PRIOR WEEKS

Victims, Jan. 1-19

• Stella Pena, a 41-year-old Latina, was shot at the corner of Marine Ave. and D Street in the Harbor Area and died at noon Jan. 18.
• Kevin Rodgers, a 46-year-old black man, was shot behind a property at 350 N. Garey Ave. in Pomona and died at 12:07 p.m. Jan. 18.
• Antonio Torres, a 32-year-old Latino man, was shot at 2544 S. Dunsmuir Ave. in Southwest Los Angeles and died at 7:12 a.m. Jan. 18.
• Luis Ortiz, a 52-year-old Latino man, was stabbed repeatedly in a unit of a building at 555 E. Adams St. in Long Beach and died at 10:07 a.m. Jan. 16.
• Tyrone Davis, a 23-year-old black man, was shot multiple times at 10323 S. Normandie Ave. in Athens and died at 3 a.m. Jan. 15.
• Benjamin Abella, a 55-year-old man of Filipino descent, was shot in the head on the westbound 60 Freeway near Indiana Street in City Terrace and died at 6:34 p.m. Jan. 15.
• Jimmy Galo, a 21-year-old Latino man, was shot in the head at the corner of 104^th Street and Denker Avenue in Athens and died at 8:23 p.m. Jan. 14.
• Lastenia Ciru, a 46-year-old Latina, was shot multiple times at 1471 W. 36^th St. in Southwest Los Angeles and died at 2:52 a.m. Jan. 14.
• Roberto Trujillo, a 32-year-old Latino man, was shot at 14639 Dumont Ave. in Norwalk and died at 4:20 p.m. Jan. 13.
• Danny Nelson, a 48-year-old black man, was shot at 1944 N. Santa Fe Ave. in Compton and died at 9:27 p.m. Jan. 13.
• Yomaira Sanchez, an 18-year-old Latina, was shot in the neck at 3168 Carlin Ave. in Lynwood and died at 6:14 p.m. Jan. 13.
• Michael Avalos, a 26-year-old Latino man, was shot multiple times at the intersection of Marcelle Street and Garfield Avenue and died at 1:35 p.m. Jan. 12.
• Ana Burgos, a 32-year-old Latina, was shot many times at 6208 Denny Ave. in North Hollywood and died at 12:24 a.m. on Jan. 12.
• Ramon Avila, a 19-year-old Latino man, was shot in the head in the 4000 block of East Verona Street in East Los Angeles and died at 1:21 p.m. Jan. 11.
• Gregory Chon, a 33-year-old Korean man, was shot once at 2233 Moon View Dr. in Hacienda Heights and died at 6:55 a.m. Jan. 11.
• Carlos Ramirez, a 24-year-old Latino man, was shot at 16627 Pioneer Blvd. in Artesia and died at 2:20 p.m. Jan. 11.
• Philip Miller, a 43-year-old black man, was shot by police officers at 9714 S. Avalon Blvd. in Watts and died at 2 a.m. on Jan. 10.
• Margarita Burd, a 60-year-old white woman, was stabbed in the chest in an apartment at 1341 N. Poinsettia Place in Hollywood and died at 5:50 a.m. Jan. 9.
• Pedro Lugo, a 19-year-old Latino man, was shot multiple times in the 9300 block of Telegraph Road in Downey and died at 9:59 p.m. Jan. 9.
• Miguel Hernandez, a 20-year-old Latino man, was shot at 2530 Cudahy Street in South Gate and died at 9:27 p.m. Jan. 9.
• Terrence Pruitt, a 17-year-old black youth, was shot multiple times at 709 W. 66^th St. in South Central Los Angeles and died at 9:51 a.m. Jan. 9.
• Terry Rachwitz, a 49-year-old white man, was wounded three times at 4802 W. 141^st St. in Hawthorne and died at 10:35 p.m. Jan. 7.
• Christopher Rios, a 31-year-old Latino man, was struck by gunfire near the intersection of Angell Street and McRae Avenue in Norwalk and died at 9:17 p.m. Jan. 7.
• Robert Shann, an 18-year-old black man, was hit by bullets at 10805 Western Ave. in South Los Angeles and died at 2:30 p.m. Jan. 7.
• Marcel Leal, a 25-year-old Latino man, was shot at 230 Santa Mariana Ave. in City of Industry and died at 12:54 a.m. Jan. 7.
• David Galindo, a 22-year-old Latino man, was stabbed to death at 1220 Durfee Ave. in South El Monte and died at 12:46 a.m. on Jan. 7.
• Christopher Johnson Jr., a 19-year-old black man, suffered multiple gunshot wounds at 1244 E. 88^th Place in Florence and died at 8:03 p.m. Jan. 6.
• Johnny Cano, a 15-year-old Latino boy, was shot at 14480 Sherman Way in Van Nuys and died at 12:20 p.m. Jan. 6.
• Michael Ornelas, a 21-year-old Latino man, was shot and killed at 372 W. Holt Blvd. in the Ontario area at 12:22 a.m. Jan. 6.
• Alex Rivera, a 27-year-old Latino man, was shot in the head in the alley of 4173 S. Woodlawn Ave. in Pomona and died at 9:45 p.m. Jan. 5.
• Edvin Hernandez, a 22-year-old Latino man, was shot multiple times in the 7400 block of Compton Ave. in Florence and died at 9:24 p.m. Jan. 5.
• Pamela Lark, a 49-year-old black woman, was shot multiple times 2233 Marvin Ave. just north of the 10 Freeway in the Mid-City area, and died at 10:25 a.m. Jan. 4.
• Felton Kiles, Jr., a 47-year-old black man, was shot many times at 88^th Place and Central Avenue in Watts in Southeast Division and died at 9:52 p.m. Jan. 3. The suspect is also black. He had not been apprehended as of November.
• Tasha Brown, a 39-year-old black woman, was shot multiple times at 1883 Pine Ave. in Long Beach and died 11:16 p.m. Jan. 3.
• Tanya Settles, a 44-year-old black woman, was shot once at the same location as Tasha Brown, and died at the same time.
• Roberta Shuey, a 39-year-old white woman, was shot in the head at 325 N. Washington Ave. in Glendora and died at 12:20 a.m. Jan. 3.
• Fermin Pagaling, a 56-year-old man of Filipino descent, was stabbed to death at 503 W. 209^th St. and died at 10:28 a.m. Jan. 3.
• Jeronimo Amaya, a 30-year-old Latino man, was shot at 9701 Evers Ave. in Watts and died at 10:23 p.m. Jan. 3. This case has been cleared by LAPD Southeast detectives, but the Latino suspect is still outstanding, and wanted on a warrant. Gang disagreements were involved.
• Jamal Alexander, a 28-year-old black man, was shot in the back in the 10300 block of Grape Street in Watts in LAPD's Southeast Division and died at 9:40 p.m. Jan. 2. The suspects are black; narcotics may have been involved in the conflict.
• Vladimir Garcia, a 44-year-old Latino man, was stabbed at 9023 Baring Cross Ave. in South-Central Los Angeles, and died at 4:37 a.m. Jan. 2.
• Michael Cross, a 44-year-old black man, was shot at 1408 E. Alondra Blvd. in Compton and died at 3:28 a.m. Jan. 2.
• Pete Chavez, a 27-year-old Latino man, was shot at 2700 S. Azusa Road in West Covina and died at 4:18 p.m. Jan. 1.
• Janecia Peters, a 25-year-old black woman, was found dead in a trash bag in a Dumpster in South-Central Los Angeles with a possible stab wound. Her time of death was listed as 2:25 p.m. Jan. 1.
• Jasir Ayuso, a 23-year-old Latino man, was stabbed and clubbed to death at 39103 164^th St. East and died at 8:37 a.m. Jan. 1.

