Joseph Anthony Gatto, 78
Joseph Anthony Gatto, a 78-year-old white man was shot and killed Wednesday, Nov. 13, in his home in the 2800 block of Bright Avenue of Silver Lake.Gatto, a former teacher and artist, is also the...
View ArticleThis week's featured reader comments
This week we look at comments that address gang violence, a sadly common theme on the Homicide Report. Nicole Santa Cruz recently wrote about David Davon Matthewis, who was 23 when he was gunned down...
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Young father made break from gangs but fight takes his life
Timothy James Teopaco had recently made some major changes in his life.The 19-year-old former gang member had finished training to become a pharmacy tech, completed an internship at Walgreens and...
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Youth pastor's slaying is the latest in a deadly year for Pomona
In Monday’s L.A. Times, reporter Joseph Serna writes about 33-year-old Daniel Diaz, a beloved youth pastor who was shot and killed Nov. 11: Eddie Reyes was just a 12-year-old in the school lunch line...
View ArticleRobert Joseph Bandler, 75
Robert Joseph Bandler, a 75-year-old white man, was fatally shot by a Los Angeles police officer Sunday, Nov. 17, in the 1200 block of Stone Canyon Road in Bel-Air, according to Los Angeles County...
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LAPD's homicide library puts files a click away for detectives
In today’s L.A. Times, Nicole Santa Cruz writes about the Los Angeles Police Department’s plan to create a “Google for murder." The article looks at how the LAPD has assembled a digital library of...
View ArticlePaul Aguilar, 21
Paul Aguilar, a 21-year-old Latino, was shot and killed by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy Friday, Nov. 15, in the 2400 block of Earle Avenue in Rosemead, according to the Los Angeles County...
View ArticleRuben Dario Sanchez, 84
Ruben Dario Sanchez, an 84-year-old Latino man, was discovered dead Monday, Nov. 18, in the 1800 block of West Glenoaks Boulevard in Glendale, according to the L.A. County coroner’s office.Sanchez was...
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Two men convicted in 2010 pot shop murder
Two men were convicted this week in the 2010 murder of a 27-year-old medical marijuana dispensary employee in Echo Park.Daniel Deshawn Hinton, 31, and Raymond Lemone Easter, 27, were found guilty of...
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Town hall focuses on crime survivors' grief
The night was filled with stories of loss and grief, meant to bring awareness to issues plaguing some Los Angeles communities. An LAPD officer talked about the 2009 killing of his son. A woman spoke...
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Relatives mourn family man killed at second job
As a child, Melvin Ernesto Cortez-Ortega didn’t have much to play with. His childhood years in El Salvador and Mexico were spent playing with marbles and dirt. The closest thing he got to a toy car was...
View ArticleRandall Scott Kreeger, 49
Randall Scott Kreeger, a 49-year-old whitemale, died Monday, Nov. 25, in Koreatown, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
View ArticleJarret Marque Crump, 21
Jarret Marque Crump, a 21-year-old black man, was shot and killed Monday, Nov. 25 in the 800 block of West Century Boulevard in Vermont Vista, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.Crump...
View ArticleJames Marcus Howe, 42
James Marcus Howe, a 42-year-old blackmale, died Wednesday, Nov. 27, after being shot in Glassell Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
View ArticleJose A. Gonzalez, 35
Jose A. Gonzalez, a 35-year-old whitemale, died Wednesday, Nov. 27, after being shot in Florence-Firestone, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
View ArticleLorenzo Cesar Aguilar, 23
Lorenzo Cesar Aguilar, a 23-year-old whitemale, died Friday, Nov. 29, after being shot in Azusa, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
View ArticleKevin Lamont Kilgore, 31
Kevin Lamont Kilgore, a 31-year-old blackmale, died Saturday, Nov. 30, after being shot in Inglewood, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
View ArticleSalvador Silva, Jr., 26
Salvador Silva, Jr., a 26-year-old Latinomale, died Sunday, Dec. 1, after being shot.
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Family pleads for witnesses to come forward in rush hour shooting death
A mother winced as her husband held her at the police station. In the background were several televisions with surveillance footage showing the fatal shooting of the woman's son in rush hour...
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Man sentenced to 56 years to life in prison in killing of girlfriend
A man convicted of killing his girlfriend in her Reseda apartment was sentenced last week to 56 years to life in prison, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said.James Howard Jr., 23, was...
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