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Ricardo Russell Myers, a 62-year-old white male, died Wednesday, Oct. 30, in Lancaster, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.
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Joshua Allen Pitts, a 35-year-old white man, was shot and killed Wednesday, Oct. 30, near 252nd Street and Normandie Avenue in Harbor City, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
About 6:30 p.m., officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Harbor Division responded to a call of a shooting and found Pitts suffering from a gunshot wound with people trying to help surrounding him, police said.
Pitts was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:39 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
Investigators determined that moments before the shooting, Pitts got into an argument with another person, said LAPD Officer Jeffrey Tiffin.
The gunman walked into an alley, turned around and shot Pitts, Tiffin said, striking him in the chest.
Isiah Thomas, a 29-year-old black man, was charged Nov. 6 with one count of murder and one count of being a felon in possession of ...
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Michael Phillip Uccello, a 48-year-old white male, died Thursday, Oct. 10, after being shot in Lancaster, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Armando Vasquez, a 31-year-old white male, died Monday, Oct. 7, after being shot in East Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Joseph Dennis Bongarzone, a 65-year-old white male, died Wednesday, Oct. 2, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Santa Monica, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Martyne Elizabeth "Dr. Beth" Bonzo, also known as Martyne Dykes-Bonzo, a 45-year-old white woman, was pronounced dead on Thursday, Sept. 26, after she was stabbed and struck with a heavy object in the 27800 block of Palmeras Place in Rancho Palos Verdes, according to Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner records.
Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies found Bonzo lying alone in her home with traumatic injuries after a family member requested a welfare check, said Lt. Derrick Alfred.
Bonzo was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:34 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death is listed as sharp and blunt-force injuries of the neck and head.
Bonzo, a physical therapist who owned Coast Physical Therapy in Rancho Palos Verdes, lived in the home with her husband, Antonio Lopez Jr., 48, a private-practice defense attorney in Rancho Palos Verdes and ...
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Larry Daniel Reed, a 43-year-old white male, died Friday, Sept. 13, after being shot in Harbor Gateway, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Sandra Cossid Lertzman, a 60-year-old white woman, was shot and killed Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the 9600 block of Vanalden Avenue in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 9 a.m., officers from the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a call of a shooting in the area and found three people dead in a home.
Authorities said Lertzman was shot by her husband, Eric Lertzman, 60, in their master bedroom. He then walked across the hall and tried to shoot another woman, whom neighbors described as his daughter. She escaped and locked herself in the hallway bathroom, according to police.
Lertzman then shot and killed his 19-year-old son, Michael. During this time, the daughter escaped through the bathroom window and ran to a neighbor’s home. Lertzman went back into the master bedroom and killed himself, according to the LAPD.
Detectives recovered two guns ...
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Michael Joseph Lertzman, a 19-year-old white man, was shot and killed Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the 9600 block of Vanalden Avenue in Northridge, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records.
About 9 a.m., officers from the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a call of a shooting in the area and found three people dead in a home.
Authorities said Eric Lertzman, 60, first shot his wife, Sandra Lertzman, 60, in their master bedroom. He then walked across the hall and tried to shoot another woman, whom neighbors described as his daughter. She escaped and locked herself in the hallway bathroom, according to police.
Lertzman then shot and killed Michael Lertzman, authorities said. During this time, the daughter escaped through the bathroom window and ran to a neighbor’s home.
Lertzman went back into the master bedroom and killed himself, according to the LAPD. Detectives recovered two ...
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Dylan Clay Baskins, a 27-year-old white male, died Friday, Sept. 6, after being shot in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.
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Nicholas Mario Granadino, a 28-year-old white man, died Wednesday, Sept. 4, after he was shot in the 21800 block of Halldale Boulevard in Harbor Gateway, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
On Monday, Sept. 2, at about 7:30 p.m., Granadino was hanging out with a group of people on a street corner, said Los Angeles Police Officer Jeffrey Tiffin.
A car pulled up and a person inside inquired about the group’s gang affiliation, then fired two shots, Tiffin said.
Granadino was shot in the head and taken to a hospital. Granadino was pronounced dead Sept. 4 at 5:35 p.m., according to coroner’s records.
The vehicle was described as a gray or silver sedan and fled east on West 218th Street.
No one else was injured in the shooting, police said.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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