Overnight Homicides

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Rowland Heights: A 21-year-old man of Asian descent was stabbed to death at a party in the 19700 bock of Sirius Drive in Rowland Heights at about 1:46 a.m. this morning, Tuesday, July 31. A second stabbing victim from this incident was transported to a hospital and listed in stable condition. The young man and the second victim were guests at the party, and were attacked by a group of other partygoers, who fled after the stabbing.

South-Central Los Angeles: Aldale Woodard, 27, a black man, was shot at 3400 W. 71st Street in LAPD’s 77th Street Division. Two black men or youths on foot approached and shot him. He died at the scene.

Baldwin Park: A 34-year-old Latino man was standing in front of a house in the 14700 block of Olive Street at about 10:44 p.m. Monday, July 30, when a car pulled up and its occupants shot him. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

South Los Angeles: Javon Brister, an 18-year-old black young man, was shot in the chest by walk-up or drive-by shooters in the 600 block of West Century Boulevard near the Harbor Freeway at about 8:20 p.m. Monday, July 30. His companion, a 21-year-old black man, was also shot and wounded in the hand. LAPD Det. Mark Hahn said both were on a bicyle, one on the handlebars, when they were attacked. The pair ran, and made it not quite a block. Brister later died at a hospital.

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Left, one bullet hit the bicycle’s handle, denting it. Near left, teddy bears and a half-smoked cigarette at the bicycle shrine.