Davion Deshawn Branch, 25
Davion Deshawn Branch, a 25-year-old black man, was shot and killed Sunday, Nov. 16, in the 2400 block of West Tichenor Street in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.Witnesses...
View ArticleFeatured reader comments
The Homicide Report receives dozens of reader comments each week. Many reflect the lasting grief of families and friends who have lost loved ones to violence.A reader who called himself Ricardo Molina...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 12 years in prison in fatal Norwalk stabbing
A 38-year-old man who fatally stabbed another man during a dispute at a Norwalk home was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.William...
View ArticleMan convicted of killing barbershop owner
A 26-year-old black man was found guilty Nov. 21 of a 2011 stabbing death in Pasadena, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.According to Deputy Dist. Atty. Donna...
View ArticleMan sentenced in Lynwood robbery-murder
A 33-year-old black man was sentenced Nov. 20 to life in state prison without the possibility of parole, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.On April 23, a jury found Kyle...
View ArticleDaughter found guilty of murdering father
A 62-year-old white woman was found guilty Nov. 21 of second-degree murder in a 2008 killing in Bellflower, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.The jury deliberated for three...
View ArticleMan convicted of killing girlfriend with SUV
A jury on Tuesday found a 26-year-old Latino man guilty of murdering his girlfriend by driving his SUV into her home, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.Eduardo Villareal...
View ArticleLontrell Lee Turner, 16
Lontrell Lee Turner, a 16-year-old black teenager, was shot and killed Sunday, Dec. 7, near North Bullis Road and East Queensdale Street in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s...
View ArticleStephanie Elyse Moseley, 30
Stephanie Elyse Moseley, a 30-year-old black woman, was shot and killed Monday, Dec. 8, in the 300 block of Hauser Boulevard in Fairfax, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.About 7:30...
View ArticleUnclaimed homicide victims among those to be buried Wednesday in mass grave
The woman was found Nov., 9, 2009, set ablaze in a Willowbrook alley. Jane Doe No. 77 was wrapped in a sheet and thrown into a black 50-gallon residential trash bin.She is one of 16 homicide victims...
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LAPD station brings victims' loved ones together in holiday tradition
Jocella Hurd Collins' holiday routine changed forever in 2001, the year her 26-year-old son was killed one week before Christmas.Each year to remember her son, Cedric Hurd, she creates an ornament...
View ArticleRaji Winnetoul Guyton, 46
Raji Winnetoul Guyton, a 46-year-old blackmale, died Monday, Dec. 8, after being stabbed in Downtown, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
View ArticleJonte Lee Reed, 19
Jonte Lee Reed, a 19-year-old blackmale, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, after being shot in South Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
View ArticleClark Quinton Hubbard, 31
Clark Quinton Hubbard, a 31-year-old black man, died Friday, Dec. 12, after he was shot in the 13000 block of Crenshaw Boulevard in Hawthorne, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.About...
View ArticleHusband sentenced to two life sentences in state prison
Kevin Adonis Forrest, a 43-year-old white man, was sentenced Dec. 9 to two life sentences in state prison, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.Forrest was convicted on Sept....
View Article21-year-old sentenced to life for two killings
A 21-year-old black man was sentenced Dec. 5 to life in state prison without the possibility of parole for two homicides in 2011, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.In...
View Article'Gang-related': a controversial term with varying definitions
In a recent training session for gang officers, LAPD Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese told a class from across the county that more than half of all killings in the city are gang-related.But that term —...
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Mourners say goodbye to 21-year-old transgender woman killed in suspected...
They gathered to say goodbye to “Ta-Ta."So when professional pallbearers in orange waistcoats and black top hats wheeled in her white casket, shrieks of emotion erupted from the front of St. Matthew...
View ArticleHearse carrying homicide victim is taken from outside church
A hearse containing the body of homicide victim Jonté Lee Reed, 19, was briefly taken from outside Ebenezer Baptist Church in South Los Angeles, authorities said.The incident occurred about 11 a.m....
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Autopsy released in Ezell Ford case
Authorities have released the autopsy of Ezell Ford Jr. who as killed by police in South Los Angeles this summer. The release of the autopsy comes more than four months after Ford, a 25-year old black...
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