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MONTEREY PARK -- A man shot and killed another man late Friday during an argument inside an employment agency, authorities said.
The dead man's name was not released Saturday afternoon pending notification of his family, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Lt. Brian Elias said. Sheriff's officials said he was an Asian man in his 30s and believed to be a Monterey Park-area resident.
Monterey Park police officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 200 block of East Garvey Avenue just after 9 p.m., where they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to the "upper torso" Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Byron Ward said in a written statement.
"It appeared it was some kind of argument between a couple of individuals who frequented the business," Lt. Dan Rosenberg of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Bureau said. Neither the suspect nor the victim worked at the employment agency.
The apparent victim was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:31 p.m., Elias said.
The shooter was described only as an Asian man, Rosenberg said, and it was unclear Saturday what the men may have been arguing about.
The lieutenant declined to discuss whether a getaway car was believed to be involved and said detectives were following leads late Saturday.
No further details were available.

This comes from the Associated Press:

LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles County grand jury has charged a convicted serial killer with three more murders.
Authorities Thursday said Michael Hughes was indicted last week on charges that he raped,
sodomized and strangled a 15-year-old girl, whose body was found in an Iglewood park in 1986. He has also been charged with killing two women in Los Angeles in 1986 and 1993.
One body was found in a school stairwell.
Authorities say Hughes, 53, was linked to the crimes by DNA evidence.
He pleaded not guilty to the new charges on Tuesday and could face the death penalty if
convicted.
Hughes already is serving a life term without chance of parole for killing four women in 1992
and 1993.

This from the AP. Sirhan lived in Pasadena. His brother Munir maintains the family home near Muir High School:

This from Alfred Lee, in court covering the trial of two men accused of shooting Deandre Netter to death in the summer of 2007: Our coverage of the shooting is here.

WEST COVINA -- A gunman killed one man and wounded his brother during a fight outside a Halloween party early Sunday, authorities said.
Ramiro Limon Jr., 27, of East Los Angeles died at the scene of the shooting, which took place just before 1 a.m. at the intersection of Shadydale Avenue and Roxbury Street, Los Angeles County coroner's officials said.
His brother, 40-year-old Rodrigo Ruiz of East Los Angeles, was shot in the hand, West Covina police Cpl. Rudy Lopez said. He was hospitalized and is expected to recover.
The shooting occurred as a Halloween house party was winding down, Lopez said.
"The party was breaking up, and apparently a fight ensued between the victims and the suspects," he said.
"During he fight, the (shooter) went to his vehicle and retrieved a handgun and fired several shots, hitting both victims," police said in a written statement.
The shooter, described only as a male Latino, then got into the passenger side of a dark-colored vehicle with a female driver and several other male passengers and fled the scene, Lopez said.
A second suspect was also involved in the fight, but Lopez said it was not clear if that other suspect -- also described only as a male Latino -- fled with the shooter or if they split up.
No further suspect descriptions were available.
Police Sunday afternoon were working to sort through conflicting witness statements.
Authorities believe as many as 50 people attended the party, and detectives were working to interview as many of them as possible.
A man who answered a door near where the shooting took place said the party occurred at his house, but the shooting took place in the street. He declined to comment further.
Mary Dugan, who lives on Roxbury Street, said she arrived home about 1 a.m. -- just minutes after the shooting -- from a Halloween party herself.
She saw a body lying in the street, covered by a white sheet. Her house was blocked off by police crime scene tape, and officers told her she could not return until the morning.
Dugan said she was allowed back in her home about 9:30 a.m.
"They're always having parties over there," she said, but the gatherings had never before erupted in violence.

From the Associated Press:

LOS ANGELES -- Authorities say a body has been found in a burning car on
the banks of the Los Angeles River.
Fire officials discovered the body after responding to a report of a car fire early
Saturday in the riverbed near the 710 Freeway in the South Gate neighborhood.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Steve Rubino says due to the severity of the burns,
authorities have been unable to identify the body.
The incident is under investigation.

