Manuel Saucedo, 29

(Westlake) Manuel Saucedo, 29, a Latino man, was shot in the back at 1832 W. 3rd St. in the Westlake area just east of downtown Los Angeles, and died at 10:24 p.m. Wednesday, May 9.

This location is between Burlington Street and Bonnie Brae. Saucedo, who was walking toward a taco truck for some dinner when he was attacked by drive-by shooters. He ran toward a nearby liquor store for help, but collapsed outside and died. Four Latinos in a small black car are the suspects.  Saucedo was not a documented gang member, but LAPD Rampart detectives think his assailants probably were.

(A commenter below describes this group as friends of Saucedo.)

Comments

[NORMA LOPEZ]

REST IN PEACE...
MANUEL SAUCEDO J.R.[MY BROTHER]
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, THAT WAS NOT HIS FAMILY....
IT WAS ONLY HIS FRIENDS THAT HE LOVED...
HE WASN'T MARRIED OR HAD NO CHILDREN....
HE ONLY HAD A LOVING FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

[los angeles graffiti writers]

youll be misssed by the community that you were apart of los angeles far and wide will miss you!...................remembered in paint toash one!!!!

end gang violence!.......

[Ivy Navarrete]

I, IVY NAVARRETE WOULD TO ADD THAT NOT ONLY DID HE HAVE A LOVING FAMILY AND FREINDS, BUT HE ALSO HAD A GILFRIEND, THAT WOULD BE ME. AND CONTRARY TO WHAT ANYONE SAY'S, I LOVED HIM WITH ALL MY HEART, AND EVEN THOUGH WE DIDI NOT HAVE HAVE ANY CHILDREN, (ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY) WE HAD A BOND THAT WAS IRREPLACEBLE, AND WILL NEVER BE DUPLICATED EVER AGAIN. NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW HOW DEEP OUR LOVE WAS FOR EACHOHTER, AND NO ONE EVER WILL. WE LIVED TOGETHER 7 YEARS. AND HIS DEATH IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND. HE WAS TAKEN FROM US TOO SOON. ALWAYS IN MYHEART, FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. REST IN PEACE BABY. I LOVE YOU. AND YOUR DEPARTURE FROM THIS WORLD HAS LEFT AN EMPTY SPACE IN HEART THAT NO ONE CAN, OR WILLEVER FILL. PEOPLE CAN THINK AND SAY WHAT THEY WANT, BUT HIM AND I BOTH KNOW WHAT WE HAD.

[Gabriel Saucedo Jr.]

Rest in Peace Primo
I would like to take the time to say to My beloved Family members Manuel Sr., Quela (my uncle and aunt) and my cousin Norma and her family that I am sorry about our loss as a family. I did not really know Jr. but I do know that he was family. I hope that the people who are responsible for this tragedy pay their dues. Also to all of my cousins family members,friends and the people that loved him my prayers are with you. Enjoy life because you won't know when it will be over. Live, Laugh, love and most important take a moment to reflect on your live and make everyday better. Primo rest in peace I pray that you are in a better place. With love your cousin from Chicago.

[NORMA LOPEZ]

DIOS TE BENDIGA HERMANO TE EXTRAÑO MUCHO
LOVE YOU NUNO REST IN PEASE

[NORMA LOPEZ]

IT ALMOST ONE MONTH THAT YOU ARE GONE. WE ALL MISS YOU SO MUCH AND LOVED. I LOVE YOU FOR EVER AND EVER.
YOUR SISTER

[Ivy Navarrete]

