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M e r c y h u r s t C o l l e g e I n s t i t u t e f o r I n t e l l i g e n c e S t u d i e s

1992 L.A. Riots Victim Analysis

Prepared for Professor David Grabelski

Report created by James Gallagher Friday December 17, 2010

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Synopsis of the Investigation The 1992 Los Angeles riots was sparked on April 29, 1992 when a mostly white jury acquitted four police officers accused in

the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King, after he fled from police. Thousands of people in Los Angeles joined in what has often been characterized as a race riot, or a mini-civil war, involving acts of law-breaking compounded by existing racial tensions, including looting, arson and murder. In summary;

53 people died during the riots 4 thousand injured 12,000 people arrested 1,100 buildings destroyed $1.4 billion in property damage

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About this Report This report seeks to analyze the time, movement, behavior, target and offenders involved in the L.A. Riots. By utilizing

Microsoft Excel, Google Earth, i2 Analyst Notebook 8.5 and other tools, the analyst will report key facts and analytical findings from the provided dataset, which can be viewed at the end of this report.

The raw data from the police reports was first categorized into columns in Microsoft Excel. After organizing the data, the analyst went about creating pivot charts in Excel. After analyzing the data in Excel, the data was imported into Google Earth to analyze the spatial movement of the crimes. Next, the analyst imported the geo data into Geocommons to analyze any patterns in the occurrences of the crimes. Census data from 1990 was then layered into Google Earth using Social Explorer to analyze the deaths of the victims in relation to their native demographic areas.

Lastly, the refined data was imported into i2 Analyst Notebook 8.5. The data was laid out into theme lines. All of the event frames in i2 were given controlling times. The data was then analyzed with the heat matrix feature from i2. Most of the analytical findings were made using the heat matrix feature in i2 Analyst Notebook 8.5. The report and analytical findings were finally published in Microsoft Office.

James E. Gallagher

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Table of Contents

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About the L.A Riots

Male vs. Female

Victim Overview Chart

Victims Broken down by Race

What Ethnicities were Killed During Night and Day and Other Charts

When and How certain Ethnicities were killed

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Mapping the L.A Riots

i2 Heat Matrix Analysis

i2 Theme Line Analysis

Microsoft Excel Worksheet

Resources

Acknowledgements

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About the L.A Riots

WHO A total of 53 people lost their lives during the L.A Riot. In total, 26 African Americans, 17 Hispanics, 7 Caucasians, 2 Asians and 1 Middle Eastern lost their lives. Several law enforcement departments aside from L.A.P.D were involved. In addition, the National `Guard was brought in to assist.

WHAT After Rodney King resisted arrest from Police officers, he was beaten. The beating was caught on film. The officers who took part in the beating were taken to court, but found not guilty. This resulted in an upheaval of the African American community. Violence spread out of the African community, and into the Hispanic areas of the city. Soon, the entire city was caught in the race riot.

WHEN The first killing of the riot occurred on Wednesday 4/29/1992 at 1930 hours. The last killing occurred on Sunday 5/3/1992 at 1940 hours. The L.A. Riot took place over a five day period.

37 of the crimes (70%) took place in Los Angeles. 4 of the crimes (8%) took place in Compton. 2 crimes took place in East Hollywood. 10 other cities each experienced one crime.

WHERE

How Most of the crimes were black on black or Hispanic on black. 37 of the crimes (68%) were carried out with a firearm. In 5 of the crimes (9%), a vehicle was used. In 5 other crimes (9%), fire was the causes of death. 4 of the crimes were carried out with a blunt object/blunt force trauma.

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Analytical Findings Target

African American’s accounted for almost half (49%) of all the deaths during the L.A. Riot. Hispanics made up 32% of the total deaths in the riot.

Most African American’s were killed by a gunshot wound (GSW). Hispanics come in behind African Americans in number of deaths from GSWs. The next most prominent M.O.’s are vehicles.

85% of African Americans were killed at night. 71% of Hispanics were also killed at night.

African American’s account for 49% of the total deaths in the L.A. Riot, with 41% of the African American deaths resulting in a homicide ruling by the coroner. Hispanics account for 28% of homicides from coroners ruling.

Time

The most violent hours over the five day span of the L.A. Riot were all on Thursday 4/30/1992. The times are 1800 – 2000 hours, 2000 – 2200 hours and 0000 – 0200 hours.

