Police Looking for Assistance, Witnesses in Los Angeles Homicides

Police in Los Angeles are looking for anyone to come forward regarding these 12 unsolved crimes that have happened between May 29 and June 3.

May 29: Katrina Michel, who was a legal secretary from South Gate, was shot and killed while she had been having dinner with her husband and two children. The incident happened around 9 p.m. at 62nd and Main Street. According to Michel's 11-year-old daughter, Michel had been reaching for her keys to unlock the car, when an array of gunfire was heard. Michel, who had been hit, fell to the ground full of blood. Her daughter scuffled into the back of the car when she hid her 5-year-old brother's head so he would not be harmed. Katrina Michel unfortunately died at the scene. A $50,000 reward is being offered for any information or leads to the case. Call Detective Richard Arciniega at (323) 646-6556 if there is anything you can offer towards that arrest and conviction of the criminal who killed Katrina, who her grandmother called a "beautiful girl."

June 3: Irvin Carter was shot at 1022 S Murial Avenue in East Rancho Dominguez. The unknown aged Carter died at the scene. No other information regarding this case is available. Police are asking people to come forward with any information regarding Carter's death or life before the crime. Anyone with information should contact the Los Angeles Police Department.

June 3: James McKinney, 41, was killed after an unknown assailant killed McKinney with blunt force trauma to the head on Wilton Avenue. No other information regarding this case is available. Police are asking people to come forward with any information regarding McKinney's death. Anyone with information should contact the Los Angeles Police Department.

June 3: Reza Tehani, 37, was found dead at the 1500 block of Palisades Park. Cause of death was blunt force trauma. Tehrani is assumed to be a homeless man, and might have been a victim of a hate crime. Anyone who has any information regarding this crime, or who happened to pass by the bus stop on this day around 8:00 a.m. is urged to call the Santa Monica Police Department at (310) 458-8451.

June 27: Kevin Smoot, 29, was found shot in the eye at 44907 18th street in Lancaster. Smoot died of his wounds at the scene. No other information regarding this case is available. Anyone with information regarding the Smoot case is to contact the Los Angeles Police Department.

June 2: Henry Rodriguez Jr., 44, had been standing with a group of homeless people in the streets was shot and killed after an unknown person drove up beside them and started shooting. Paramedics arrived at the scene, but in route to the hospital, Rodriguez died. Anyone who was around the area on June 2 is to call the Los Angeles Police Department (Hollenbeck division).

June 2: Stanley Daniels, 31, was shot and killed in the chest at 3961 South Western Avenue in Harvard Heights. Officers who had been patrolling the area noticed Daniels in the middle of the street bleeding. No emergency calls had been made after the incident occurred. Paramedics arrived at the scene; Daniels, however, died at the hospital. Detective Chris Luna is urging anyone who might have been in that area and seen anything to please call (213) 485-2417.

June 2: Randy Martinez 15, was shot and killed a few days before in Cypress Park as he sat inside of the back seat of a car. Police do not know who was in the car with Martinez. His brother brought him to the hospital but died a week later of his wounds. Police are urging anyone with information on the death of this child to please come forward and contact Detective Larry Burcher at (213) 847-9998.

June 2: Michael Rodriguez, 20, was shot and killed at 815 South Bradfield Avenue in East Rancho Dominguez. Rodriguez, who had been attending a graduation party, was shot by an unknown person or persons. Police learned of the shooting after a motorist flagged them down at Long Beach Boulevard. The motorist had Rodriguez on the back of his pick-up en-route to the hospital, unfortunately when paramedics arrived, Rodriguez died. During the investigation police, did learn there had been an altercation; however, no other information is known at this time. Police are urging anyone to call the Sheriff's Investigations at (323) 890-5500.

June 1: Kedric Entena, 17, was apparently standing in a friend's driveway when four or five Latino men got out of a car, stabbing Entena and his friend that he had been talking to. The stabbing occurred at 16626 Malvane Street in South San Jose Hills. Once police and paramedics arrived, Entena died of the stab wounds. His friend survived. No other information is known regarding this case. Anyone with information is to call the Los Angeles Police Department.

May 30: Marcus Peters, 19, had been walking along side of an apartment with two of his friends when two or three other men approached the three and shot Peters and one of his friends.The incident occurred at 2957 East 26th Way in Long Beach. Peters died at the hospital, while his friend is in stable condition at the hospital. Anyone with information is urged to call detectives at (562) 570-7244.

May 29: Orlando Ortega 31, was found shot to death in the street at Sweetzer and Wiloughby Avenue after neighbors in area heard gunfire outside. Police were called immediately, Ortega however was already dead. Police have little to go being no one saw anything. Anyone with any information regarding the Ortega case is urged to call Sheriff's Homicide at (323) 890-5500.

These are just a few of the unsolved homicides that need witnesses. Anyone who lives in the Los Angeles area and knows anything regarding anyone of these crimes is urged to please call the numbers listed above. Silence is golden at times, but in times when speaking out is needed, silence can leave the lives of the surviving family members and friends unsettled.

SOURCE : The Homicide Report - LA Times