Comments

[Stephan, Germany]

Dont ya think its better to stop any flow of guns?? If every idiot is allowed to carry guns ya dont have to wonder about anything...
"the best democracy in world"... were everybody has the right to kill everybody? how civilized...

And the bible is no solution anyway, its mostly pornography & murder itself.
And obviously a reason for war, so damn it!!!

[carlitos42]

While I agree that there is a need for a spiritual path, (e.g. The Bible), too often those who "find" religion are often undereducated.

[kenya mccloud]

just wanted to say that it is a shame that tasha brown & her friend were murdered january 3,2007 that was uncalled for! I knew tasha personally she was a touch cookie i must say but also was the kindest woman u could ever meet! I mean she was the type to give u the shirt off her back ! she was my sister & brothers auntie & she will be missed by all who knew & loved her! her cousin lisa would want me to also say that who ever had the nerve to kill a woman in the same house as her children were in is a cword for real! & all this was done over gang violence! & to the people who did this horable thing your day is coming soon when the LORD will judge u for all you've done taking a beautiful black woman from her family friends and there is nothing to justify it ! R.I.P TASHA BROWN LUV ALWAYS KENYA & FAMILY!

[rb]

i'm a police officer in montreal, canada...In montreal , we have 47 homicide a year...God 600 in la ???

[Susanne]

I hate this stereotype answers... because I am... (whatever) I have no chance...

everybody has a chance... it is your choice what you do with your life... it is your choice if you join a gang... it is your choice if you take guns...

Sometime it might be not easy to stand up... but it take a charakter to stand up for it what you believe in...

It is really dramatic so many latinos and black people got killed... someone earlier posted... that no white people are in those hotspots... but that means also... latinos and blacks are killing each other...

what a world...

