Green Meadows: Ricardo Chavez, 25

Ricardo Chavez, a 25-year-old Latino, was shot and killed  Sunday, Nov. 22, in the 900 block of East 98th Street in Green Meadows, authorities said.

Chavez was attending his 25th birthday party when he got into an argument with a man who allegedly shot and killed him, Los Angeles police said. Chavez was shot about 2:30 a.m. and taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 3:13 a.m., according to coroner's records.

Parrish Najarro, a 26-year-old black man who authorities said is a friend of Chavez’s girlfriend’s ex-husband, has been arrested and charged with Chavez's murder, according to the felony complaint filed by the district attorney's office.

-- Anthony Pesce and Corina Knoll

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Map: The location where Ricardo Chavez was shot. Click for the Green Meadows Mapping L.A. page to learn more about the demographics of the neighborhood.

Comments

[Anon]

Shot and killed at his own birthday party. Terrible way to go.

[LISA & SLIMBAD]

WHAT'S WRONG WITH PEOPLE THESE DAYS...I ALWAYS WONDERED WHO GAVE ANYBODY PERMISSION TO GO OUT AN KILL ANYBODY...ITS LIKE KILLING IS THE THANG TO DO..PEOPLE NEED TO THINK BEFORE THEY REACT. TO ME ALL OUR BLACK BROTHERS DIED FOR OUR CIVIL RIGHTS, WE NEED TO THANK THEM EVERYDAY, BUT YOU NO U CANT THANK MARTIN, MALCOLM, THURGOOD, AND SO ON. CAUSE I NO THEY CANT BELIEVE DIED AND WENT INTO VAIN...MAY U REST IN PEACE..ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE U....