Homicides: September 7 - September 21 [Updated]

The Los Angeles County coroner's office has confirmed the following deaths as homicides:

Darrick Collins, a 36-year-old black man, on Monday Sept. 14. Collins was shot in  the 1200 block of Poindexter Avenue in Athens.

Robert Tripple, a 20-year-old black man, on Monday Sept. 14. Tripple was shot in the 200 block of West 20th Street in Long Beach.

Andrew Faucette Jr., a 51-year-old black man, on Monday, Sept. 14. Faucette was shot in the 3100 block of South Normandie Avenue in Adams-Normandie.

Manuel Melgoza Jr., a 35-year-old Latino, on Thursday, Sept. 17. Melgoza was shot in the 13200 block of Mona Boulevard in Willowbrook.

Victor Dominguez, a 25-year-old Latino, on Thursday, Sept. 17. Dominguez died of blunt force trauma in the 1600 block of South St. Andrews Place in Harvard Heights.

Rosamaria Rees, a 47-year-old Latina, on Friday, Sept. 18. Rees was shot in the 13500 block of South Ainsworth Street in Harbor Gateway.

Richard Travion, a 17-year-old black youth, on Saturday, Sept. 19. Travion was shot in the 3100 block of Banning Street in Lynwood.

Brent Moore, an 18-year-old black man, on Saturday, Sept. 19. Moore was shot in the 200 block South Witmer Street in Westlake.

Ernesto Tovar, a 21-year-old Latino, on Saturday, Sept. 19. Tovar died of blunt force trauma at Long Beach Boulevard and Willow Place in South Gate.

Jefte Hurtado, a 20-year-old Latino, on Sunday, Sept. 20. Hurtado was shot  in the 6700 block Bollenbacher in Pico Rivera.

Felipe Valdovinos, a 27-year-old Latino, on Sunday, Sept. 20. Valdovinos was shot at Alondra Boulevard and the onramp to the southbound 710 in Compton.

Leopoldo Huizar, a 24-year-old Latino, on Sunday, Sept. 20. Huizar was shot in the 11600 block of East Imperial Highway in Norwalk.

Kevin Harris II, a 21-year-old black man, on Sunday, Sept. 20. Harris died in the 3300 block of West 11th Place in Inglewood.  The circumstances of Harris' death were not reported by the coroner.

Michael Stringfellow, a 52-year-old black man, on Sunday, Sept. 20. Stringfellow died of blunt force trauma at Slauson Avenue and Menlo Avenue in Vermont-Slauson.

[Updated Sept. 25: Coroner's investigators said Stringfellow was initially listed as a homicide, but they have since determined he died of natural causes.]

Justin Curiel, a 16-year-old Latino, on Sunday, Sept. 20. Curiel was shot in the 13000 block of Carl Street in Pacoima.

Javier Zamora, a 20-year-old Latino, on Sunday, Sept. 20. Zamora was shot in the 13000 block of Carl Street in Pacoima.

Darren Way, a 21-year-old black man, on Sunday, Sept 20. At this time there is no additional information available from the coroner.

Steven Alaniz, a 50-year-old Latino,  on Thursday, Sept. 10. Alaniz was shot in the 800 block of North Eleanor Street in Pomona.

Kadeemi Forman, a 19-year-old black man, on Thursday, Sept. 10. Forman was shot in 1700 block of West 69th Street in Harvard Park.

Felicia Lee, a 31-year-old Asian woman, on Friday, Sept. 11. Lee died of blunt force trauma in the 500 block of West Duarte Avenue in Monrovia.

Steve Bueno, a 20-year-old Latino, on Friday, Sept. 11. Bueno was shot in the 2000 block of Parkside Drive in Lincoln Heights.

Ivan Garcia, a 18-year-old Latino, on Friday, Sept. 11. Garcia was shot in the 1200 block of 22nd Street in Historic South-Central.

Chester Warfield, an 82-year-old black man, on Saturday, Sept. 12. Warfield died of blunt force trauma in the 1000 block of South Rimpau Boulevard in Mid-Wilshire. 