African Americans took the major onslaught of the riot in the very beginning, ranging from 0800 hours, Thursday 4/30/1992 – 0000 hours, Friday 5/1/1992 .

Most African Americans, Hispanics and Caucasians died on Thursday 4/30/1992.

40% of GSW victims died between the hours of 1200 and 0000 on Thursday 4/30/1992.

The majority of the deaths in the L.A. Riot occurred between the hours of 1100 – 2300 Thursday 4/30/1992.

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Spatial

Most of the deaths occurred in the downtown L.A. region.

Most all African Americans died within their own demographic area.

The close proximity within the African American population and the Hispanic population may have led to the high casualty rate between both races.

Most of the Hispanic deaths were not a result from violence in the Hispanic neighborhood. Most Hispanics were dying in the predominantly African American demographic areas, or the border between the African American and Hispanic populations. Hispanics deaths are due to violence stemming from the African American demographic areas.

Those that lived in the lower demographic areas lower class were more likely to riot that the more wealthy.

Behavior

Most African American’s were killed by a firearm (50%). Hispanics come in behind African Americans in number of deaths from firearms (31%). The total number of those that died from firearms is 68%. The next most prominent M.O.’s are vehicles, which make up a total of 9% of all M.O.s.

73% of the deaths that occurred during day time were with a firearm. Only 68% of the deaths at night resulted from a firearm.

34% of the DA's rulings were homicides. 43% of the DA’s rulings were murder. 13% were deemed accidents.

From the DA’s ruling, 56% of the homicides are from African Americans. Hispanics account for 33% of the homicides. Caucasians account for 6% of homicides.

The majority of the deaths in the L.A. Riot occurred between the hours of 1100 – 2300 Thursday 4/30/1992.

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Offender

58% of the total cases, are closed. 22 cases, or 42% of the total cases, are still open.

Thursday was the peak day for justified and unknown cases. Thursday accounts for 45% of justified killings and unknown suspects.

Overall, Friday and Saturday both have the most identified offenders, accounting for 67% of total identified offenders. Wednesday and Thursday both have the least identified offenders

Most of the killings during the L.A. Riots were justified homicides by law enforcement and the National Guard. Not including the unknown offenders (n/a), 62% of the killings were justified killings made by law and military officials.

19% of the identified suspects are African American.

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Male vs. Female

91% of the victims in the L.A. Riots were male, while 9% where female

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Victims broken down by Race

As seen on the chart below and the chart to the right, African American’s accounted for almost half of all the deaths during the L.A. Riot. Hispanics made up

32% of the total deaths in the riot.

Row Labels Count of Race by %African American 26 49%Asian 2 4%Caucasian 7 13%Hispanic 17 32%Middle Eastern 1 2%Grand Total 53 100%

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What Ethnicities were Killed on Certain Days and How?

As demonstrated by the chart, Most African American’s were killed by a gunshot wound (GSW). Hispanics come in behind African

Americans in number of deaths from GSWs. The next most prominent M.O.’s are vehicles.

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Hispanic

African American

Caucasian

Asian

What Ethnicities were Killed During Night and Day

This chart depicts how many of the victims were killed in either night or daytime, and how they were killed. 85% of African Americans were

killed at night. 71% of Hispanics were also killed at night.

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Who was Killed During Night and Day and How?

This chart depicts how many of the victims were killed in either night or daytime, and how they were killed. 73% of the deaths that

occurred during day time were with a firearm. Only 68% of the deaths at night resulted from a firearm.

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As demonstrated by the chart, Most African American’s were killed by a firearm (50%). Hispanics come in behind

African Americans in number of deaths from firearms (31%). The total number of those that died from firearms

is 68%. The next most prominent M.O.’s are vehicles, which make up a total of 9% of all M.O.s.

What M.O.s Killed the Most people in a certain Ethnicity

85% 31%

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Row Labels Count of DA's RulingAccident 7 13%Arson 5 9%Homicide 18 34%Murder 23 43%Grand Total 53

District Attorney’s Ruling by Crime

This chart categorizes the DA’s ruling crime. 34% of the rulings were homicides. 43% of the DA’s rulings

were murder. 13% were deemed accidents.

