Adam Gilbert Calderon, a 30-year-old Latino male, died Monday, Feb. 11, in East Los Angeles, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.

Timothy Dywane Jackson, a 53-year-old black male, died Friday, Feb. 8, after being shot in View Park-Windsor Hills, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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.

Robert Ricardo Gonzalez, a 27-year-old Latino, was fatally stabbed on Wednesday, Feb. 6, in the  16200 block of Shoemaker Avenue in Cerritos, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. 

Investigators believe Gonzalez was a homeless man who had been living in a small encampment of two or three tents along an abandoned set of railroad tracks in an industrial area near Shoemaker Avenue and Moore Street, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Derrick Alfred.

Around 1:20 p.m., Gonzalez got into an argument with two men and was stabbed by one, Alfred said. 

The two men, described only as adult males, ran from the scene, Alfred said. One of Gonzalez's friends ran into a nearby business to report the stabbing, he said, and someone called 911. 

Gonzalez was taken to a  hospital where he was pronounced dead at 2:14 p.m ...

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Chloe Marie Corona, a 28-year-old black woman, was fatally shot on Tuesday, Feb. 5, in the 44000 block of Cedar Avenue in Lancaster, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records. 

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies went to a home on Cedar Avenue after their office received a 911 hang-up call regarding a possible gunshot victim at 2:10 a.m., said Lt. Derrick Alfred. 

When deputies arrived they found the front door to the house open and several people standing outside waiting, Alfred said. 

The deputies found Corona lying on the living room floor, Alfred said. She was pronounced dead at the 2:30 a.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as multiple gunshot wounds. 

Corona lived a few miles away and investigators don't know why she was at the house on Cedar Avenue, Alfred said ...

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Dante Bautista Batimana, a 69-year-old male, died Monday, Jan. 28, after being stabbed in Diamond Bar, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Randy Martinez, a 21-year-old Latino, was fatally shot on Saturday, Jan. 26, in the 21700 block of  Dolores Street in Carson, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records. 

Martinez had been out walking with a friend on Carson Avenue around noon, and the two appeared to be headed back to the house where they both lived when a vehicle drove up behind them and someone inside opened fire, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Derrick Alfred. 

"They'd just been hanging out, visiting some stores," Alfred said. "After he was shot, he ran and collapsed on the sidewalk in front of a church." 

Paramedics took Martinez from the front of Harbor Community Church, at 21739 Dolores St., to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:41 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as a gunshot ...

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K'Len Grandberry, a 20-year-old black man, was shot and killed Saturday, Jan. 26 in the 1500 block of Anaheim Street in Harbor City, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Shortly before 2 p.m., Grandberry was in the courtyard of an apartment complex filming a music video with at least 10 to 15 other people when two people walked up and began shooting, said Los Angeles Police Officer Jeffrey Tiffin.

Grandberry was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Two others were wounded in the shooting but are expected to survive, Tiffin said.

On Feb. 6, police released a video of two people running away from the scene. Detectives also released a photo of a black van in connection with the investigation, and are asking for additional witness information.

Anyone with information on the matter is asked to call (310) 726-7884 or (310) 726-7882. Those who wish ...

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Tyrone Tucker Jr., a 32-year-old black male, died Saturday, Jan. 26, after being shot in Hawthorne, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Jaime Hernandez Guzman, a 58-year-old Latino male, died Friday, Jan. 25, after being stabbed in Pomona, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

Hakim Webster,  a 36-year-old black man, was fatally shot on Friday, Jan. 25 in the parking lot of the New Holy Trinity Baptist Church, 1919 East Compton Boulevard in Compton, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. 

Webster was attending a funeral for a cousin at the church shortly after 1 p.m.,  said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Derrick Alfred. The church was full, "standing room only," with about 200 people, some of whom were standing outside, he said.

The deceased was Jakiera Green, 29, who was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Louisiana on Jan. 8, according to an online fundraiser to bring her body and children back to Southern  California.

Green's grandmother was in the middle of her eulogy when a man stood up in the church "and began yelling something disrespectful," Alfred said. "It erupted into pushing, and shoving ...

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Andrew Edward Gallegos, a 30-year-old Latino, was fatally shot on Thursday, Jan. 24, in the 13200 block of Valley Boulevard in the Bassett area just east of El Monte, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records. 

Gallegos and another man were standing on the sidewalk in front of the Bliss Showgirls strip club around 2:20 a.m. when a man described only as a Latino pulled his car up alongside them, got out and began shooting, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Scott Hoglund. 

The gunfire struck Gallegos in the head and he fell to the sidewalk, according to coroner's records. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:32 a.m., according to coroner's records. 

The other man, later identified by family members as Gallegos' cousin, was not injured and remained at the scene, Hoglund said, but he couldn ...

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Everardo Castro, a 26-year-old Latino, was fatally crushed on Thursday, Jan. 24, in the 38000 block of 35th Street East in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner records. 

Castro and his sister got into an argument with her boyfriend, Esteban Reyes-Rojas, around 4 p.m., on a residential street, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department news release.

Reyes-Rojas allegedly got into his car, a tan 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe, and chased the brother and sister down, striking Castro and pinning him to the garage door of a house, Sheriff's Lt. Scott Hoglund said.  

Castro was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:11 p.m., according to coroner's records. The cause of death was listed as crushing torso injuries.

His sister suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to the news release. 

Investigators have identified Reyes-Rojas as the suspect ...

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Maurice Phillip Ross, a 24-year-old black male, was fatally shot on Wednesday, Jan. 23, in the 200 block of East Anaheim Street in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

According to witnesses, Ross was involved in a physical fight with three adult black males just before he was shot around 10:45 p.m., according to a Long Beach Police Department news release. 

First responders found Ross lying on the sidewalk on East Anaheim Street, near Locust Avenue. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 11 p.m., according to coroner's records. 

A female adult bystander who was not connected with the suspects or Ross was also struck by gunfire, according to the release. She was taken to a nearby hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the lower torso.

Ross lived in Bellflower, according to coroner's records.  

The suspects ...

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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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