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Coroner's officials said Sunday it will likely take days to positively identify a man who died at the scene of a small plane crash on the Rosemead border.
The plane crashed about 4:20 p.m. in the 5100 block of Walnut Grove Avenue, on the border between Rosemead and an unincorporated county area to the north, officials said.
The plane caught fire upon impact, and due to the charred condition of the body, it would likely take several days to identify the man, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Investigator Christie McCracken said.
The plane is listed as being registered to David E. Flotho of Grants Pass, Ore.
Federal Aviation Administration officials said it hade taken off from Brackett Field Airport in La Verne and was heading to Van Nuys when it fell from the sky.
The dead man was the only person on-board the single-engine 1977 Beechcraft Bonanza when the pilot apparently tried to make an emergency landing along some train tracks and a market parking lot, sheriff's and fire officials said.
No one on the ground was injured, and nearby businesses suffered only minor damage, according to fire officials.
Federal authorities are investigating the cause of the crash.

The pilot of a small plane was killed in a fiery crash Saturday after attempting an emergency landing on some railroad tracks and a parking lot on the northern border of Rosemead, authorities said.
The crash occurred just before 4:20 p.m. at Walnut Grove Avenue, just north of Grand Avenue.
Officials believe the pilot of the single-engine 1977 Beechcraft Bonanza was trying to make an emergency landing at a super market parking lot when he crashed.
The pilot -- whose identity was not released Saturday night -- was killed, Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman Fred Stowers said. Due to the condition of the body, officials could not immediately tell whether the victim was male or female.
The plane is registered to David E. Flotho of Grants Pass, Ore., according to a federal registry.
"We don't know what happened," said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Jeff Walker. "We don't know if it lost power. The plane was fully engulfed when we got here."
The plane had departed from Brackett Field in La Verne -- about 25 miles east of the crash site -- and was headed to Van Nuys, said Ian Gregor, spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
Walker said at one point the pilot "was in contact with the El Monte (Airport) tower."
But Sal Sandoval, of airport operations at El Monte Airport, said he was not aware of any communication between the airport and the plane.
Stowers added that officials could could not find evidence late Saturday that the plane had made a distress call to any local airports.
No other injuries were reported, Stowers said. Several street signs and some fencing were damaged, and a business near the crash scene sustained minor damage from fire and flying debris.
Through a Spanish interpreter, Letty Rojo said she was working at the El Pavo Bakeries next to the crash scene when she heard a loud bang.
She said she ran to the window to see what was happening just in time to see the tail section of the airplane go skidding down the street past the bakery.
"A few seconds later, it ran into the wall and exploded," she said.
Rojo added she felt fortunate the plane did not crash into the bakery.
John Guzman, 35, of El Monte said he was driving near Mission Road and San Gabriel Boulevard when he first noticed the troubled plane.
" I actually saw it sputtering, coming down," he said. "The next thing I knew, I saw a big ball of flames."
Guzman said he watched as officials draped a blanket or sheet over the body of the pilot.
Crowds of local residents gathered near the site of the crash Saturday night where firefighters doused the wreckage and a nearby building with fire retardant.
Witnesses reported seeing smoke coming from the plane before it crashed and burst into flames.
Walker said deputies had someone pulled over in the area right before the crash occurred saw the plane flying low over their heads just before the crash.
Los Angeles County Fire Department Capt. Curtis Hummel said is appeared the pilot did a good job of avoiding buildings and cars.
"(The pilot) basically put a thread through the end of a needle," he said, adding that the pilot narrowly missed traffic and a building. "(The pilot) put it down in a pretty narrow spot."
Officials from the FAA and and the National Transportation Safety Board were investigating the cause of the crash.
Traffic was blocked for both directions of Walnut Grove Avenue and the train tracks were closed down during the investigation.

ROSEMEAD -- A man initially listed as "death imminent" following a shooting at a Rosemead bar was expected to survive Sunday, officials said.
The man, whose name was not released, has been updated to "critical-but-stable" condition at the hospital, Sgt. Alec Macarthur of the Los Angeles County sheriff's Homicide Bureau said.
He, along with three other men and two women, were wounded in a shooting about 1:30 a.m. at Casa Latina, 8800 Garvey Avenue, authorities said. The victims were between 20 and 36 years old
No arrests had been made Sunday, Macarthur said.
A motive in the shooting was not released, and detectives said it was not initially clear if the incident was gang-related.

ROSEMEAD -- A man who was gravely wounded in a shooting at a Rosemead bar that left six people wounded early Friday was still alive Saturday, authorities said.
One of the wounded, a man whose name was not released, was not expected to survive the shooting, which occurred about 1:30 a.m. at Casa Latina, 8800 Garvey Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Byron Ward said.
Two women and three other men were also wounded in the shooting, authorities said. The wounded ranged in age from 20 to 36.
No arrests had been made Saturday, Ward added.
Deputies were responding to reports of a fight in the bar's parking lot when shots rang out, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Guillermina Saldana said in a written statement.
"As deputies arrived on scene, several shots were fired by suspects, striking several victims," the statement said.
Four people were found wounded at the bar, officials said, while another two wounded people were stopped by deputies while fleeing the scene in a car.
It was unclear what led to the fight, Saldana said, and detectives had not determined of the shooting was gang-related.
Deputies found a loaded handgun in the street that had apparently been discarded by one of the shooters.
Officials said it appeared at least two shooters were involved, but it was unclear if they were together or if a shoot-out occurred.
Authorities were also looking into whether any of the wounded people may have also been shooters.

