On Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, The Times launched a new version of the Homicide Report. You have arrived at the old blog.
Readers can no longer post new comments on this site, but we encourage you to join the conversation on our new site. The updated Homicide Report features an interactive map and searchable database of the more than 2,600 homicides in L.A. County since January 2007, when Times' reporter Jill Leovy first started this blog with the goal of covering each one.
Comments prior to Jan. 26 will, at least for now, remain archived here, with links provided in the new database.
If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail homicidereport@latimes.com, and we will do our best to respond.
-- Megan Garvey and Anthony Pesce
April 20, 2009 | 10:00
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Susan Smith, a 54-year-old black woman, died Saturday, April 11, 2009, after she was shot once in the back, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office. The shooting took place in the 1100 block of East 46th Street in South-Central Los Angeles.
-- Anthony Pesce