LA TIMES

HOW THE VICTIMS DIED

WEDNESDY, APRIL 29

Louis Watson, 18, Dwight Taylor, 42, and Greg Davis, 15 were shot outside a swap meet that was being looted at Vernon and Vermont avenues. Police believe a gang member was firing at Watson but struck all three.

Arturo Miranda, 20, was fatally shot in his car at 120th Street and Central Avenue while riding home from a soccer game.

Anthony Netherly, 19, was struck in the head by a random bullet while riding in a car at 78th and San Pedro streets.

Willie Williams, 29, was thrown from a truck during a traffic accident at an intersection at Gage and Western avenues where traffic signals had failed.

Eduardo Vela, 33, a Bakersfield man who managed a Japanese restaurant, was shot while waiting in his disabled car in the 5100 block of Slauson Avenue while a friend went to make a telephone call.

DeAndre Harrison, 17, was shot by Los Angeles police officers outside a liquor store at 112th Street and Central Avenue.

Dennis Ray Jackson, 38, and Anthony Taylor, 31, were shot by LAPD officers at the Nickerson Gardens housing project.

John H. Willers, 37, a construction worker from Utah, was shot outside the motel he was temporarily living in on Sepulveda Boulevard in Mission Hills.

Ernest Neal Jr., 28, and Elbert Wilkins, 33, were killed by drive-by gunmen as the stood outside a liquor store at 92nd Street and Western Avenue.

THURSDAY, APRIL 30

Ira McCurry, 45, a golf course maintenance worker, was shot at 102nd Street and Avalon Boulevard by unknown assailants outside the residence he shared with a friend.

Brian E. Andrew, 30, was shot in the head by a Compton police officer near Rosecrance and Chester avenues in a tussle after a looting incident.

Howard Epstein, 49, resident of Orinda, Calif., was shot by gunmen in a vehicle near Slauson and 7th avenues as he drove to inspect his manufacturing plant in South Los Angeles.

Thanh Lam, 25, a grocery merchant, was shot by gunmen in a passing car at Alondra Boulevard and Willowbrook Avenue in Compton while driving home after inspecting his family's market.

Mark Garcia, 15, was shot as he scaled a fence at 107th and Burin streets in Lennox by sheriff's deputies who had been pursuing suspects in a looting incident.

Patrick Bettan, 30, a French national working as a security guard at a Koreatown mini-mall at 2740 W. Olympic Blvd. was accidentally shot by a co-worker during a looting incident.