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
December 11, 2009 | 2:24
pm
Francisco Garcia, a 42-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Friday, Dec. 4, in the 10000 block of Maple Street in Bellflower, according to Los Angeles County coroner's officials.
Garcia was shot in front of a residence at 10:18 p.m. and taken to a hospital by his nephew, said Ed Winter, a spokesman for the coroner's office. He died at 10:46 p.m.
-- Anthony Pesce
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Map: The location where Francisco Garcia was shot. Credit: Google Maps