Everybody should read the bible... there is always a way...

and like I said... it is your choice...

In honor who are all killed... especially the little ones...

Susanne

[caly]

I am from germany.I live in the city with the highest crime rate.I am half american half german.It hurts me very much to see whats happening in the usa.
although my city is the one with the highest crime rate these are crimes not roughly tending into the same cruel direction like la's.We have a lot of thiefs and family tragedies but very less killed by gunshots. i was so much shocked about the fact that most of the killed people got shot down! is it that difficult to see the coherence of gun legality and shotdown people!? i know that we all feel more secure having something giving us a sense of protection. but guns are not protecting when they can legaly lie around at home and everyone has the possibility to shoot down a person that he has a social dispute with instead of trying to solve the problem by talking and thinking!!!God gave us the voice and the brain to use it.not to switch it on standby and doing bad things! Its our choice to change something!We all have a voice! And the mightiest arm of the human being is its voice not its gun!

R.I.P. all the innocent victims of thoughtless action!

[W. Sigala]

I think the next reality show should be "THUG SWAP'.....maybe if these young people could see that we are all equal and we all have family trees with unique branches and our roots are very much the same. When people kill they not only take a branch off somebody else's family tree... they also destroy the quality and purity of their own! These kids should all know that the real victims are the family members left here, parents, grandparents, & siblings crying everyday in unbeleivable pain that will never go away.

[Anthony Starr]

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS MY COUSIN Chistopher Johnson Jr. is on this list and i just wanted to tell him im sorry i was right there with him on that night i mean it probably would have been me instead but you saved me and i thank you .

[Lori]

That is why I left Los Angeles and I will never return. I hate death especially for the youth of this world, to read it is enough. I feel sorry for all the families that are suffering. You are all in my prayers.

[T smith]

even DNA shows that everybody goes back to one original DNA the was created along time ago therefore we are all from the same bloodline but every single one of us has a mutation that makes us different no race is better. gang members would go to war in iraq if they would let us but they wont, more people would fight for THEIR country if it were THEIR country, remember when countries would give land to people for helping them what about now, go buy land dont kill for it, and let us run our own country lets play by the law of the bible ooooooohhhhhh dont go there, the bible cant come near me but i cant get as close and change religion if i want to, your all crazy stop killing people pray for the end of the world not for big houses, pray for the anti christ to come not for money, pray for jesus to come back and save us, dont kill your brother we are all brothers.

[Carlos Nunez]

Being brougth up in Los Angeles as a Chicano youth it is very, very dangerous. There are about 1,400 latino gangs in L.A., and maybe, maybe 5 or 6 gangs may get along. The rest hate each other and kill each other. It is not like black gangs were you have Bloods n Crips and for the most part, all bloods get along with bloods and all crips get along with crips. Latino gangs have been around since the 1920's and 30's. It is a tradition, a culture that is passed on by family members ever so often. There is a trend that is starting to happen here, and i see it on the streets. Latino gangs are starting to go after black gangs, and vice versa. Things are not only getting worse, it is also starting to segregate races. The real problem is happening in South Central all the way to the Harbor area, where is a mixture of blacks and hispanics. This is not going to stop. White people could give a crap about US minorities. When the problem starts spilling into Studio City, Encino, Northridge, Westwood, and Lancaster, thats when white people are gonna crap in their pants and realyze what this really is. Nowhere else in America do we have a gang problem as big as here in L.A. The reality is, keep getting used to all these killings because as you can see all these white collar-blue class people don't care about anyone but themselves.

[J.Henn]

Being a former LAPD officer I've been to more homicide scenes than I care to count. But seeing all these PEOPLE murdered is quite shocking,all these lives taken in a few short weeks. All these victims families devastated, in the blink of an eye. GOD bless the Victims and their Loved ones, and take vengeance on the ignorant murderers.

[Ed Rogus]

"We should put a bunch of white republicans in every comunity that has a gang problem
and see if domestic concerns suddenly become a priority"
Posted by: C . D. Beatty
That is a RACIST comment.......exactly why the races should be seperated. YOU think Divercity means....NO WHITE PEOPLE!
Your double standards will be tolerated no more. Sorry, No white republicans want to go where the savages are. Go ahead let New Orlands be chocolate again. Keep New Hampshire white!

[aaron]

Why are we killing each other? Why are you so upset when a police kills a gang member, you want to protest and riot well protest and riot when a gang member kills somebody if there is enough indignation then change can come.

[chilemacho]

SOME OF YOU PEOPLE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT GANGRELATED MURDERS ACCOUNT FOR LESS THEN 50% OF MURDERS IN LOS ANGELES.YES,GANGS ARE A HUGE PROBLEM,BUT THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM.WE NEED OTHER SOLUTIONS TO THIS CITYS HIGH MURDER RATE.ITS FUNNY HOW ITS ALWAYS THE WHITE PEOPLE WHO DONT LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR THE PROBLEM AREAS THAT SUDJECT LOCKING UP ''ALL THESE GANGBANGERS''.

