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Legacy of the LA riots:
- Arturo Carlos Miranda, 23, was killed on April 29, 1992, at the intersection of 120th St. and Central Ave. Miranda, a Mexican-American, his nephew Valentin Moreno and another friend were driving back from a South Central park when an unidentified blue car pulled up next to theirs and someone fired a shot at the trio. Miranda was struck in the chest. Inexplicably, his nephew and friend first drove Miranda home before taking him to Martin Luther King Hospital, where he died.
- Dwight Taylor, a 43-year-old African-American, was walking home from work when he was shot in the neck and killed the same night, in a drive-by attack on W. Martin Luther King Boulevard.
- Eduardo Canedo Vela, a 33-year-old Mexican-American, was driving with two friends in the riot zone that night when their car broke down on Slauson Ave. Vela stayed with the car while his companions went to find a phone. When they returned, he’d been shot in the chest.
- Anthony Lamarr Netherly, 21, an African-American, was found between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. shot in the head at the intersection of 78th and San Pedro streets. The driver who found him loaded Netherly into his car and took him to Martin Luther King Hospital, where he died in the emergency room.
- John Henry Willers, 37, of Salt Lake City, stopped on a busy road in Mission Hills to help some people involved in a head-on collision and was gunned down.
- Elbert Ondra Wilkins, 33, was with pals just before midnight at 92nd St. and Western Ave. when shots rang out from an unidentified car driving by. One bullet hit Wilkins in the chest, ripping into his aorta. Wilkins’ friends drove him to Martin Luther King Hospital, where he later died.
- The body of Nissar Daoud Mustafa was found by demolition workers in the rubble of the J.J. Newberry department store on Aug. 12, months after rioters set it ablaze. The 20-year-old was classified as a John Doe, until the coroner, who determined he burned to death, identified him through dental records.
- Ira Frederick McCurry, 45, pleaded with looters not to burn down the store adjacent to his home on Avalon Blvd. He was shot through the right eye and died at the scene.
- Police believe Meeker Mardah Gibson, 35, had stopped to use a pay phone at a Pomona gas station when someone blasted him in the chest with a shotgun.
- William Anthony Ross was initially listed as John Doe No. 79, when his body was found in a looted and torched grocery store in Koreatown. The owner found the 25-year-old African-American’s body on May 1. He was curled up under a metal desk in the rear of the store, a large wad of cash stuffed in his pocket.
- Howard Epstein, a 45-year-old Orlanda resident, was driving through South Central to check on a business he owned in the riot zone on the afternoon of April 30 when a driver pulled up next to him and shot him once in the temple. His Ford Thunderbird careened into a tree and as he lay mortally wounded, rioters robbed him and looted his car. He died at the scene, and when police arrived the hostile crowd forced them to tow away the car with the body still inside.
- As the rioting raged on, Thanh Lam, 25, continued to make deliveries to customers of his family’s small grocery store in Compton. Police believe the Vietnamese-American was stopped at a red light on Alondra Blvd. when a late 1970s or early 1980s blue Cadillac pulled up alongside him. An African-American male in the passenger seat yelled a racial slur at Lam and then opened fire. Lam was shot four times, three hits to the chest and one to the back.
- One of the riot’s youngest victims was Gregory Davis Jr. The 15-year-old African-American boy was shot once in the forehead as he walked near Vermont and 43rd streets on April 30.
- Police found the knife that was used to stab Adolpho Morales to death, but they were unable to lift prints from it. The 37-year-old’s body was found on W. Pico Boulevard.
- Louis Amari Watson, 18, was with a group of people at the corner of Vernon and Normandie avenues when someone shot him in the head.
- John Doe No. 80, is a white male, approximately 35, who stood just under 5 feet tall and weighed 117 pounds. The only remaining unidentified victim from the riots, his body was found May 2 in a burned out Pep Boys on S. Vermont Ave. It appears he suffered a skull fracture, likely from a punch, before dying in the store of smoke inhalation.
- Police believe George Antonio Sosa was looting a store in Huntington Park when someone shot him in the chest.
- Ernest Neal Jr., 27, was standing on the corner of Western Ave. and 92nd St. during the rioting when a car rolled up and someone shot him in the head..
- Kevin Andrew Evanshen, 24, became known as “the Good Samaritan,” after he tried to douse a Venice store as it was being looted on May 1. He climbed onto the roof and was hosing down the flames when he fell through. Firefighters later recovered his charred body; whoever set the blaze is guilty of felony murder.
- Police believe Wilson Alvarez, 40, was beaten to death by a throng of stick-wielding looters after he threw stones at them.
- The body of Carol Ann Benson, a 43-year-old African-American woman, was found on Harbor Freeway near downtown L.A. Police believe a hit-and-run driver struck the South Central resident and that her body had been dragged underneath a car.
- It was three weeks after the riots ended that a worker from a nearby business found the body of Juan Veron Roberto Salgado, 20, in the rubble of a burned out clothing store, Collective Merchandise, on Main Street. The coroner reported the cause of death as smoke inhalation and burns and it was ruled a homicide.
