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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has voted unanimously to direct county coroner Dr. Jonathan Lucas to conduct inquests into the 2020 deputy shooting deaths of 47-year-old Dana "Malik" Young Jr., 41-year-old Samuel Herrera Jr. and 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee. ....
An inquest into the death of Andres Guardado has confirmed the 18-year-old s death as a homicide. Last year, Guardado was shot five times in the back while working as a security guard at an auto body shop. The deputies involved in his killing, Miguel Vega and Chris Hernandez, allegedly saw him with a gun. Guardado then ran away, and deputies chased him into an alley. While a 40-caliber semiautomatic pistol that hadn t been fired was found at the scene, authorities were unable to clarify whether Guardado ever aimed the gun at the deputies. The inquest into his death was the first in Los Angeles County in more than 30 years. Former Court of Appeals Justice Candace Cooper, who conducted the inquest, came to the conclusion that Guardado s death was a homicide. ....
L.A. inquest into a fatal police shooting of 18-year-old backs earlier conclusion that it was homicide Following the first inquest in Los Angeles in more than 30 years, the Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office on Friday released its findings, which supported its earlier conclusion that the death of Andres Guardado shot five times in the back by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy in June was a homicide. In a four-page document, retired Justice Candace Cooper said that “the medical cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds” and “the manner of death was by the hands of another person other than by accident.” ....