BABY, IT'S BEEN HAS A MONTH AND 2 DAYS SINCE YOUR DEPATURE FROM THIS WORLD. AND FEELS LIKE I AM WALKING AROUND WITH AN OPEN WOUND, I DO NOT WISH THIS PAIN UPON MY WORSE ENEMY, BUT I DO WISH THIS PAIN ON THE COWARDS WHO WHERE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH. AND THE FAKE PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHO DID IT, BUT SAY THEY KNOW NOTHING. LIFE IS FULL OF SURPRISES, SOMETIMES GOOD SOMETIMES BAD, BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE, WHAT YOU PUT OUT THERE, WILL COME BACK TO YOU IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. HE DIED BECAUSE IGNORANT PEOPLE MADE ALOT OF ASSUMPTIONS BUT THE THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY KNEW HIM FROM WAY BACK, KNOW THE REAL MANUEL AND NOT "TOASH", THEY KNEW HIM AS BONES, OR NUNO, OR NANO, OR MIJO. WHAT I CAN SAY TO THE PEOPLE WHO WHERE LUCKY TO HAVE MET HIM IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, OR JUST STARTED HANGING OUT WITH HIM BECAUSE HE NEEDED COMPANY WHILE SITTING ON HIS PORCH, IS YOU DID NOT KNOW THE REAL MANUEL SAUCEDO JR, YOU KNEW ONE OF HIS MANY PERSONALITY'S BECAUSE HE WAS A MASTER OF DISIGUISE, THAT'S WHAT MADE HIM SO UNIQUE. BUT IN THE END, CONSIDER YOUR SELF LUCKY. BABY THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS YOU HAVE SHOWN ME THAT YOUR WITH ME EVERY WHERE I GO. AND I LOVE YOU FOR THAT, YOU FINALLY GOT YOUR WISH, NOW YOU CAN READ MY MIND. TE QUIERO PARA SIEMPRE, Y NUNCA TE VOY A OLVIDAR. ALWAYS IN MY HEART. THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. MANUEL SAUCEDO JR. LOVE YOUR PIGLET.

[NORMA LOPEZ]

HEY THANKS TO EVERY BODY THAT HELPED US ON THIS REALLY HARD TIMES.
WE MISS YOU JR. WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU.
LOVE YOU SISTER.

[Primo Adan]

Rest in Peace Primo

[NORMA LOPEZ]

I MISS YOU HERMANO LOVE YOU FOR EVER.
YOU WILL BE IN OUR LIVE AND HEART FOR EVER AND EVER.

[LETY RAMIREZ]

SIENTO MUCHO NO AVERLOS ACOMPAÑADOS EN ESTOS MOMENTOS DE DOLOR, PERO SIMPRE LOS ACOMPAÑAREMOS CON NUESTRAS ORACIONES. GOD BLESS YOU.

[TU HERMANITA]

HEY NUNO I MISS YOU VERY VERY MUCH I HOPE I COULD FEEL BETTER ONE DAY WITH OUT YOU I DON'T THINK SO BUT WELL.

I LOVE YOU NUNO FOR EVER AND EVER.

[Ivy Navarrete]

BABY, IT'S GOING TO BE THREE MONTHS THAT YOU'VE DEPARTED FROM THIS WORLD, AND I STILL CAN NOT BELIEVE YOUR GONE. SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE, ALOT OF PEOPLE THAT KNEW YOU HAVE CONTACTED ME TO PAY THERE RESPECTS. ALOT ARE JUST IN SHOCK, AND WANT TO CONFIRM THAT IT IS TRUE. UNFORTUNATELY, I'VE HAD TO BREAK THE NEWS TO PEOPLE THAT DID NOT HAVE A CLUE. ALTHOUGH YOU AND I DID NOT GET TO FORMALLY SAY GOOD BYE TO EACH OTHER, I KNOW AND YOU PROVE TO ME THAT YOU LOOK AFTER ME EVERYDAY, AND I KNOW YOU DO THE SAME FOR YOUR FAMILY. I LOVE YOU STILL AND ALWAYS WILL AND NO ONE WILL EVER TAKE YOUR PLACE OR EVER WILL, NO MATTER WHAT. YOU'VE LEFT ME AND OTHERS WHO KNEW YOU WITH AN EMPTY SPACE IN OUR HEARTS. I NEED TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GONE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO. FOR REASONS THAT I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND YOU WHERE TAKEN FROM US WAY TOO SOON. I THINK ALL ALONG YOU FELT IT, AND IT AND THAT IS WHY YOU LIVED LIFE TO FULLEST. ALL I HAVE LEFT ARE THE MEMORIES, BECAUSE EVEN THE BAD ONES ARE BEUTIFUL, YOU ARE ONE OUT OF TWO OF THE REASONS I AM THE PERSON I AM TODAY, YOU SHALL FOREVER BE THE KING OF MY HEART, AND I KNOW I WILL SEE YOU ONE DAY. WE ALL HAVE TO GO, BUT SOME OF US JUST GO ALOT SOONER THAN OTHERS. SIEMPRE EN MI CORAZON TE QUIERO, I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY AND I LIGHT A CANDLE EVERY DAY. I WISH I COULD'VE SAID GOODBYE, AND AM VERY SAD WE WHERE NOT SPEAKING TO EACHOTHER BEFORE YOUR PASSING. THAT'S WHY LIFE IS TOO SHORT. LIVE, LOVE, AND MOST OF ALL KEEP IT REAL, AS YOU PUT IT EVER SO BLUNT. NO REGRETS. LOVE, YOUR NANI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ms. Ivy Rose Navarrete LOVE YOU NANO.

