Ronny Sue Wall, a 58-year-old white female, died Monday, March 18, in Pomona, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

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, in Pomona, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

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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Bradley Kavika Hanaway, a 34-year-old white man, was found dead Monday, Jan. 14, in the 7100 block of Whitsett Avenue in Valley Glen, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

About 9 a.m., officers from the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a call of a shooting at Whitsett Fields Park, according to a news release from the department.

Hanaway was discovered by paramedics with gunshot wounds in the parking lot and was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:10 a.m., according to coroner’s records. 

Detectives said that Hanaway was a “known transient” who resided in the area.

LAPD Det. Dave Peteque said that Hanaway was in a park claimed by gang members.

“They shot him for no reason,” Peteque said of the suspects, adding that those who went inside the park were subject to violence and harassment.

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Corey Michael Winters, a 46-year-old white male, died Sunday, Jan. 6, in Westwood, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Frank Borsotti, a 61-year-old white male, was pronounced dead on Thursday, Jan. 3, after he was punched in a Jack in the Box parking lot at 436628 10th Street West in Lancaster, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department investigators.

Borsotti was next to his pickup truck in the parking lot about 12:45 p.m, when he was confronted by a man who got out of a champagne-colored sedan, said Sheriff's Sgt. Guillermo Morales.

“There was some type of argument, but we don’t know what the source of the argument is," Morales said. "We don't know what precipitated this, but the suspect got out of the car and punched the victim."

The assault was captured on surveillance video from a nearby business, obtained by KTLA-TV Channel 5 and other news outlets. 

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Kaybeen Razana, a 26-year-old white male, died Thursday, Dec. 28, after being shot in South Gate, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Natali M. Glukhovskiy, a 39-year-old white female, died Wednesday, Dec. 26, after being shot in Valley Glen, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Alexandr V. Glukhovskiy, a 13-year-old white male, died Wednesday, Dec. 26, after being shot in Valley Glen, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.