[Updated Sept. 25: Coroner's investigators have deferred Warfield's cause of death pending further tests. Authorities said Warfield collapsed after getting into an argument with someone on his porch, but was not injured by the person he was arguing with.]

Jorge Estrella, a 38-year-old Latino, on Saturday, Sept 12. Estrella died of blunt force trauma.  The location of Estrella's death were not reported by the coroner.

Martin Mendez, a 32-year-old Latino, on Sunday, Sept. 13. Mendez died of blunt force trauma at Saticoy Street and Winnetka Avenue in Winnetka.

Kevis Gray, a 20-year-old black man, on Sunday Sept. 13. Gray was shot in the 10400 block of Normandie Avenue in unincorporated Los Angeles.

Comments

[562vert]

Well some of these guys got into it with law enforcement......that lady is dead for what? And check out the killings.....in the same ole areas all the time for 40 years now......all these guys running around with guns in they pocket but I get stopped left and right .....wowwwww

[Olden Atwoody]

Don't any White or Asian people get killed in this city?

[scooter]

Man i'm really touch by what happen to my little potna Darren Way. He was a good young man and didnt deserved to die like this i watch him and his big brother grow up and i can honestly say man all they cared about was cars music and hobby's. Man it messed up when u see someone for a second and the next thre gone man we have to sstop this killing its doing nothing for us im one to say in the last month alone i have known or seen someone get killed my question to all the hard core people in this world WHEN ARE WE GOING TO WAKE UP AND STOP ALL THIS NON SENSE WE ARE ONE AND UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE DOOM SO BLACK MEN PLEASE UNDERSTAND NO ONE WINS IN THESE SITUATIONS BUT I KNOW THE FAMILY AND CAN HONESTLY SAY I HOPE THE BEST FOR THEM AND MUCH LOVE FROM SCOOTER AND HIS FAMILY.

[syscom3]

Olden Atwoody, it is an infrequent event when a white or asian person gets murdered.

Unfortunatly, it is overwhelmingly latino and black males, between the ages of 15 and 39. And they are getting killed in numbers far out of proportion to their ratio to the general population.

[Track Bully 4ever]

This was taken from Dame Taylor's Blog on Kevin Harris, III. Kev, also known as Track Bully, was killed as he pulled up to the studio to do what he loved most. Make music. When will the senseless killing stop. This young man was just trying to make it doing what he loved most. He was a quiet cat that did not bother anyone. His mom and dad are devastated. His friend are huring deeply.

I know he person that did this will check to this site and look at his work. Do the right thing and turn yourself in. You destroyed more than Kevin, you destroyed the lifes of everyone who loved him.

Monday, September 21, 2009
R.I.P. Track Bully...

I'm not going to go into the details of what happened because I'm not really clear on them. All I know is that Kevin Harris III (Track Bully) was a talented producer. He was only 21 years old. I didn't know him that well but, all of the talented producers in LA are connected to each other some how or another, I know TB through my family member "Space".

It's sad to hear stuff like this, especially when it's a good person that had to be taken away from us.

Space said that Track Bully got his first placement last month on Ice Cube's album. That is so sad the he couldn't live to enjoy that.

People, things like this are reminders that we need to get off our asses and GO TO WORK! That little dude worked his ass off!

I don't wanna talk about this anymore... kinda sad about the whole thing, but I did want to say something about it. I am definitely going to be working harder than ever! it's sad that sad news like this makes me think about what I need to be doing even more than I already am. I should always have a sense on urgency on my career. I thank God for allowing me to see another day. God forbid something happened to me today, I would feel like I didn't accomplish everything I wanted to. I am going to keep this in my head for a while.

I hope his family handles it well. I wish them the best, I will pray that they have strength through this.

Life is too short, I think I'm going to call a few people that I fell out with behind this music industry to fix things because, I didn't really know Track Bully and I am sad that he's gone. I couldn't imagine how I would feel if it was someone I knew immediately.

sorry guys, I'm just venting I guess. This blog is all over the place. I'm going to sleep now...

[Oh no!!]

I really cant believe what happend to one of a family member when i found out i couldnt believe it n i still cant believe it im im shocked y to a nice person like him its really sad he left hes 2 babys with out a father..shame on the cop that did what he did just put your self on that family..really sad