Leticia Delatorre Castillo, 44
Leticia Delatorre Castillo, a 44-year-old Latinofemale, died Wednesday, April 20, in Irwindale, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
View ArticleSouth Gate identifies officer who returned fire in March shooting, killing one
The South Gate Police Department has identified the officer who shot and killed a 41-year-old Latino on March 6, after the man allegedly fired a gun at the officer near the intersection of Tweedy...
View ArticleMother of man killed in broad daylight: 'I just want the person who did this...
Hours after her only son had been fatally shot, Lenell Ellis drove to where he took his last steps, looking for something to ease her pain. Ellis stepped out of her car and walked around a row of...
View ArticleAbraham Santiago, 27
Abraham Santiago, a 27-year-old Latinomale, died Wednesday, April 20, after being shot in Florence-Firestone, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
View ArticleDerrick Deon Hicks, 25
Derrick Deon Hicks, a 25-year-old blackmale, died Thursday, April 21, in Westmont, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
View ArticleOkpara Wright, 19
Okpara Wright, a 19-year-old black man, was shot and killed Saturday, April 23, on Mary Avenue and East 87th Place in Florence-Firestone, an unincorporated neighborhood in Los Angeles County, according...
View ArticleMan shot by Long Beach police 'was never a violent kid,' his mother says
Three weeks before he was fatally shot by a Long Beach Police officer on March 10, Martin “Marty” Hurtado reached out to his former mentor at Homeboy Industries, trying once again to change his life....
View ArticleSister of 2015 Compton shooting victim: 'Any little detail matters right now'
Gladys Lucio and her siblings grew up on a Compton street where shootings are a fact of life. So when Lucio heard gunshots on a Sunday last year, she didn’t think much of it.Then she heard a familiar...
View ArticleMan serving time for robbery is charged in shooting of woman who was found in...
A man serving time on a robbery conviction has been charged with murder in the November 2015 shooting death of a Huntington Beach woman whose body was found stuffed in a large ice chest in the back of...
View ArticleMan serving 90-years-to-life sentence in 2009 gas station shooting
A Long Beach man is serving a 90-years-to-life prison sentence in the fatal shooting that killed Okpara Khamisi Wright on April 2, 2009.Wright, 35, was at a gas station with another man in the 5400...
View ArticleJustin Vaesna Uy, 18
Justin Vaesna Uy, an 18-year-old Asian man, died Wednesday, April 20, after he was shot at the corner of East 228th Street and Dolores Street in Carson, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s...
View ArticleJuan Manuel Zamora Jr., 29
Juan Manuel Zamora Jr., a 29-year-old whitemale, died Saturday, April 23, after being shot in Wilmington, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
View ArticleLeroy Swanigan Jr., 60
Leroy Swanigan Jr., a 60-year-old blackmale, died Thursday, April 28, in East Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records. The cause of death is pending.
View ArticleSouth L.A.-area shooting victim was not a gang member, investigators say
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department homicide investigators say Frederick Andreas Castro, who was killed outside his home on April 2, was not a gang member. Earlier they had said he was. "We do...
View ArticleMen charged in South L.A. shootings that left two dead
Two men have been charged in two killings that occurred three days apart in January, authorities said.Daniel Givens, a 25-year-old black man, and Johnny Sexton, a 56-year-old black man, were each taken...
View ArticleMan charged in Green Meadows shooting
A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder, accused of walking up to another man and fatally shooting him in Green Meadows in December, authorities said.Terrell Jones, a black man, was taken into...
View ArticleMan charged with January killing of 20-year-old in Historic South-Central
A 19-year-old man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a man in Historic South-Central in January, according to authorities.Juan Perdomo, who is Latino, was arrested on suspicion of...
View ArticleAlexander Vega, 44
Alexander Vega, a 44-year-old Latino, died Saturday, April 30, after he was shot in the 15000 block of Cohasset Street in Van Nuys, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.About 11:50 p.m.,...
View ArticleMaliaya Tademy, 2
Maliaya Tademy, a 2-year-old black girl, was fatally stabbed Monday, May 2, in the 3500 block of Arlington Avenue in Jefferson Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.Shortly before 10...
View ArticleGeron Bernard Lacy, 16
Geron Bernard Lacy, a 16-year-old black boy, was shot and killed Tuesday, May 3, in the 3300 block of East 65th Street in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.Shortly before 7...
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