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Accident Homicide Accident Homicide Accident Homicide Homicide HomicideAfrican American Hispanic Caucasian Asian Middle Eastern

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Coroners Ruling of Victim’s Death

As demonstrated by the chart, African American’s account for 49% of the total deaths in the L.A. Riot, with 41% of the African American

deaths resulting in a homicide ruling by the coroner. Hispanics account for 28% of homicides from coroners ruling.

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Accident Arson Homicide Murder Accident Arson Homicide Murder Accident Arson Homicide Murder Homicide Murder Arson

African American Hispanic Caucasian Asian MiddleEastern

Total 4 2 10 10 2 1 6 8 1 1 1 4 1 1 1

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Caucasian Murder

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District Attorney’s Ruling of Victim’s Death

This chart categorizes the DA’s ruling by race. 56% of the homicides are from African Americans. Hispanics account for 33% of the homicides.

Caucasians account for 6% of homicides

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How many of the cases are Opened or Closed

As seen in the chart, 31 cases, or 58% of the total cases, are closed. 22 cases, or 42% of the total cases, are still open.

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Identified, Justified and Unknown crimes

As seen in the chart, Thursday was the peak day for justified and unknown cases. Thursday accounts for 45% of justified killings and unknown suspects. Overall, Friday and Saturday both have the most identified offenders, accounting for 67% of total identified offenders. Wednesday and Thursday both

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Row Labels Count of Law Enforcment and Race of SuspectAfrican American 4Hispanic 1Law Enforcment 2Law Enforcment (LAPD) 9n/a 32National Guardsman 2Storekeeper 2Unknown 1Grand Total 53

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Who are the Suspects

Most of the killings during the L.A. Riots were justified homicides by law enforcement and the National Guard. Not including the

unknown offenders (n/a), 62% of the killings were justified killings made by law and military officials. 19% of the identified suspects

are African American.

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Mapping the L.A. Riots

The 53 deaths in the L.A. Riot took place over 13 different cities. However, 70% of the crimes took place in downtown L.A. The following maps in the report are plotted with the locations of the crime. The maps are then layered with demographic date from the 1990 census. Race and poverty layers were layered into Google Earth to analyze the locations of the deaths in correlation with patterns from the layers. The tolls used for analyzing the geo data are Google Earth, Geocommons and Social Explorer. The legends for all the maps are below. The circles are the location of the crime. The color of the circle dictates what day the crime happened.

Tools Used

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Legend for Demographics Map

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Crime Broken Down by City

The graph below breaks down the crimes by what city they occurred in. 70% of the crimes occurred in Los Angeles, while 8% occurred in Compton.

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This map from Google Earth shows all the crimes that occurred and what day they took place.

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Circles on map

Map: African American Population Layer vs. African American Deaths The circles on this map are only those that are African Americans. This layer shows African American population density in the city of Los Angeles in 1990. As the map demonstrates, almost all African Americans died in their own demographic area. Analytical Finding: Most all African Americans died within their own demographic area.

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Circles on map

Map: Hispanic Population Layer vs. African American Deaths The circles on this map are only those that are African Americans. However, this layer shows African American deaths that occurred in close proximity with a heavy Hispanic population

Analytical Finding: The close proximity within the African American population and the Hispanic population

may have led to the high casualty rate between both races.

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Map: Hispanic Population Layer vs. Hispanic Deaths The circles on this map are only those that are Hispanics. This layer shows Hispanic population density in the city of Los Angeles in 1990. However, the Hispanic deaths did not occur in their predominant demographic area.

Analytical Finding: Most of the Hispanic deaths were not a result from violence in the Hispanic neighborhood. Most Hispanics

were dying in the predominantly African American demographic areas, or the border between the African American and Hispanic populations. Hispanics deaths are due to violence stemming from the African American demographic areas.

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Two Caucasian victims as seen over the African American layer

African American Layer

Map: Caucasian Population Layer vs. Caucasian Deaths The circles on this map are only those that are Caucasian. This layer shows Caucasian population density in the city of Los Angeles in 1990. Two of the Caucasian deaths did not occur in predominantly Caucasian demographic areas.

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Map: Poverty Population Layer vs. All Deaths The circles on this map are all deaths during the L.A. Riot. This map demonstrates that most of the deaths occurred in impoverished areas.

Analytical Finding: Those that live in the lower demographic areas/ lower class were more likely to riot then the more wealthy.

