The Homicide Report
South Los Angeles officer-involved shooting
South L.A.: Marco Gomez, 31, a Latino man, was killed in an officer-involved shooting in the 1400 block of 23rd Street in South Los Angeles about 11:05 p.m. Friday, May 2. According to police, officers from the Newton Area Gang...
He was never afraid to help you
Melvin Espinoza, 26, a Latino man, was fatally shot at the front door of his apartment in Lynwood about 1:30 a.m., August 27, 2005. He and his girlfriend were awakened by a neighbor knocking at their front door. Upon answering,...
Pacoima shooting
Pacoima: A 14-year-old Latino youth was shot in the 12700 block of Van Nuys Boulevard about 8:30 p.m. Monday. He he was taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. LAPD spokeswoman Ana Aguirre said two groups of...
Man shot near Exposition Park
Roberto Perez, 25, a Latino man, was shot and killed at 4080 S. Vermont Ave. near Exposition Park about 7:45 p.m. Friday, May 2. According to Det. Frank Alvelais of the LAPD's South Bureau Homicide, Perez was on his way...
Transients killed
At least four homeless people have been killed in L.A. County in the last two weeks. Long Beach: Terry Jr. Williamson, 29, a black man, was stabbed to death at 2001Cedar Ave. in Long Beach at 1:30 a.m. Monday, May...
Brothers killed in South-Central L.A.
South Central L.A.: Manuel Romero, 36, a Latino man, and his brother, Roberto Romero, 27, also Latino, were shot and killed at 532 W. 74th St. about 9:45 p.m. Authorities said Manuel was pronounced dead at the scene. Roberto was...
Baldwin Park homicide
Baldwin Park: Jose Perez, a 17-year-old Latino, was shot to death in the 5000 block of Maine Avenue about 9:16 p.m. Saturday, May 3. According to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, Perez was declared dead at the scene. More to...
Driver shot in Pico-Union area
Los Angeles: Jose Espinosa, 31, a Latino man, was fatally shot at Venice Boulevard and Magnolia Avenue in the Pico-Union area about 2:30 a.m. Saturday, May 3. Police spokeswoman Norma Eisenman said Espinosa was driving west on Venice Boulevard in...
Lancaster stabbing
Lancaster: A black man was stabbed to death in the 44900 block of 5th Street East in Lancaster about 11 p.m. Sunday, April 27. Detectives with the sheriff's homicide bureau are investigating.
South Pasadena murder-suicide
South Pasadena: An Asian man and woman were found dead in their home in the 1600 block of Huntington Drive in South Pasadena about 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27. Authorities have not released additional information about the shooting. More soon.
Compton shooting
Compton: Alejandro Diaz, 56, a Latino man, was fatally shot in the 111 E. Compton Blvd. about 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 28. He was taken to County USC-Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. The shooting occurred at...
East Los Angeles shooting
East L.A.: Jeffrey Alvarado, 18, a Latino man, was shot and killed at 512 S. Hoefner Ave. just after midnight Saturday, May 3. According Deputy Rick Pedroza of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, Alvarado was attending a "flier party" when...
Downey homicide
Downey: Christopher Lee Hamilton, 33, a white man, was shot in the head in the 13400 block of Verdura Avenue about midnight Saturday, May 3. Police Sgt. Jeff Calhoun of the Downey Police Department said officers responded to a radio...
Torrance murder-suicide
Torrance: Tyler Pick, a 5-year-old, and his grandmother Janell Stern, 62, a white woman, were shot and killed in a murder-suicide at 1921 230th St. about 8:20 p.m Monday, April 28. Los Angeles Times story.
We have to stop these guys
Shortly after 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23, family members of Hernan Cardona, 60, walked into the conference room of the LAPD's Wilshire Division and sat on hard cushion chairs. They listened to Police Capt. Evangelyn Nathan as she recounted...
Homicide suspect wanted
Los Angeles: Roberry Homicide detectives are asking for assistance in the capture of Frank Shano Siganoff, 24, a white man, for the murder of Rose Marco, 57. Siganoff is pictu red at the bottom right. Police said Siganoff walked into...