- Arturo Carlos Miranda, 23, was killed on April 29, 1992, at the intersection of 120th St. and Central Ave. Miranda, a Mexican-American, his nephew Valentin Moreno and another friend were driving back from a South Central park when an unidentified blue car pulled up next to theirs and someone fired a shot at the trio. Miranda was struck in the chest. Inexplicably, his nephew and friend first drove Miranda home before taking him to Martin Luther King Hospital, where he died.
- Dwight Taylor, a 43-year-old African-American, was walking home from work when he was shot in the neck and killed the same night, in a drive-by attack on W. Martin Luther King Boulevard.
- Eduardo Canedo Vela, a 33-year-old Mexican-American, was driving with two friends in the riot zone that night when their car broke down on Slauson Ave. Vela stayed with the car while his companions went to find a phone. When they returned, he’d been shot in the chest.
- Anthony Lamarr Netherly, 21, an African-American, was found between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. shot in the head at the intersection of 78th and San Pedro streets. The driver who found him loaded Netherly into his car and took him to Martin Luther King Hospital, where he died in the emergency room.
- John Henry Willers, 37, of Salt Lake City, stopped on a busy road in Mission Hills to help some people involved in a head-on collision and was gunned down.
- Elbert Ondra Wilkins, 33, was with pals just before midnight at 92nd St. and Western Ave. when shots rang out from an unidentified car driving by. One bullet hit Wilkins in the chest, ripping into his aorta. Wilkins’ friends drove him to Martin Luther King Hospital, where he later died.
- The body of Nissar Daoud Mustafa was found by demolition workers in the rubble of the J.J. Newberry department store on Aug. 12, months after rioters set it ablaze. The 20-year-old was classified as a John Doe, until the coroner, who determined he burned to death, identified him through dental records.
- Ira Frederick McCurry, 45, pleaded with looters not to burn down the store adjacent to his home on Avalon Blvd. He was shot through the right eye and died at the scene.
- Police believe Meeker Mardah Gibson, 35, had stopped to use a pay phone at a Pomona gas station when someone blasted him in the chest with a shotgun.
- William Anthony Ross was initially listed as John Doe No. 79, when his body was found in a looted and torched grocery store in Koreatown. The owner found the 25-year-old African-American’s body on May 1. He was curled up under a metal desk in the rear of the store, a large wad of cash stuffed in his pocket.
- Howard Epstein, a 45-year-old Orlanda resident, was driving through South Central to check on a business he owned in the riot zone on the afternoon of April 30 when a driver pulled up next to him and shot him once in the temple. His Ford Thunderbird careened into a tree and as he lay mortally wounded, rioters robbed him and looted his car. He died at the scene, and when police arrived the hostile crowd forced them to tow away the car with the body still inside.
- As the rioting raged on, Thanh Lam, 25, continued to make deliveries to customers of his family’s small grocery store in Compton. Police believe the Vietnamese-American was stopped at a red light on Alondra Blvd. when a late 1970s or early 1980s blue Cadillac pulled up alongside him. An African-American male in the passenger seat yelled a racial slur at Lam and then opened fire. Lam was shot four times, three hits to the chest and one to the back.
- One of the riot’s youngest victims was Gregory Davis Jr. The 15-year-old African-American boy was shot once in the forehead as he walked near Vermont and 43rd streets on April 30.
- Police found the knife that was used to stab Adolpho Morales to death, but they were unable to lift prints from it. The 37-year-old’s body was found on W. Pico Boulevard.
- Louis Amari Watson, 18, was with a group of people at the corner of Vernon and Normandie avenues when someone shot him in the head.
- John Doe No. 80, is a white male, approximately 35, who stood just under 5 feet tall and weighed 117 pounds. The only remaining unidentified victim from the riots, his body was found May 2 in a burned out Pep Boys on S. Vermont Ave. It appears he suffered a skull fracture, likely from a punch, before dying in the store of smoke inhalation.
- Police believe George Antonio Sosa was looting a store in Huntington Park when someone shot him in the chest.
- Ernest Neal Jr., 27, was standing on the corner of Western Ave. and 92nd St. during the rioting when a car rolled up and someone shot him in the head..
- Kevin Andrew Evanshen, 24, became known as “the Good Samaritan,” after he tried to douse a Venice store as it was being looted on May 1. He climbed onto the roof and was hosing down the flames when he fell through. Firefighters later recovered his charred body; whoever set the blaze is guilty of felony murder.
- Police believe Wilson Alvarez, 40, was beaten to death by a throng of stick-wielding looters after he threw stones at them.
- The body of Carol Ann Benson, a 43-year-old African-American woman, was found on Harbor Freeway near downtown L.A. Police believe a hit-and-run driver struck the South Central resident and that her body had been dragged underneath a car.
- It was three weeks after the riots ended that a worker from a nearby business found the body of Juan Veron Roberto Salgado, 20, in the rubble of a burned out clothing store, Collective Merchandise, on Main Street. The coroner reported the cause of death as smoke inhalation and burns and it was ruled a homicide.