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Mapping the L.A. Riots with Geocommons

Geocommons is a mapping tool that can visualize data from an excel spreadsheet. The locations of the 53 victims were imported into geocommons to analyze the order in which the deaths occurred. There is no clear order or pattern in which the deaths occurred. However, most of the deaths occurred in the downtown L.A. region.

Type in the link below to view the occurrence in which the 53 deaths occurred.

http://geocommons.com/maps/40681

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Legend

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Theme Line Analysis of L.A. Riot Victims4

The following theme lines and event frames were automatically imported from an excel spreadsheet utilizing i2 Analyst Notebook 8.5. On the top of the event frames there is a time bar. The black arrow on the time bar shows the date and time that the incident in the event frame occurred. A blue arrow would indicate that two or more events occurred at that certain time. To read the event frames in correct chronological order, follow the event frames across the page on to the next one, and then restart at the bottom of the previous page.

Follow these steps to correctly read the theme lines. You can also follow the time bar as a

guide to know where in you in the dataset.

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How to read an Event Frame

Victims Name

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Heat Analysis of L.A. Riot Victims

The heat matrix is a new feature in i2 Analyst Notebook 8.5 that allows the analysts to visually depict data on a spreadsheet. In addition, the analyst can play their link chart like a movie to analyze patterns in a certain sequence of events. The heat matrix charts provided in this report analyze race, MOS, age, hour and day of the week. The x-axis on all of the heat matrix charts in this report contain only date and time. The y-axis is the only data set that changes from chart to chart. Note: All of the bar graphs in the charts are in two hour intervals.

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Heat Matrix Analysis: L.A. Riot broken down into 2-hour intervals This heat matrix chart analyzes the most violent hours over a five day span of the L.A. Riot. As demonstrated by this chart, the three most violent hours of the L.A. Riot are listed as follows. Note: the three red bars in the bar graph are the violent hours.

2000 – 2200 hours, Thursday 4/29/1992 0000 – 0200 hours, Thursday 4/30/1992

1800 – 2000 hours, Thursday 4/30/1992

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Heat Matrix Analysis: Day of the Week This heat matrix demonstrates the same finding as the previous heat matrix chart. The three most violent hours of the L.A. Riots were;

2000 – 2200 hours, Thursday 4/29/1992 0000 – 0200 hours, Thursday 4/30/1992 1800 – 2000 hours, Thursday 4/30/1992

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Heat Matrix Analysis: L.A. Riot broken down by race This heat matrix demonstrates which races were killed during the entire span of the L.A. Riot. This chart visually demonstrates that;

African Americans took the major onslaught of the riot in the very beginning, ranging from 0800 hours, Thursday 4/30/1992 – 0000 hours, Friday 5/1/1992

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Heat Matrix Analysis: Race Broken Down into Day of the Week This heat matrix demonstrates the same information as the previous heat matrix. However, instead of the data being filtered by two hour intervals, it is filtered by day. Again, this heat matrix visually demonstrates that African Americans took the major onslaught of the riot on Thursday 4/30/1992.

Most African Americans, Hispanics and Caucasians died on Thursday 4/30/1992

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Heat Matrix Analysis: M.O. Broken Down in 2-Hour Intervals This heat matrix demonstrates what M.O.’s were being used every two hours of the L.A. Riot. This heat matrix demonstrates that most victims died by wounds received from firearms.

40% of GSW victims died between the hours of 1200 and 0000 on 4/30/1992 (a 12 hour period that is shown in the red graph)

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Heat Matrix Analysis: MOS Broken Down by Day This heat matrix demonstrates the majority of GSW occurred on Thursday 4/30/1992, with a small spike on Wednesday 4/29/1992.

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Heat Matrix Analysis: L.A Riot Broken Down by Age This heat matrix visually depicts the different age groups that died in the L.A. Riots. The average age of those that died is 31.6 years.

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Heat Matrix Analysis: L.A Riot Broken Down by Age This heat matrix depicts how many crimes were committed in which two hour intervals during certain days.

The majority of the deaths in the L.A. Riot occurred between the hours of 1100 – 2300 Thursday 4/30/1992

Majority of crime

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Microsoft Excel Worksheet The Excel worksheet contains all the data that was used for this report. The headers used to categorize the dataset into the Excel worksheet are listed below.

