Homicides: August 25 - August 31

The Los Angeles County coroner's office has confirmed the following deaths as homicides. Click on the names in blue to learn more details about the deaths. The Times will report more details on the others in the near future:

Drayvon James, a 29-year-old black man, on Aug. 25. James was shot at Main Street and 101st Street in Broadway-Manchester.

Robert Nelson, a 16-year-old black youth, on Aug. 25. Nelson was shot at Main Street and 101st Street in Broadway-Manchester.

Robert Mobley, a 68-year-old white man, on Aug. 25. Mobley was beaten and strangled in the 4470 block of 60th Street West in Lancaster.

Juan Velasquez, a 29-year-old Latino, on Aug. 25. Velasquez was shot in the 2600 block of West 3rd Street in Westlake.

Lisa Marie Bromiley, a 20-year-old Latina, on Aug. 26. Bromiley died of blunt force trauma in the 2500 block of Olive Drive in Palmdale.

Ronnie Knighten Jr., a 22 black man, on Aug. 27. Knighten was shot at Main Street and 95th Street in Broadway-Manchester.

Lishawndri Bryant, a 34-year-old black woman, on Aug. 27. Bryant was stabbed in the 15400 block of Allingham Avenue in Norwalk.

Jose Guadalupe Carrillo, a 24-year-old Latino, on Aug. 28. Carrillo was stabbed in the 900 block of North Mariposa Avenue in East Hollywood.

Xiomara Fajardo de Lopez, a 36-year-old Latina, on Aug. 28. Fajardo de Lopez was shot in the 2900 block of Kenwood Avenue in Adams-Normandie.

Pablo Reyes, a 22-year-old Latino, on Aug. 30. Reyes was shot in the 37600 block of Poseidon Drive in Palmdale.

Francisco Govea, a 22-year-old Latino, on Aug. 30. Govea was shot in the 37600 block of Poseidon Drive in Palmdale.

Puncho Eteuati, a 34-year-old Samoan, on Aug. 30.  Eteuati was shot in the 1300 block of Ronan Avenue in Wilmington.

Comments

[Doogie]

I lived in Lancaster in 1998 working construction in Lebec. I never remember being concerned about violence and such. I used to ride my bicycle to the Metrolink on weekends, without a care. Yet this list shows 3 killings in Palmdale, and one in Lancaster. In a week. What has the area become? North Tijuana? This is very bad....

[Dave M.]

My condolences to the Eteuati family. Me and my family will keep you guys in our prayers

[christopher woolgrove]

It is to late for these people and there crimes may not be solved.We need to take DNA at birth,which may help,people would think twice before comitting these crimes.They are taking DNA from hardened criminals that are incarcirated take it one step further and take it at birth.

[syscom3]

Doogie, over the past decade, a large number of "low life's" have moved into Palmdale and Lancaster, so as to get away from the violence in south and east Los Angeles.

But what they've done is taking their ghetto lifestyle and bringing it into new areas.

There's truth in the old saying "you can take the thug out of the ghetto, but you cant take the ghetto out of the thug".

[Matthias Rascher]

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[Alex Vasquez]

What a shame some use our place on earth only to kill others, as they then tragically lose their 'life' as well. The 'victim' is only one of potentially hundreds of people affected. All victims of violent crime should be acknowledged, including the family of the convicted. It can't be any easier to hear, "Your son is: a rapist, murderer, OR dead.

When you tear a piece of paper, it is now torn. You can tape it, but it is still torn.

We cannot change what is broken; we have to start over again.

Starting over begins at home, then at school.

If you have been affected by violent crime, speak out. Pull the gangs apart, and don't simply pull them apart, arrest and convict as many as you can, then at some point they will realize what really matters and who really cares.

A.V.