Victims, April 21-28
The following posts represent the victims of homicide in Los Angeles County for the period of April 21-28, 2008
Alexander Trejo, 43
Alexander Trejo, a 43-year-old Latino man, was shot several times at 726 N. Foxworth Ave. near Valinda about 6 p.m. Monday, April 28. According to L.A. County Sheriff's Department, Trejo was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead...
Brenda Aguilera, 21
Jonathan Vega-Plascencia, a 20-year-old Latino man and Brenda Aguilera, a 21-year-old Latina woman, pictured left, were shot while sitting in a parked car at the intersection of 48th and Wall streets in South Los Angeles about 11 p.m. Sunday, April...
Albert Elvira, 16
Albert Elvira, 16, a Latino youth, was shot and left mortally wounded in the 31000 block of Chaucer Street in Cypress Park about 7:20 p.m. Sunday, April 27. Homicide Det. Jose Carillo of LAPD's Northeast Division said Elvira was approached...
Jonathan Vega-Plascencia, 20
Jonathan Vega-Plascencia, 20, a young Latino man, is the second victim of the homicide listed above.
Gouram Wallace Jr., 39
Gouram Wallace Jr., 39, a black man, was found dead inside an apartment building in the 7800 block of South Figueroa Street in South-Central Los Angeles about 8:45 a.m. Sunday, April 27. According to police, a resident found Wallace lying...
Jason Marquez, 19
Jason Marquez, a 19-year-old Latino young man was shot and killed at 4968 Axtell Street in El Sereno about 2:50 a.m. Sunday, April 27. He was standing in a friend's front yard with a young man and a young woman...
Troy Green Jr., 23
Troy Green Jr., 23, a black young man, was shot and killed at the intersection of 75th Street and Parmelee Avenue in an unincorporated area of Florence about 9:50 p.m. Saturday, April 26. No one reported the shooting when it...
Marvin Sanchez, 30
Marvin Sanchez, 30, a Latino man, was shot to death by a store clerk during an attempted robbery about 2:30 p.m. in Pacoima Saturday, April 26. According to police, Sanchez walked into the Del Gaudio mini market at 10567 San...
Bobby Williams, 30
Bobby Williams, 30, a black man, was shot and killed in the 1406 East Alondra Boulevard in Compton about 3 p.m. Saturday, April 26. Williams sold T-shirts and CD's in front of the liquor store at this address. He was...
Oscar Antonio Escobar, 21
Oscar Antonio Escobar, 21, a Latino man, was shot and mortally wounded at the intersection of Melrose Avenue and Hobart Boulevard in Hollywood about 11:20 p.m. Friday, April 25. Escobar was taken to County-USC Medical Center, where he was pronounced...
Richard Vera, 21
Richard Vera, 21, was shot and killed in an alley in the 1300 block of Parade Street in Long Beach about 4:15 p.m. Thursday, April 24. According to Long Beach Beach Police, officers responded to a call of a deceased...
Rendell Woods, 24
Rendell Woods, a 24-year-old black man, was shot and killed at 1471 E. 109th St. The coroner listed his time of death as 12:22 p.m. Thursday, April 24.
Charles Corley, 31
Charles Corley, 31, was shot and mortally wounded outside his apartment in the 3200 block of West 60th Street in South-Central L.A. about 4:15 a.m. Saturday, April 19. According to police, a tan Toyota Corolla drove by and someone inside...
Riginald Wilson, 44
Reginald Wilson, 44, a black man was stabbed to death during a domestic dispute in the 5200 block of Van Ness Avenue in South Los Angeles about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 23. According to authorities, Wilson was arguing with his...
Roberto Rodriguez, 39
Roberto Rodriguez, 39, a Latino man, was shot and killed near 1056 N. Cummings St. in Boyle Heights Tuesday, April 22. The coroner listed the time of death as 11:52 p.m. Homicide detectives from LAPD's Hollenbeck Division are investigating.