Target

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Cause of Death

DA's Ruling

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City

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Street Building, Vehicle, ect.

Miscellaneous

Case Status

Suspect Identified/Justified HomicidesLaw Enforcment or Race of Suspect

Synopsis

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Death # Name (Last) Name (First) Sex Age Race Color (for i2 import) Cause of Death Weapon Coroners Rulling DA's Ruling

1 MIRANDA Arturo Carlos Male 23 Hispanic Brown GSW Firearm Homicide Murder

2 RIVERA Eias Garcia Male 43 Hispanic Brown Blunt ForceTrauma Blunt Object Homicide Murder

3 TAYLOR Dwight Male 43 African American Black GSW Firearm Homicide Murder

4 BENAVIDEZ Franklin Antonio Male 27 Hispanic Brown GSW Firearm Homicide Murder5 MUSTAFA Nissar Daoud Male 20 Middle Eastern Dark Red Arson Fire Homicide Arson6 VELA Eduardo Canedo Male 33 Hispanic Brown GSW Firearm Homicide Murder7 NETHERLY Anthony Lamarr Male 21 African American Black GSW Firearm Homicide Murder

8 WILLIAMS Willie Bernard Male 29 African American Black Blunt ForceTrauma Blunt Object Accident Accident

9 WILLERS John Henry Male 37 Caucasian Tan GSW Firearm Homicide Murder

10 WILKINS Elbert Ondra Male 33 African American Black GSW Firearm Homicide Murder

11 HARRIS Jimmie Male 38 African American Black Vehicle Vehicle Accident Accident

12 TAYLOR Anthony James Male 31 African American Black GSW Firearm Homicide Homicide

13 JACKSON Dennis Ray Sr. Male 38 African American Black GSW Firearm Homicide Homicide

14 PETTAWAY Juanita Rena Female 38 African American Black Vehicle Vehicle Homicide Homicide

15 CHANNELL Jerel Male 26 African American Black Vehicle Vehicle Homicide Homicide

16 MALLORY Darnell Levalle Male 18 African American Black Vehicle Vehicle Homicide Homicide

17 McCURRY Ira Frederick Male 45 Caucasian Tan GSW Firearm Homicide Murder

18 HARRISON Deandre Male 17 African American Black GSW Firearm Homicide Homicide

19 GIBSON Meeker Mardah Male 35 African American Black GSW Firearm Homicide Murder

20 ROSS William Anthony Male 25 African American Black Arson Fire Homicide Arson

21 ANDREW Brian Edmund Male 30 African American Black GSW Firearm Homicide Homicide

22 EPSTEIN Howard A. Male 45 Caucasian Tan GSW Firearm Homicide Murder

23 LAM Thanh Male 25 Asian Yellow GSW Firearm Homicide Murder

24 GARCIA Salvador Perez Male 15 Hispanic Brown GSW Firearm Homicide Homicide

25 BETTAN Patrick Male 30 Caucasian Tan GSW Firearm Accident Accident

26 LOPEZ Frank Daniel Male 36 Hispanic Brown Blunt ForceTrauma Blunt Object Accident Accident

27 HAINES Matthew Ellis Male 32 Caucasian Tan GSW Firearm Homicide Murder

28 DAVIS Gregory Jr. Male 15 African American Black GSW Firearm Homicide Murder

29 MORALES Adolpho Male 37 Hispanic Brown Stabbed Homicide Murder

30 CASTRO Hector Rivas Male 49 Hispanic Brown GSW Firearm Accident Accident

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31 WATSON Louis Amari Male 18 African American Black GSW Firearm Homicide Murder

