There were 16 killings last week in Los Angeles County, bringing the year-to-date total to 186 as of Sunday, according to the Times Homicide Report database. Countywide homicide rates are still behind those of previous years: There were 262 killings during the same period in 2007, and 214 last year.
Among last week’s killings was Donglei Shi, 31, who was found asphyxiated Saturday, April 10, in the 200 block of Chapel Avenue in Alhambra, according to sheriff’s investigators. Shi’s body was discovered about 4:30 a.m. by a passerby near a flood control channel in Story Park, authorities said. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Ricardo Alcarez, 27, was killed Saturday, April 10, in the 700 block of North Burris Avenue in Compton, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. Alcarez was shot while intervening in an argument between the mother of his child and her brother, who was arrested in connection with the killing.
Brian De Loach, 37, was shot and killed Saturday, April 10, in the 2300 block of West 54th Street in Hyde Park, according to coroner’s records. De Loach was shot in the "right flank" and pronounced dead at 2:35 a.m.
The Times’ Homicide Report provides an interactive map and database of all homicides in Los Angeles County reported by the coroner since Jan. 1, 2007.
— Anthony Pesce and Sarah Ardalani