This tragic story comes courtesy of the Associated Press:

LONG BEACH -- A 16-year-old girl died and two men were wounded after being shot following a football game at a Long Beach high school.
Long Beach police Sgt. Dina Zapalski says it's unclear what led to Friday night's shooting at Wilson High School. Police are searching for a gunman.
The girl died at a hospital.
An 18-year-old man and a 20-year-old man sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
City Councilman Gary DeLong described the girl as "an innocent bystander who was not
involved" in the altercation.
It's unclear if any of the victims were students at the school.

A shooting in West Covina Tuesday night left one woman dead and an unidentified person injured, according to news reports this morning The homicide is the sixth in West Covina this year and 77th in the San Gabriel Valley since January.

WHITTIER -- A 45-year-old man was shot to death in broad daylight Sunday in an unincorporated county area near Whittier, officials said.
Authorities responded to a report of "shots fired, person down," about 2:30 p.m. in the 11200 block of Rivera Road, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Jeff Gordon said in a written statement.
"They arrived to find the male victim lying in a driveway apron suffering from an apparent gunshot wound," the statement said.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene, Gordon said. A motive in the attack was not known.
Sheriff's homicide detectives handling the case could not be reached for comment Sunday.
Coroner's officials did not release the dead man's name Sunday, however Eddie Cabrera, 50, of unincorporated Whittier said the victim was his brother, 45-year-old Kenny Cabrera, and lived in the neighborhood where he was killed.
"He had just come back from church with (our) mom," Eddie Cabrera said.
He was waiting for friends to pick him up and give him a ride to a Los Angeles homeless shelter where he volunteered when he was shot, Eddie Cabrera said.
People in the neighborhood heard about four gunshots, he said.
Eddie Cabrera said his brother was not involved in gangs, and he didn't know of any enemies his brother had.
"He had no problems with anybody," he said. "He had a good heart. If anybody needed help, he was there. He was always looking after my mom."
A crowd of friends and family members gathered at the scene of the shooting late Sunday to light candles and lay flowers in his honor.
Kenny Cabrera was a lifelong Whittier-area resident who attended Pioneer High school, his brother said. He was single and had no children.
Eddie Cabrera said his brother had always been "mechanically inclined," and could work on anything from cars to lawn mowers.
"He liked to work on the computer," he said, and was often fixing broken computers for friends.
"He was very loving of animals too," the brother said, and had a Chihuahua mix.
Eddie Cabrera said his brother is survived by his mother, a twin brother, three older brothers and an older sister.

MONROVIA - Prosecutors have targeted two violent street gangs blamed for several racially motivated shootings and slayings over the past three years as part of a proposed gang injunction, according to court documents obtained Tuesday.

In all 17 suspected members of the mostly Latino Monrovia Nuevo Varrio gang and 21 suspected members of the mostly black Duroc Crips are singled out in the documents.

The injunction is being sought by both the Monrovia City Attorney's Office and the Los Angeles County District Attorney.

"MNV and DuRoc members fire upon one another, upon other gang rivals and upon members of opposite races in the community," according to the complaint, which was filed Oct. 9. "Residents hear shots fired in the night and live in fear of shootings and random violence breaking out at any moment on the street, sidewalks, and local parks in their neighborhood."

Here's the Monrovia Gang Injunction- Complaint.pdf naming several gang members and listing some of the activities they are suspected of being involved with.

A model who was found dead inside her Monrovia apartment in September died of asphyxiation, the Coroner's department said on Tuesday.