[NORMA LOPEZ]

HEY NUNO IT'S GOING TO BE THREE MONTH BUT I STILL CAN'T BELIVE THAT YOUR GONE FOR EVER I MISS YOU SO MUCH YOU WERE MY ONLY BROTHER. I LOVED YOU SO MUCH, I MISS YOU, AND I REALLY NEED YOU.

[NORMA LOPEZ]

HEY NUNO IM NOT DOING GOOD, BUT I THINK YOU ARE I JUST WANT YOU TO REST IN PEACE I LOVE YOU NUNO I CAN'T STOP THINKING OF YOU LOVE YOU LOVE YOU.
TU HERMANA FOR EVER.

[NORMA LOPEZ]

HEY EVERY BODY PLEASE KEEP WRITING COMMENTS SO THEY WON'T TAKE HIS PICTURE OUT I WANT IS PICTURE TO STAY FOR A VERY LONG TIME THANK YOU EVERY BODY THAT WRITES COMMENTS.

THANK YOU
NORMA LOPEZ

[L.Palma --- TkAL]

u are one with GOD, hittin points in life, joints in life, pack it up and rejoice it twice...
i see your roundhouse drunken kicks ... through our blocks fools cross u over sicker than a baller on a 2001's AND 1 mix ..
Many assumed, at the speed of life, we pause to ponder, i remember
when we was 15, inhaling the life and enviroment surrounding the hood,
cracking 40's with the boys, peak time in the summer, sadly avoiding school, yet it was all good .
Chasing them all city stars... where broken dreams ask for donations to fill them smucker jelly jars..
your engraved tombstone permanently here to stay ...
A moment to celebrate you before your mothers day ...
a silent storm from the agony of our RAZAs selfish defeat ...
The SYSTem and matrix glitches and it repeats . . . the cycle of violence charismatically speaks .
RIP to the son of man... the light in the womb ... you are another reason to celebrate the simple things in life.

It's been months now ... yet i can't bare what your Jefita N Jefito feel.

They are Strong because of the love that still exists where u once dwelled.

TkAL ... L.pALmA.78

[NORMA LOPEZ]

THANK YOU L PALMA I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE OR MAYBE I DO BUT THANK YOU FOR WRITING I GUESS YOU REALLY KNEW HIM .

LOVE JR'S SISTER

[NORMA LOPEZ]

THANK YOU L PALMA FOR WRITING NICE WORDS ABOUT MY BROTHER
KEEP WRITING PEOPLE .

THANK YOU JR'S SISTER

LOVE YOU NUNO I KNOW YOU ARE STILL AROUND US I MISS YOU NUNO.

[NORMA LOPEZ]

HEY NUNO IM STILL NOT DOING GOOD I MISS YOU MORE AND MORE EACH DAY THAT PASS BY I MISS YOU BROTHER

I LOVE YOU.