[steven]

TO all pathetic gang-bangers,

Get a life... This stuff is getting really old..
You people have a self-image problem.
If you need to be in a 'set' named after a numered
street in order to feel adequate, you are pathetic..
You become a stereotype, you essentially take on a role
of a slave, you got a slave mentallity.
Killing people of your own ethnicity? or anyone for that matter
over presumed 'disrespect'. Giving each other silly kindergarden names
like 'goofy' and 'casper', etc. Saaad.
Yea, you got power to take a life, such a complex process, you really need a brain for that.
I always love the argument of ,"oh, weez just tryin to survive".
No fool, people in afghanistan are just trying to survive, people in the Sudan are just trying to survive, you are a self-depracating moron
that needs to justify his primitive nature.

This is sick.. it really is...

[Neo]

It's a shame that these so call'd 'street warriors' (gang-bangers),I call them 'cowards'; are too scared to go fight the war in Iraq. . but are quick to pick up a weapon to destroy the life of a person doing nothing more than walking down the 'street',or going to school,or working to support their family,or just being a different color,or walking on the wrong side of the street ! If I knew I could get awy with it ? I would put all theses 'cowards on a big island;with weapons(guns),and let them destroy eash other(last man standing).And then I would drop a bomb on the whole place. . and wipe out what was left of the whole 'damn mess' !

[Mike]

Guns do not kill people. People kill people. What you have is a culture of people that have nothing better to do. Jack, you make good points.... Impressions, appearance , but that would take change.

[TT Rollins]

Wow, what a war zone. I know it's fun to paint Latinos and Blacks as the victims, but I'm almost 100% sure the shooters are of the same ethnicity.

Diversity is our strength!

[maureen]

THIS IS VERY WRONG,WE SHOULDNT BE LOOSING LIVES THIS WAY ESPECIALLY AT SUCH YOUNG AGES.IT IS REALLY UNBELIEVABLE HOW SO MUCH TRAGIC GOES ON AROUND US,AND INSTEAD OF MAKING THINGS BETTER WE ONLY MAKE IT WORSE

[C . D. Beatty]

this whole war on terror thing is a bunch of bull We don't even have the force of will to control the terror in our own streets . We should put a bunch of white republicans in every comunity that has a gang problem
and see if domestic concerns suddenly become a priority

[Pasadena guy]

While reading this, I got a sick feel in my stomach. Please make peace, please love each other, please have respect and honor. Remember, we all look different, which makes us all special, but when it comes down to it, we all bleed red.

Parents, if you suspect something wrong with your child, take action right away. Don't make excuses. Turn them in. You are only making things worse.

[M.S]

I agree that this is a great way of remembering and honoring those who have died- it is a way to keep their memory alive and at the same time make the public aware that we have a problem that needs immediate attention. However, I am curious to know why the writer found it necessary to comment on the race of each person. Does it matter if they were "a black male" or a "latino female?" They were all human beings whose lives ended too early. Also, who was ignorant enough to comment that LA has a bigger problem than South Africa? Do you seriously believe that? Sadly, with the mass genocide and lack of government participation, S.A is experiencing death toll numbers that we cannot even imagine.

[Mark]

Thank you for maintaining this list. I think anything which memorializes a life lost is of value. Lives should not be easily forgotten.

[victo scott]

I AM AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE AND LIVE D IN CALIFORNIA FOR 12 YEARS. WE SHOULD TAKE THESE TROOPS IN IRAQ AND COME TO CALIFORNIA, CHICAGO , NEWYORK AND FIGHT THE WAR WE HAVE GOING ON AT HOME!

[Jack]

I would urge young adults who are not in gangs to dress in clothes that will prevent them from being mistaken for gangs. I suggest a nice white shirt, dark slacks, and a tie. Get a conservative hair cut, but no shaved heads.

[LIZ]

OH MY GOD ! THIS IS SO HORRIBLE I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY YOUNG LATINOS & AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUNG PEOPLE DIE EACH DAY IT'S TERRIBLE, WHERE ARE THEY GETTING ALL THOSE GUNS.
MAYBE THEY SHOULD SEND ALL THOSE GANGSTERS TO IRAQ TO FIGHT.

[ilse]

I just want tp say my heart goes out to all the parents . I thought South Africa was bad not as bad as L.A.

Ilse Labuschagne

[Ann Reiss Lane]

Every day more tragedies. When will it ever end?
Where are all these guns coming from? Are all the law enforcement agencies tracing the guns to see if there are patterns of illegal gun sales.
The best violence prevention is to stop the flow of guns into impoverished communities where most of the homicides take place.