block of Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

About 6:25 p.m., officers from the Santa Monica Police Department responded to an apartment after a report of a shooting, according to a news release from the department. 

Police said that Mondev got into an argument with his brother, Christopher Michael Mondev, who pulled out a gun and shot Charles inside their home. 

Charles Mondev was pronounced dead at 6:39 p.m. at the scene, coroner’s records show. His brother was taken into police custody at the scene. 

Christopher Mondev has been charged with one count of murder with the allegation that he used a handgun to inflict bodily injury, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office. He ...

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Michael Dean Robbins, a 56-year-old white male, died Sunday, Aug. 11, after being shot in Sun Village, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Tracy Lynette Castle, a 51-year-old white woman, was found dead Tuesday, July 30, in the 700 block of East 108th Street in Green Meadows, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

About 9 a.m., officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Southeast Division responded to a residence to perform a welfare check and found Castle dead inside a container in the bedroom, said LAPD Det. Nathan Kouri.

Charles Thorpe, who lives at the location, was arrested on suspicion of murder. It’s unclear why Castle was with Thorpe, but police said they believed the two were previously involved in an intimate relationship.

Castle was pronounced dead at the scene. She died of sharp force injuries, according to coroner’s records.

Thorpe, a 29-year-old black man, was charged with one count of murder, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.

Thorpe’s cousin, Samond Hayes ...

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Cheyenne Marie Brown, a 24-year-old white female, died Monday, July 22, after being shot in Granada Hills, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Robert Iverson, a 88-year-old white male, died Monday, July 22, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Calabasas, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Marjorie Ann Arnett, a 83-year-old white female, died Saturday, July 20, after being stabbed in South Whittier, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Samuel Wayne Butler, a 35-year-old white male, died Saturday, June 29, after being shot in San Pedro, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Dmitry Alekseyevich Koltsov, a 31-year-old white male, died Monday, June 10, after being shot in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

William Mitchell Andrews, a 60-year-old white male, died Thursday, June 6, after being stabbed in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Joseph William Kennedy, a 64-year-old white male, died Friday, May 17, in Westchester, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Michael Clark Lashomb, a 27-year-old white male, died Sunday, May 12, after being shot in Lancaster, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.