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
November 30, 2009 | 5:16
pm
Erick Roche Jr., a 17-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Thursday, Nov. 19, in the 6400 block of Rosemead Boulevard in Pico Rivera, authorities said.
Roche was discovered after a person driving by saw a body in the street and called police, said DeputyAura Sierra of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Roche was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:56 p.m., according to coroner's records.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to call Long Beach police at (562) 570-7244 or the Sheriff’s Department at (323) 890-5500.
-- Seema Mehta
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Map: The location where Erick Roche Jr. was shot. Credit: Google Maps