[NORMA LOPEZ]

WHERE IS ALL THE FRIENDS THAT MY BROTHER HAD NO ONE REMEMBER'S HIM NO MORE OR WHAT NO ONE WRIGHT COMMENTS
WELL NUNO OF COURSE I'M NEVER GOING TO FORGET ABOUT YOU
OUR BIRTHDAY'S ARE COMMING SOON, BUT NEVER NEVER ARE GOING TO BE THE SAME WITH OUT YOU. I MISS YOU SO MUCH .

I LOVE YOU NUNO.

[NORMA LOPEZ]

HEY NUNO HAPPY BIRTH DAY I KNOW YOU ARE HAVING LOTS OF FUN UP THERE WITH YOUR HOMIES WELL WE ARE HERE STILL TRYING TO FEEL BETTER WELL I THINK ONE DAY I WILL BUT I STILL MISS YOU A LOT I WILL CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTH DAY ANY WAY.
I LOVE YOU NUNO I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU, YOU ARE ALL THE TIME IN MY MIND AND MY HEART.

LOVE YOU BROTHER.

[ROCKWOODSTREETER.]

PEOPLE GET KILLED EVERYDAY ! SPECIALLY IF THEY CROSS OUT THAT "R"

[NORMA LOPEZ]

GOOD BLESS YOU JR I KNOW THAT YOU WERE VERY GOOD AND GOD BLESSED YOU THAT'S WHY HE TOOK YOU AWAY I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU FOR EVER AND EVER

LOVE YOU BROTHER

[NORMA LOPEZ]

I LOVE YOU JR NUNCA SERA LO MISMO SIN TI TE EXTRÑAMOS MUCHO TE QUIERO I MISS YOU

[NORMA LOPEZ]

I MISS YOU HERMANO I LOVE YOU FOR EVER AND EVER

[NORMA LOPEZ]

FELIZ DIA DEL AMOR Y LA AMISTAD QUE DIOS TE BENDIJA ALLA EN EL CIELO. I MISS YOU HERMANITO
I LOVE YOU

[NORMA LOPEZ]

HEY NUNO I'M JUST HERE THINKING ABOUT YOU EVERY DAY I'T SO HARD WITH OUT YOU I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY NO MORE OR THINK BUT ONE THING IS THAT I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU SO MUCH
ME HACES MUCHA FLATA
LOVE YOU NUNO.

[NORMA LOPEZ]

HOLA NUNO COMO ESTAS TE FUIMOS A VERTE EL OTRO DIA EN TU NUEVA CASA TU FOTO ESTA HERMOSA ESPERO QUE TE GUSTE FUE EL GUSTO DE TODOS I LOVE YOU NUNO

[NORMA LOPEZ]

HEY JR IT'S GOING TO BE 1 YEAR AND I STILL FILL LOST WITH OUT YOU AND SO LONLEY. I MISS YOU SO MUCH I LOVE YOU NUNO

[NORMA LOPEZ]

HEY NUNO TE EXTRAÑO MUCHO NO SE QUE PUEDO ASER PARA SENTIRME MEJOR I LOVE YOU SO MUCH

[NORMA LOPEZ]

HEY NUNO PORFIN TENGO COMPUTADORA DONDE PUEDO ESCRIBIRTE DE NUEVO I STILL FEEL THE SAME HERMANITO I MISSSSSSSSSSSSSSS YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCHHHHHHHHHHHH
I LOVE YOU NUNO

[pALmA]

still alive in our hearts brother.

[Gio]

Hry Saucedo i dont u but i use to pass by there i sorry u past away RIP

[Sayda]

HEY TOASH, HAPPY LATE B-DAY, I DID REMEMBER N HAD A FEELING IT WAS YESTERDAY BUT I AM A FORGETFUL PERSON. HOPE U HAD FUN UP THERE. CHEERS MY BIG BRO :)

[NORMA LOPEZ]

HAPPY B DAY HERMANITO I MISS YOU SO MUCH PERO BUENO QUE LE PUEDO HACER ME SIENTO MUY SOLA PERO LA VIDA SIGUE I LOVE YOU BROTHER . HAPPY BIRTHDAY

RIP HERMANITO
LOVE YOU SO MUCH

TU HERMANITA