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Changes coming to The Homicide Report
A story for every victim. That's been the goal of the Homicide Report since its inception in 2007. We since have recorded more than 5,200 killings in Los Angeles County, both bare-bones and in-depth...
View ArticleStudents craft poem about violence in L.A. County
English teacher Ian Sewall recently led a discussion of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" in his 10th grade honors class, an exercise he's done many times before. Students at Downtown Business...
View ArticleJesus Antonio Avalos, 33
Jesus Antonio Avalos, a 33-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Tuesday, Feb. 11 in the 4800 block of Telegraph Road in Commerce, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.Deputies found Avalos...
View ArticleKiller who shot L.A. man for $300 sentenced to life in prison
Speaking through an Arabic interpreter, Mohammed Abu Awad took the opportunity Tuesday morning in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom to address the killer of his 27-year-old son. “You took someone’s life...
View ArticleJose Chacon, 28
Jose Chacon, a 28-year-old Latino, was found fatally stabbed Wednesday, Feb. 12, in the 15900 block of Old Valley Boulevard in La Puente, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.About 2:45...
View ArticleWoman convicted in Pomona stabbing death
Erica A. Campbell, a 25-year-old black woman, was found guilty of second-degree murder according to the L.A. County district attorney’s office.On Tuesday, Feb. 11, a West Covina jury found Campbell...
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Man arrested in stabbing death of Gramercy Park grandmother
Authorities on Wednesday arrested a man in Chicago who is suspected of fatally stabbing a 45-year-old woman in her Gramercy Park apartment, officials said.Laevin Meikel Weatherspoon, 27, has been...
View ArticleIrais Acosta Olvera, 19
Irais Acosta Olvera, a 19-year-old Latina, was shot and killed Sunday, Feb. 16, in the 1500 block of North Raymond Avenue in Pasadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.Officers...
View ArticleSteven Ascencio, 18
Steven Ascencio, a 18-year-old Latinomale, died Sunday, Feb. 17, after being shot in Pasadena, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
View ArticleMan due in court on murder and armed robbery charges
A 19-year-old Compton man is due in court Tuesday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 7-Eleven clerk in December and a series of armed robberies, according to the Los Angeles County district...
View ArticleFormer security guard charged with killing supervisor is due in court
A former security guard charged with killing his supervisor at a Marina Del Rey apartment complex is due in court Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.Byron Keith...
View ArticleMan who prompted large-scale search charged with murder in motel stabbing
A Los Angeles man who triggered a manhunt through the Hollywood Hills was charged Tuesday in the slaying of a 21-year-old who was found dead in a Westmont motel room, according to the Los Angeles...
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Pasadena man charged in slaying of girlfriend
An 18-year-old man was charged Wednesday with one count of murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend, who was found dead in his parents' Pasadena home where they were living, prosecutors...
View ArticleDeath sentence upheld for woman who poisoned husband
The California Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a death sentence for Angelina Rodriguez, 45, the Montebello woman who poisoned her husband with antifreeze-laced Gatorade. Jose Francisco Rodriguez, a...
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Man charged with murder in death of taxi driver
A man who allegedly punched a cabdriver in the head, knocking him to the ground and eventually killing him, has been charged with murder.The driver, 53-year-old Eddy E. Nwanyanwu of Hawthorne, was in...
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Foster mother who beat 2-year-old gets sentence of 25 years to life
A foster mother convicted of second-degree murder in the beating death of a 2-year-old girl was sentenced Friday to 25-years-to-life in state prison.Kiana Barker, 34, who had been trying to adopt Viola...
View ArticleYusuf Latice Davis, 39
Yusuf Latice Davis, a 39-year-old black man, was shot and killed Sunday, Feb. 23, in the 1000 block of West School Street in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.Deputies...
View ArticleJerome Lashawn Summers, 40
Jerome Lashawn Summers, a 40-year-old black man, died Sunday, Feb. 23, after being shot in the 8700 block of Holmes Avenue in Florence-Firestone, according to Los Angeles County coroner's...
View ArticleStephen Lee Finson, 47
Stephen Lee Finson, a 47-year-old white man, was shot and killed Monday, Feb. 24, near the 13300 block of East Avenue H in the northeast Antelope Valley, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s...
View ArticlePenpal pleads not guilty to strangling retired Hollywood High teacher
Scott Kratlian, a 44-year-old white man, pleaded not guilty to murder charges Monday in connection with the death of Harry Major, 82. Major, a retired Hollywood High School teacher who resigned from...
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