South Los Angeles: Man, 37, is fatally shot at house

Andre Lashawn Hickman, a 37-year-old black man, was shot at a residence in Lennox at 2:40 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 19. Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators said Hickman went to his girlfriend's house on 94th Street and allegedly threatened to kill her. In response, the woman took out a pistol and shot Hickman multiple times, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

—Andrew Blankstein

Comments

[Anthony Monaghan]

Homicide by violence is clearly urgent, reasonably attracting news coverage. But how many other people die in California each day? What are the causes? The point is to seek to have presented a whole view on why we die, and what we are doing to prevent that. I know this is a preposterous suggestion, but if death was not a universal offering to humans, would Americans yet insist on "bearing arms"?

[jodapoet]

It is terrible and it also has to do with getting guns off the streets. http://apoetsview.today.com/2008/10/26/jennifer-hudson-gun-control/

[Kim Smith]

This woman must have endured some physical abuse in the past out of the relationship with this man to have killed him. She had the right to protect herself and if children where involved them as well not knowing if he would follow out on his threats. Often the police is called and it takes a lengthy time for them to arrive that tragedies like this occur and they could have found her dead. I've known of women being involved in a relationships for years, and are either afraid of their mates because of the physical abuse but often hang in there in hopes of a change of their violent tendacies but things don't. A man that has been exposed as a child growing up seeing abuse toward his mother most likely will do the same, believing this is the way a relationship works. This is his way of controlling the relationship and the women. Drugs/alcohol sometimes plays a factor of violent tendacies in a man. children involved in this type of inviorment grow to learn that this is the way a relationship is to go and they are more subjected to domestic violence than a loving, caring enviormant of two parents working together in the relationship. There are some women who abuse men also in ways of demeanoring him emotionally, questioning/disteering his manhood, and sometimes physical abuse. Most likely by this woman being at her home and the facts leading to his death, she will not do any jail time for this murder. God forbid that one of my girls go through something as such thatcould possbly lead to something like this when he and the relationship is not worth the life of another.

[NanGee]

So poet wants to take her gun away from her, leaving him free to beat her to death because she has no self-protection? That just sounds dumb.

[geez]

first to Anthony how does one prevent death? Or how does one even start to prevent death?

To Kim,
are you serious? She must have endured some physical abuse in order to do what she did? Nice excuse. I guess that's keen to saying...he was raised without a father that's why he picked up the gun and shot and killed that person. Why are we so ready to jump out and make excuses? This should have never happend and she did not have a right to kill him and least from what I read in this story.

[Averroes]

they better do a real investigation because sounds like some b.s. to me.

[southoc]

Good

[Kev]

That OJ stuff has played out, me being the father of 4 daughters, all I can say is, if it's between him beating you up everyday or worse...By all means defend yourself with an old family friend "Smith and Wesson" and I'll get you an attorney later...

[El Guapo]

Nothing good happens in the city at 2:40 a.m. Andre should have been home asleep.

[loco]

theres no excuse for stuff like this, if she was getting beat all she had to do was leave the relationship, not shoot and kill the man

[O'Dawg]

One poster stated that she probably won't go to jail, but the reality is that there are hundreds of women in prison for killing an abusive sig-o when it may not have been deemed necessary. The details of this case are left out, so it is not possible to tell what her ultimate motivation was. Hope for the best, though.

[denetrius king]

yoshika vines was never ever beaten hit nor threaten by my brother Andre Hickeman nor was her family. Thats a lie she does had bars on her home so how did he get in? She premeditated this crime but she let him in because she knew he would he just wanted his stulff gave him and they would not give them to him and she killed him he has never hit her before. I will not stop until someone here my story Its easy to play the victum and my brother is dead now. I willl not stpoe until t I gets some real anwser.I will go to then news if i have get somw news back thank you Denetrius king

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[gee]

I don't understand how any one can come to any conclusion.There is not enough info. to even know if she was justified or not! No one knows the past. Last I checked unless he some sort of weapon or was physically harming her , Not sure if you are justified in killing some one just because some one threatens you. JMO

[Anonymous]

I can say that he got what he deserves... From what I understand she called the police more than one time on this night and they took there sweet time getting there. It had to be either her or him, and she decided that it would be him. A woman can only take so much of the beating until she just had enough and let it go on that person... I pray for her and her family.... God is with her and he will protect her... People should not be so quick to judge if you have not been in that sitaution, speaking from experience...

