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-- Megan Garvey and Anthony Pesce
January 5, 2010 | 10:42
pm
Joel Lamas, a 27-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Friday, Jan. 1, in the 7600 block of Keltonview Drive in Pico Rivera, authorities said.
Lamas was shot in a front yard shortly before 2 a.m., according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department news release. Neighbors apparently heard the gunshots but told detectives they sounded like firecrackers. One neighbor went outside and found Lamas lying in the yard, authorities said.
Lamas was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:14 a.m. No other information was immediately available.
Anyone with information about his killing is asked to call Sheriff's homicide detectives at (323) 890-5500.
-- Anthony Pesce
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Map: The location where Joel Lamas was shot. Credit: Google Maps
PLEASE HELP US FIND THE KILLER.. JOEL WAS A GREAT PERSON
Posted by: SSHOTY | January 06, 2010 at 02:45 PM
Pico Rivera is the Hispanic "Mayberry"
Posted by: Jorge Bush | January 07, 2010 at 12:31 AM
My heart goes out to his family...I wish I would have got the guts to tell you how much I loved you.
Posted by: HS Friend | January 07, 2010 at 04:07 PM
I always knew you were an angel babe. I loved you more than life itself, everyone says how your in a better place, I dont get it baby you were the sweetest soul anyone ever knew. You should still be here with me. I promise to wear our engagment ring everyday of my life to remind myself of what a precious treasure I really had. I love you baby, forever till we meet again.
Posted by: Lauren Trevino | January 14, 2010 at 04:09 PM
Your the last person this shouldve ever happened to.
Posted by: Lauren Trevino | January 14, 2010 at 04:19 PM