Vermont Square: Larry Woods, 50

Larry Woods, a 50-year-old black man, died Saturday, Dec. 26, more than four hours after he was hit by a stray bullet while eating Christmas dinner at his family's apartment in the 800 block of West 43rd Street in Vermont Square, according to Los Angeles County coroner's officials.

Woods was inside his family's apartment when someone outside opened fire at a group of people about 7:50 p.m., said Ed Winter, a spokesman for the coroner's office.

One of the bullets came into Woods' apartment and struck him. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead early the next day, Winter said.

-- Anthony Pesce

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Map: The location where Larry Woods was shot. Click for the Vermont Square Mapping L.A. page to learn more about the demographics of the neighborhood.

Vermont Square: Loren Arterberry, 36

Loren Arterberry, a 36-year-old black man, was shot and killed Monday, Dec 21, at Western and Vernon avenues in Vermont Square, according to Los Angeles County coroner's officials.

Arterberry, of Alhambra, was riding a bicycle when someone walked up and shot him, said Ed Winter, a spokesman for the coroner's office. Winter said the assailant then fled on foot.

Arterberry was shot about 7:40 p.m. and taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 8:10 p.m., Winter said.

-- Anthony Pesce

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Map: The location where Loren Arterberry was shot. Click for the Vermont Square Mapping L.A. page to learn more about the demographics of the neighborhood.

Vermont Square: Wilber Panameno, 21

Wilber Panameno, a 21-year-old white man, was shot in the chest and right arm in the 5200 block of St. Andrews Place in Vermont Square and died July 29, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

Panameno was standing on a street corner with a friend when a vehicle drove up and someone inside opened fire, said Craig Harvey, chief coroner'sinvestigator. Panameno was shot at 12:05 p.m. and was taken to a hospital, where he died at 1:52 p.m., Harvey said.

-- Anthony Pesce

Vermont Square: Laquinn Tucker, 37

Laquinn Tucker, a 37-year-old black man, was shot several times in the 800 block of West 43rd Street in Vermont Square. He died June 5, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

Tucker was shot in the chest shortly before 10 p.m. Jimmy Hernandez, 21, was arrested and charged with murder in the his death, according to a police statement.

According to police, Hernandez was at a market in the 4200 block of South Hoover Street when he was approached by a man who asked for $5 in what police said was a “panhandling type” of situation. Hernandez said he didn’t have any money and walked outside, and then the man’s friend, Tucker, allegedly attacked Hernandez with a stick, police said.

Later, Hernandez, accompanied by three gang members, approached Tucker, who was standing on the front porch of the South L.A. home, police said. One of the men asked him if he had been involved in the earlier incident, and when he replied that he had Hernandez allegedly shot him, according to police.

Detectives arrested Hernandez at his home in South Los Angeles. The three others who were with Hernandez at the time of the shooting are still at large.

Anyone with information is asked to call Southwest Division homicide detectives at (213) 485-1383.

--Victoria Kim and Ruben Vives