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.

Eric Matthew Parrish, a 35-year-old white male, died Monday, April 22, after being shot in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Jeffrey Michael Appel, a 32-year-old white male, died Tuesday, April 16, after being shot in Carson, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

William Ty Crawford, a 47-year-old white male, died Sunday, April 14, after being shot in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Edward Cole, a  31-year-old white man, was pronounced dead on Tuesday, April 9, after he was stabbed in the 41700 block of 156th Street East in Lake Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records. 

Cole was in the home he rented with his girlfriend, Melissa Burana Sombati, around 9:30 p.m. when the two got into an argument, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Derrick Alfred. 

Witnesses told investigators that the couple continued arguing in the garage, where Burana Sombati allegedly stabbed Cole once in the chest, Alfred said. 

Cole was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:50 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as a stab wound to the chest. 

His girlfriend, Burana Sombati, a 31-year-old white woman, was arrested at the scene and charged with murder on ...

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David Agasaryan, a 37-year-old white male, died Tuesday, April 2, after being shot in Reseda, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Ronny Sue Wall, a 58-year-old white female, died Monday, March 18, after being stabbed in Pomona, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Timothy John Beckwith, a 49-year-old white male, died Sunday, March 17, after being shot in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Stacy Lynn Castillo, a 49-year-old white female, died Saturday, March 9, after being stabbed in Pomona, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Bruce Larrie Johnson, a 71-year-old white male, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, after sustaining blunt force trauma.

David Cirilo Cervantes, a 60-year-old white male, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Glendale, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Francisco Ruiz Morones, a 60-year-old white male, died Monday, Jan. 28, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Boyle Heights, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Sharon Fader, a 75-year-old white woman, was pronounced dead Thursday, Jan. 24, after she was stabbed in the 1200 block of Sunset Avenue in Santa Monica, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Shortly before 6:30 a.m., officers from the Santa Monica Police Department responded to a call of a man requesting assistance, according to a news release from the department.

Police found three adults – two men and Fader – suffering from stab wounds. Fader was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:45 a.m., according to coroner’s records.

The two men were taken to a hospital to be treated for their stab wounds, police said.

The men were later identified as Howard Fader, 82, and Stephen Lloyd Fader, 42, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.

Prosecutors said that Stephen Fader stabbed his mother and father multiple times on or between Jan ...

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David Loyd Levy, a 55-year-old white man, was shot and killed Tuesday, Jan. 22, in the 7500 block of South Grand Avenue in Florence, according to Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner’s records.

Shortly before 2:15 a.m., witnesses heard three shots in the area, said Los Angeles Police Det. Dave Garrido.

Police responded and found Levy sitting in the driver’s seat of a light-colored Toyota Camry with a gunshot wound to the head, Garrido said.

Levy was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:24 a.m., according to coroner’s records.

Police are trying to determine whether Levy was wounded by a gunman on foot or one firing from a vehicle. Detectives are seeking additional witnesses.

Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (323) 786-5113. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

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Sean B. Cowen, a 24-year-old white male, 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. 

Cowen, a resident of Van Nuys, was one of four men who were shot on the remote, unlighted road around 11 p.m. that night. 

Three of the men, including Cowen, 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," Lt. Derrick Alfred said Tuesday.

The other dead were listed as David Adalberto Hernandez-Licona, a 25-year-old Latino from Boyle Heights, and Olukayode A. “Kayode” Owolabi, a 27-year-old black male formerly from New York who ...

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