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.
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-- Megan Garvey and Anthony Pesce
October 23, 2009 | 4:20
pm
Cesar Lopez, a 19-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Friday, Oct. 16, in the 13400 block of Pioneer Boulevard in Norwalk, according to Los Angeles County coroner's officials.
Craig Harvey, chief coroner's investigator, said Lopez was found inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound to his back. He was taken to a hospital by a friend, where he was pronounced dead at 4:47 a.m., Harvey said.
-- Anthony Pesce
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Map: The location where Cesar Lopez was shot. Credit: Google Maps