32 John Doe No. 80 John Doe No. 80 Male 35 African American Black Arson Fire Homicide Arson

33 SOSA George Antonio Male 20 Hispanic Brown GSW Firearm Homicide Murder

34 SOLORZANO Jose Very Male 25 Hispanic Brown GSW Firearm Homicide Homicide

35 TAYLOR James Lino Male 27 African American Black GSW Firearm Homicide Homicide

36 PINEDA Juan Antonio Male 20 Hispanic Brown GSW Firearm Homicide Homicide

37 LEE Edward Song Male 18 Asian Yellow GSW Firearm Homicide Homicide

38 AGUILAR Cesar Augusto Male 19 Hispanic Brown GSW Firearm Homicide Homicide

39 NEAL Ernest Jr. Male 27 African American Black GSW Firearm Homicide Murder

40 HORACE Paul Douglas Male 38 African American Black GSW Firearm Homicide Murder

41 MARONIAN Lucie Rose Female 50 Hispanic Brown Knife Knife Homicide Homicide

42 RATINOFF Aaron Male 68 Caucasian Tan Unknown Unknown Homicide Homicide

43 OREBO Charles William Male 22 African American Black GSW Firearm Homicide Homicide

44 JACKSON Betty Female 59 African American Black Vehicle Vehicle Accident Accident

45 MILLER Alfred Male 32 African American Black GSW Firearm Homicide Homicide

46 EVANSHEN Kevin Andrew Male 24 Caucasian Tan Arson Fire Homicide Arson

47 ALVAREZ Wilson Male 40 Hispanic Brown Blunt ForceTrauma Blunt Object Homicide Murder

48 BENSON Carol Ann Female 43 African American Black GSW Firearm Homicide Murder

49 ESPINOSA Juana Female 65 Hispanic Brown GSW Firearm Homicide Murder

50 WARD Fredrick Male 20 African American Black GSW Firearm Homicide Murder

51 SALGADO Juan Veron Roberto Male 20 Hispanic Brown Arson Fire Homicide Arson

52 MARTIN Howard Eugene Male 22 African American Black GSW Firearm Accident Accident

53 RIVAS Victor Rodrigo Male 31 Hispanic Brown GSW Firearm Homicide Homicide

Death # Name (Last) Name (First) Sex Age Race Color (for i2 import) Cause of Death Weapon Coroners Rulling DA's Ruling

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Street Address City Zip Code Street, Building, Vehicle, ect. Date Time Day Day/Night (Night=19:30-06:30)

12017 S. Central Avenue Los Angeles 90040 Street 4/29/1992 19:30 Wed Night

10778 Vanowen Street Los Angeles 90040 Apartment 4/29/1992 20:00 Wed Night

410 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Los Angeles 90040 Street 4/29/1992 20:15 Wed Night

4404 S. Western Ave. Los Angeles 90040 Gas Station 4/29/1992 20:35 Wed Night1601 S. Western Ave. Los Angeles 90040 Store 4/29/1992 20:45 Wed Night

5011 West Slauson Ave. Ladera Heights 90056 Street 4/29/1992 21:00 Wed Night7833 S. San Pedro Street Los Angeles 90040 Street 4/29/1992 22:00 Wed Night

4817 S. Central Ave. Los Angeles 90040 Street 4/29/1992 21:30 Wed Night

10000 North Sepulveda Blvd. Mission Hills 91345 Street 4/29/1992 22:00 Wed Night

9281 s. Western Ave. Los Angeles 90040 Street 4/29/1992 22:30 Wed Night

5807 S. Avalon Blvd. Los Angeles 90040 Street 4/29/1992 23:00 Wed Night

11300 Alvaro Street Los Angeles 90040 Apartment 4/30/1992 0:15 Thu Night

11300 Alvaro Street Los Angeles 90040 Apartment 4/30/1992 0:15 Thu Night

Intersection of Santa Monica Blvd. and Seward Street Los Angeles 90040 Street 4/30/1992 0:40 Thu Night



Intersection of 102nd street and Avalon Blvd. Los Angeles 90040 Street 4/30/1992 1:00 Thu Night

11401 S. Central Ave. Los Angeles 90040 Street 4/30/1992 2:30 Thu Night

1040 E. Holt Ave. Pomona 91766 Gas Station 4/30/1992 4:30 Thu Night

2882 Ninth Street Los Angeles 90040 Store 4/30/1992 8:00 Thu Day

1116 N. Chester Ave. Compton 90221 Store 4/30/1992 12:30 Thu Day

Intersection of Slauson Ave. and Seventh Ave. Los Angeles 90040 Street 4/30/1992 14:30 Thu Day

Alondra Blvd., east of Willowbrook Ave. Compton 90221 Street 4/30/1992 15:15 Thu Day