[Andre's Friend]

Well it is always so much easier to sit around and comment, and be politically correct about things and say what should have happened, what he should have did, what she should have did... Abuse of any kind is never acceptable! under any circumstance. First of all it is not like he was stalking her and harassed her by being by her house he use to be on that street and all around there before he even knew her he grew up there. This was a situation that got out of hand and we all sometimes do and say things forgetting that for every "action" there will be a "reaction". I don't know her personally but I do know him, and he was a genuine down to earth people person, everybody loved him. I was so heartbroken when I heard the news because I said" him", out of all people I would have never expected that( he would be involved in a domestic violence situation) but I know in my own experience with my ex how things got out of hand and I didn't mean to but I was thinking with my heart and not my head and just wanted him to feel what I felt so I do understand both sides but that was a broken car window but it's another thing to take someone's life. Well I guess that's the point of blogs huh? For people to express THEIR feelings and opinions but it just hurts so much that I can't summarize who he was and what he meant and tell the truth, and not seem biased. And the truth will come out and God is who she will have to answer to not even to us who love him. Even though I didn't tell you when you was here" I love you Andre "and you will always be my "seven ball"

[562vert]

this lady should go to prison, kim says boo hoo for this lady i say go to prison. she could have left this guy is she was getting beat. some women like guys who beat them up and abuse them

[Queen B]

I am Andre's little cousin. I am 18 years old. I have known my cousin for years. He wouldn't harm a fly. I don't believe that he was abusing that women. She had no right to shoot him. Andre treated his mother with the upmost respect, so I know he would not put his hands on a women with the intent to abuse. Andre was a gentle soul and those who knew him personally would agree.

[sassy]

ANDRE WAS MY COUSIN AND NONE OF YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, AND NONE OF YOU KNOW THE TRUTH. SO PLEASE STOP TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO IDEA ! (REALLY). MY COUSIN WASNT NO DAYUM WOMEN BEATER FOR ONCE...HE WAS SWEET ! AND NOT THAT TYPE OF GUY TO DO SUCH THING. WHT YALL REALLY NEED TO DO IS LOOK DEEPER AND WHAT YOU'L FIND YOU'LL KNOW.... DUMMY'S

[Chris]

Hey it's whatever.

[Jasmine Berry]

I am Andre's cousin. I am 18 years old. I just wanted to say for those are saying that he was beating that women so he deserved it. You are wrong I know my cousin, he wouldnt harm any women. He may hit a man, but never a women, and i know this for a fact. And for those saying that he should have been home at that time. He was home, thats were he was shot. That was his home because he was paying rent there he was buying food there and buying things for her and her kids. So if you don't know the background information on the person or situation, do not make these kind of comments. I also want to state that he was not harming that women or her children. Her children loved Andre to be around. If he was this evil person, why would they like him to be around. Also if she was doing the shooting in self=defense why can't they find the murder weapon? If it was self-defense why would she feel the need to hide it. Think about these facts before you say anything negative about my cousin Andre Hickman. I also think that the fact that she might not do any jail time is ridiculous. I am pissed beyond measure about the situation. He was not a sick person strung out on drugs.

[Karleigth De Salvio]

SERIOUSLY!!!!! this tragic happening was non excusable and very sad. that officer should seriously go to trial or jail for killing that man. even though it was accidental, its no excuse for killing an innocent man on his lawn. Someone should take some action and prevent this from happening again before the public creates a riot against the police!!!

[Denetrius King]

Rip Andre Hickman your in heaven now with grandma our family knows the truth and soon everyone will know. We love and miss you dearly Love your sister.

[Denetrius King]

Kim and Chirs Needs to (( SHUT UP ))).Take your negative comments somewhere else. Yeah chirs ITS WHATEVER.From the sister of Andre Hickman.

[tee]

What happened to the report? Did they give up? It is now 11/24 and there have been no new reports since 10/24, but there have been plenty of homicides. Does the Times need help? Well for those who are wanting to know:
Weekend violence claims 17 lives in L.A. County
1. The weekend violence began with a shooting involving a 20-year-old man who was shot and killed Friday at 9 p.m. while walking with a female companion in the 43800 block of Fallon Drive in Lancaster.
2. About two hours later, Damion Cook, 39, was shot and killed in the 1100 block of West 90th Street in the Vermont Knolls area.
There is a lot more to report. Someone is not doing their job!

[Denetrius King]

Look how long Andre Hickman has been gone and still no justice but the killer got to walk free. No justice No peace. where is the justice in this world we have obama in office now so the police and DA needs to get on there JOB WAKE UP.This case needs to be reinvestagated.I will spend every waking day to make sure that justice is served. No justic no peace.

[Budrock]

How can you say he's in heaven, when we threatens his girlfriend? So it was a kind of self-defence from her. According to this news report, Hickman was not a good man.