Marco Corona, 31
Marco Corona, a 31-year-old Latino man, was shot and killed in the 3800 block of Hammel Street in East Los Angeles about 10:56 p.m. Tuesday. According to Deputy Denise Fuchs of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, Corona was walking westbound...
Elaine Garza, 41
Elaine Garza, 41, a Latina woman, was shot and killed in the 12000 block of Valley Boulevard in El Monte about 2:26 p.m. Tuesday, April 22. According Deputy Luis Castro, officers from the El Monte Police Department responded to a...
Marco Antonio Parra, 36
Marco Antonio Parra, 36, a Latino man, was killed in a drive-by shooting at 6824 Albany St. in Huntington Park on Tuesday, April 22. Detectives from the sheriff's homicide bureau are investigating. More soon. ##
Jorge Vazquez Baez, 41
Jorge Vazquez Baez, 41, a Latino man, was shot in the 10000 block of Garvey Avenue in El Monte about 12:20 a.m. Tuesday, April 22. According to Denise Fuchs of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, officers from the El Monte...
Victor Cruz, 22
Victor Cruz, a 22-year-old Latino man, was shot and killed in front of his home in the 45000 block of 185th Street East in Lake Los Angeles about 6:25 p.m. Monday, April 21. Authorities said Cruz was taken to a...
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Victims, April 14-20
The following posts represent the victims of homicide in Los Angeles County for the period of April 14-20, 2008
David Gallegos, 32
David Gallegos, 32 and Rigoberto Vega, 23, both Latino men were killed in a drive-by shooting in the 600 block of North Alameda Street in Compton Sunday, April 20. According to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, deputies from the Sheriff's...
Rigoberto Vega, 23
Rigoberto Vega, 23, a Latino man, is the second homicide victim listed above.
Heriberto Osorio, 19
Heriberto Osorio, 19, a Latino man and a friend were shot in a drive-by shooting after leaving a party in the 500 block North Oxford Avenue in Hollywood shortly after midnight Sunday, April 20. LAPD spokesman Jason Lee said Jordy...
Mazei Tehrani, 29
Mazei Tehrani, 29, a white man, was killed in what police allege was a deliberate hit and run in the 700 block of Delco Avenue in Winnetka about 1 a.m. Sunday, April 20. Tehrani was taken to a local hospital,...
Carl Serda, 23
Carl Serda, 23, a young Latino man, was shot in the 1400 block of South Downey Road in East Los Angelest about 10:08 p.m., Saturday, April 19. According to Deputy Byron Ward of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, Serda was...
Galuvaea Kane, 31
Galuvaea Kane, a 31-year-old Samoan man, was shot and killed in the 3500 block of Santa Fe Avenue in Long Beach about 12:30 a.m. Saturday, April 19. According to Police Spokeswoman Jackie Bezart, officers from the Long Beach Police Department...
Andre Lamont Johnson Jr., 19
Andre Lamont Johnson Jr., 19, a young black man, was fatally shot in the 200 block of West Alondra Boulevard in Compton about 2:07 a.m. Saturday, April 19. According to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, Johnson was pronounced dead at...
Hernan Cardona, 60
Hernan Cardona, a 60-year-old Latino man, was shot and killed outside an auto parts store about 10 p.m. Friday, April 18. Police said Cardona worked as a security guard at the Auto Zone at 1905 S. Western Ave. and exchanged...
Victor Fajardo, 15
Victor Fajardo, a 15-year-old Latino youth, was shot in the 7000 block of Ethel Avenue near Madison Middle School in North Hollywood about 7:15 p.m. Friday, April 18. According to police, Fajardo was approached by two Latino men as he...
Judy Sobel, 62
Judy Sobel, 62-year-old white woman, was allegedly shot by her husband in a murder-suicide in the 13400 block of Cumpston Street in Van Nuys about 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 18. According to Police spokeswoman Kate Lopez, officers from LAPD's Van...