10701 S. Burin Ave. Lennox 90304 Street 4/30/1992 16:20 Thu Day

2740 W. Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles 90040 Store 4/30/1992 16:45 Thu Day

105 E. 16TH Street Los Angeles 90040 Street 4/30/1992 17:30 Thu Day

1908 Lemon Street Long Beach 90805 Street 4/30/1992 18:35 Thu Day

4381 S. Vermont Ave. Los Angeles 90040 Street 4/30/1992 19:00 Thu Day

2000 West Pico Blvd. Los Angeles 90040 Street 4/30/1992 19:15 Thu Day

Intersection of Vermont and Leeward Ave. East Hollywood 90029 Street 4/30/1992 19:30 Thu Night

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4409 S. Normandie Ave. Los Angeles 90040 Street 4/30/1992 19:45 Thu Night

5801 S. Vermont Ave. Los Angeles 90040 Store 4/30/1992 19:30 Thu Night

2688 Florence Ave. Huntigton Park 90255 Store 4/30/1992 20:00 Thu Night

Intersection of Santa Monica Blvd. and Vermont Ave. Los Angeles 90040 Store 4/30/1992 20:15 Thu Night

5209 W. Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles 90040 store 4/30/1992 20:47 Thu Night

4001 Santa Monica Blvd. East Hollywood 90029 Street 4/30/1992 21:45 Thu Night

Corner of 3rd Street and Hobart Blvd. Los Angeles 90040 Street 4/30/1992 21:50 Thu Night

2009 W. Sixth Street Los Angeles 90040 Store 4/30/1992 23:00 Thu Night

Intersection of Western Ave. and 92nd Street Los Angeles 90040 Street 4/30/1992 23:30 Thu Night

1439 W. Walnut Street Compton 90221 Street 5/1/1992 12:00 Fri Night

1808 East New York Drive Altadena 91001 house 5/1/1992 14:00 Fri Night

11690 W. Gateway Blvd. West Los Angeles 90025 Store 5/1/1992 16:30 Fri Night

Florence Ave., near Harbor Freeway overpass Los Angeles 90040 Street 5/1/1992 18:00 Fri Night

Intersection of 51st and Main street Los Angeles 90040 Street 5/1/1992 19:30 Fri Night

5400 block of South Van Ness Ave. Los Angeles 90040 Street 5/1/1992 19:30 Fri Night

11849 Braddock Drive Los Angeles 90040 Store 5/1/1992 23:30 Fri Night

3100 Rosecrans Ave. Hawthorne 90250 store 5/2/1992 Unknown Sat Unknown

Harbor Freeway at Adams off ramp Los Angeles 90040 Street 5/2/1992 Unknown Sat Unknown

7600 Compton Ave. Compton 90221 Street 5/2/1992 12:20 Sat Day

11900 Cometa Street Los Angeles 90040 house 5/2/1992 22:45 Sat Night

3115 S. Main St. Los Angeles 90040 Store 5/2/1992 Unknown Sat Night

1279 N. Los Robles Ave. Pasadena 91104 Apartment 5/3/1992 0:40 Sun Night

Pico Boulevard and New Hampshire Ave. Los Angeles 90040 Street 5/3/1992 19:40 Sun Night

Street Address City Zip Code Street, Building, Vehicle, ect. Date Time Day Day/Night (Night=19:30-06:30) Death #

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Death #

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Case Status (Closed/Open) Suspect Law Enforcment and Race of Suspect Synopsis

OpenUNK n/a

Car pulled up and someone fired one shot, hitting Miranda in the chest

Closed Identified African AmericanRivera was struck in the head, suffering a

broken skull

Open UNK n/aSomeone drove by and shot him in the

neckClosed Justified Law Enforcment (LAPD) Shot twice in the chest by LAPDOpen UNK n/a Found in the ruble after an arsonOpen UNK n/a Received a gunshot wound to the chestOpen UNK n/a Netherly had been shot in the left eye

Closed n/a n/aFell out of the back of his brother's truck

and suffered severe head injuries

Open UNK n/aPassersby gunned him down, the fatal

shot piercing his heart

Open UNK n/aA bullet from a passing car hit Wilkins,

ripping into his aorta

Closed n/a n/ahis car collided with another one at

Avalon Boulevard

Closed Justified Law Enforcment (LAPD)Taylor was hit in the head in a Shootout

with LAPD

Closed Justified Law Enforcment (LAPD)Jackson was hit in the back in a Shootout

with LAPD

Closed Justified Law Enforcment (LAPD)Lost control during a police chase and

slammed into a fire hydrant and brick wall





Open UNK n/a

Found dead on the street, shot through the right eye as he pleaded with looters

not to burn down a store next to his house

Closed Justified Law Enforcment (LAPD)Found with a bullet wound in his chest. Detectives speculated Harrison might

have been a sniper shot by police

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35

Death # Case Status (Closed/Open) Suspect Law Enforcment and Race of Suspect Synopsis