VALINDA -- A 19-year-old man was stabbed to death early Sunday during a brawl between two groups of people, authorities said.
Steven Valadez, a La Puente-area resident, died at the hospital shortly after the melee, which occurred about 12:15 a.m. in a residential neighborhood in the 16200 block of Maplegrove Street, Detective Phillip Martinez of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Bureau said.
At least three other people were injured during the fight, including at least one additional stabbing victim, according to witnesses and sheriff's officials.
Brian Pattison, 23, of Colton said he was hanging out at a friend's house with about nine other people, including Valadez, as a large party was going on two doors down.
"Their party jumped ours," he said, adding that about 30 people from the large party began attacking the 10 or so people congregated at the other home.
Someone in the larger grouped pulled a knife, and at least two members of the smaller group were stabbed.
Pattison said the larger group also threw bottles at the smaller group.
A woman who answered the door at the home where the large part was declined to comment Sunday.
Martinez said the brawl appeared to have originated as a fist-fight between two people, one from each group.
"One of them started getting the better of the other one, and were still trying to determine who that was," he said.
About 30 people from the larger party, which was an adult's birthday celebration, rushed over to the smaller group and a large fight erupted.
David Torres, 19, of Chino said he was in the smaller group and was struck in the head with a bottle during the confrontation, which he said was one-sided.
"Each person was being jumped by like six or seven people," he said.
The smaller group was made of people in their late teens and early 20s, Martinez said, while the larger group was mainly people in their 20s and 30s.
Pattison and Torres said they were concerned because they believed it took sheriff's officials about 30 minutes to respond to the call, however sheriff's officials said the response time was much quicker.
Sgt. Russell Boucher said dispatch logs show that eight minutes elapsed from the time the stabbing was first reported to the time the first deputy arrived on scene.
Friends said Valadez was a graduate of Workman High School and the bass player for a local hardcore rock band called, "Rumor Has It."
Pattison said Valadez was not the type to go looking for a fight.
"Anybody could get along with him," he said. "He might look big and tough, but he's the nicest guy."
Torres said he already missed his friend.
"Everybody liked Steven," he said.

MONROVIA -- Detectives continued to investigate and build a murder case Sunday against a man who sheriff's officials said strangled his girlfriend in a pickup truck, then drove her body to the Monrovia Police Department and confessed.
Guillermo Marinero, 28, got into an argument with his girlfriend, 28-year-old Theresa Cardoza, while the two were sitting in a pickup truck parked near their home on Myrtle Avenue in and unincorporated county area near Monrovia, Detective Jeffrey Leslie of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Bureau said.
"He seemed to be remorseful," the detective said of Marinero when he showed up at the Monrovia police station, 140 E. Lime Avenue, and told them he thought he "may have" killed his girlfriend.
Marinero remained behind bars at the sheriff's Temple Station jail Sunday in lieu of $1 million bail, according to sheriff's booking records.
Though the suspect told officials he strangled Cardoza, Leslie said investigators are awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine the official cause of death.
Coroner's officials said an autopsy was scheduled for Sunday, however officials were not able to provide an update Sunday afternoon.
Marinero and Cardoza had been romantically involved for about four years and had lived together for the past two or three, Leslie said. They had no children.
Cardoza worked at a local McDonald's restaurant, he said, while Marinero worked in construction.
Leslie added there did not appear to be any history of domestic violence between the couple, and that Marinero did not appear to have a criminal record.
It was not clear Sunday what Marinero and Cardoza may have been arguing about leading up to the killing, the detective said.
"Obviously, I have his side (of the story)," Leslie said, but he declined to comment on Marinero's statements until he could investigate further.
While it is not unheard of for suspected killers to turn themselves in after a suspected slaying, Leslie said it's not common.
"I've been doing this for 10 years, and this is the first one I've had," he said.
According to booking records, Marinero is due in Alhambra Superior Court Tuesday for arraignment.

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE -- Coroner's officials released the name Saturday of a woman who was killed in an apparent murder suicide at her home.
Gerry Herrera, 39, was fatally shot and was pronounced dead in her home in the 4500 block of Lasheart Drive, according to sheriff's and coroner's officials.
The name of the suspect, a 47-year-old La Crescenta man who fatally shot himself, was not released Saturday pending notification of his family members, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Investigator Sherwood Dixson said.
Sheriff's deputies found the bodies about 11:45 p.m. Friday after responding to reports of a possible shooting at the home, sheriff's officials said.
Detectives handling the investigation could not be reached for comment, and a motive in the shooting was not available.