ROSEMEAD -- A masked robber fled with an undisclosed amount of cash Friday afternoon after robbing a business at knifepoint, authorities said.
The crime was reported about 3:50 p.m. at Romance Home Textile, 9438 Valley Boulevard, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. John Stilgenbauer said.
The robber was described as a Latino man in his mid-20s, armed with a knife, who wore black clothing and had his face covered, the sergeant said.
It was not clear if a getaway car was involved, he added.
No further details were available.

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ROSEMEAD - Attackers shot a man with a shotgun and hit him in the head with a baseball bat late Tuesday, authorities said.
Deputies responded to reports of "shots fired" about 11:35 p.m. in an alley near Garvey and Del Mar avenues, Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Mark Glatt said.
They found a Latino man in his 20s who had been shot at least once in the leg with a shotgun, the lieutenant said. The wounded man also told deputies he had been struck in the head with a baseball bat.
He was taken to the hospital where he was expected to survive, he said.
The victim did not appear to be fully cooperating with investigators, Glatt said, and a motive in the attack was unknown.
The only information available about the suspects was that they were seen driving in a black SUV, he added.

MONROVIA -- A woman found dead in a Monrovia home Friday apparently died as the result of domestic violence, and officials were questioning a "person of interest," authorities said.
The woman had not been positively identified Friday, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Lt. David Smith said.
The body, initially described only as that of an Asian woman, was found about 12:10 p.m. in the 500 block of West Duarte Road, sheriff's Deputy Aura Sierra said in a written statement.
"Detectives believe that the death of the woman stems from a domestic violence incident," the statement said.
Officials said they were investigating a "person of interest," but provided no further details Friday.

ROSEMEAD -- Three high school students were robbed at knifepoint Friday afternoon, authorities said.
The crime was reported about 3:40 p.m. on Valley Boulevard at Rio Hondo Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Mark Glatt said.
Three Rosemead High School students were approached by three male Asian robbers in a light colored Scion xB, the lieutenant said.
The robbers got out of the car and used a knife to demand money and property from the teenage victims, Glatt said.
They managed to steal only a yellow-colored necklace that was not made of gold, he added.
No further details were available.

ROSEMEAD -- Two masked men used a handgun to rob a beauty salon and several female patrons Sunday, officials said.
The robbery occurred about 1:30 p.m. at the Del Mar Beauty Salon, 3030 Del Mar Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Jeff Walker said.
The robbers were described as Latino men in their 20s, wearing black jeans, grey long-sleeve shirts and bandanas over their faces, officials said.
After stealing money from the cash register as well as money and a cell phone from several women at the salon, the robbers fled in a black Ford Taurus, Walker said.

ROSEMEAD -- A woman was shot and wounded in an apparently unprovoked attack at a party late Thursday, authorities said.
The shooting occurred just after 11:30 p.m. in a residential neighborhood in the 3400 block of Kelburn Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Michael Martinez said.
"There was a party at the location," the sergeant said. "For no apparent reason, somebody shot and struck one of the partygoers."
The wounded woman was hospitalized with an injury that did not appear to be life threatening, Martinez said.
The shooter was initially described only as male, he said, and an SUV may have been involved in the attack.
Sheriff's gang investigators are investigating the possibility of gang involvement in the shooting, he added, though the wounded woman was not believed to have any gang ties.

ROSEMEAD -- Authorities released the name Thursday of a man who died after being found on the floor of a bathroom at a local psychiatric hospital.
Kenneth Monroe, 38, of Murrieta died Wednesday morning after he was taken to Garfield Medical Center in Monterey Park after he was found on the floor of a bathroom at Ingleside Hospital in Rosemead, 7500 Hellman Avenue, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner's Assistant Chief of Operations Ed Winter said.
He had recently been transferred to the Rosemead facility from another in Riverside County, Winter said.
A cause of death was not determined Thursday, he said, and an autopsy had not yet been scheduled.
Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Bureau are investigating the death, though Lt. Gil Carrillo said the investigation is on hold pending the results of the autopsy.

ROSEMEAD -- A man severely damaged four parked cars Thursday and punched a man who confronted him, authorities said.
The incident occurred about noon in the 8400 block of Garvey Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Jeff Walker said.
A man described only as Asian caused major vandalism damage to the cars when one of the owners confronted him about it, the sergeant said.
The suspect punched the man in the face and ran away, he added.
The man who was punched suffered minor injuries and was not hospitalized, Walker said.
The sergeant declined to say Thursday specifically what type of damage was done to the cars.

SAN GABRIEL -- Sheriff's deputies arrested a local man Thursday suspected in 30 armed robberies in San Gabriel and Rosemead in the past 60 days, authorities said.
Mark Henry Cons, 47, of San Gabriel was booked on suspicion of robbery, Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said in a written statement.
Known as the "Ski Mask Bandit," Cons carried out his alleged robberies primarily at area businesses, Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Allan Smith said.
The arrest came at the end of a surveillance operation that was being conducted by detectives from the sheriff's Temple Station, sheriff's Major Crimes Bureau and the San Gabriel police department, the statement said.
Cons was taken into custody without incident at his San Gabriel home at 1702 S. Palm Avenue, officials added.
A search warrant was also carried out at the home, officials said.
No further information about the investigation or the robberies was available late Friday.
According to court records, Cons is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail and is due for arraignment in Pasadena Superior Court Monday.