Open UNK n/aTook a shotgun blast to the chest at a gas

station pay phone

Open UNK n/aCurled up under a metal desk in the office

in a burning building in Koreatown

Closed Justified Law EnforcmentOfficer fired at point-blank range, hitting

Andrew in the face

Open UNK n/aSomeone in another vehicle fired at

Epstein's vehicle. The shot hit Epstein in the left temple

Open UNK n/aAfrican American yelled a racial slur and

opened fire, hitting Lam four times

Closed Justified Law EnforcmentThe 15-year-old Mexican-American was shot in the chest during a shooting with

Law Enforcment officials

Closed n/a n/aLAPD investigators determined Bettan

had been accidentally shot by one of his employers

Closed n/a n/aLopez was found face down on the street.

He had been hit by a car

Closed Identified African AmericanSeven attackers pulled Haines of a motorcycle, robbed and shot him

Open UNK n/aWas shot in the forehead as he walked on

the street

Open UNK n/aMorales, 37, Mexican-American was

stabbed to death

Closed Justified National GuardsmanCastro was shot in the back as he walked in East Hollywood. The bullet broke his

spine and punctured his heart

Open UNK n/aWatson was struck in the head when he

was on the street

Open UNK n/aDied in a fire at Pep Boys. The body was

discovered two days later

Open UNK n/aAn unidentified gunman shot Sosa as he

allegedly looted a store

Closed Justified StorekeeperA shopkeeper defending his property

shot Solorzano

Closed Justified StorekeeperA storekeeper may have shot and killed

James Taylor

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Closed UNK n/aSniper fire hit Mexican-American Pineda as he sat with his brother and friends in a

car in East Hollywood

Closed n/a n/aLee suffered two fatal hits to the chest as he sat in the front seat of a car. Someone

in the rival group shot him

Closed Justified Law Enforcment (LAPD)

When Officers ordered Aguilar to raise his hands, the officer said he saw the butt of a gun in his waistband. Aguilar lowered his arms and the officer feared he was

reaching for the gun. Open UNK n/a Neal was hit in the head.

Closed Identified African AmericanThe 38-year-old African-American was

fatally wounded as he tried to run from his killers during a drug deal gone bad

Closed Identified African AmericanMaronian was stabbed three times in the

chest and twice in the back as she was protecting her son and his friends

Closed UNK n/aRatinoff began arguing with someone,

and the situation escalated

Closed Justified Law Enforcment (LAPD)Orebo was thrown out of a car during a police chase. He had been shot in the

head, back and left forearm

Closed n/a n/aJackson's car slammed into the back of a

Ford van

Closed UNK n/a

Was shot in the neck in a drive-by shooting. The bullet broke two of his

vertebrae, hit his spine and lodged in his shoulder

Open UNK n/aSlipped through a weakened portion of a burning office roof and died from burns

and smoke inhalation.

Open UNK n/a

Authorities believe looters fatally beat Alvarez with sticks after he started

throwing rocks at them to break up a stealing spree

Open UNK n/awas found on the freeway near

downtown, an apparent hit-and-run victim

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Closed Identified HispanicEspinosa a Mexican-American was shot in the chest as she walked down the street

Closed Identified UnknownWas shot several times as he stood in

front of a house

Open UNK n/aA worker found the body of Salgado inside a burned-out clothing store

Closed n/a n/aAs officers exchanged fire with party guests, Martin opened the apartment

door and was shot in the head

Closed Justified National Guardsman

Rivas's car hit a National Guard soldier. Others opened fire with their M-16s. In all, 14 rounds were fired, and Rivas was

hit five times

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Acknowledgments

Thank you Professor Grabelski for your continuous guidance during the creation of this report. Thank you Coach and Bill for helping me with Geocommons. Thank you Mr. Van Der Riet for the help with i2 Analyst Notebook 8.5.

This project is an accumulation of the many skills that I have learned over the years at Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies. It is my hope that this report establishes a base for future students to build off of.

James E. Gallagher

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