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Jose Luis Velasco

Case from Los-angeles, CA dated Apr 29, 2017

Victim Details

Jose Luis Velasco

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Los-angeles

CA

2017-04-29

38

Jose

Luis Velasco

07/11/2026

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Jose Luis Velasco, a 38-year-old Latino, was tragically shot and killed on April 29, 2017, in the Green Meadows neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, Velasco was sitting in a silver BMW parked in a driveway around 3 a.m. when an assailant approached and fired at him at close range. The shooter had moments earlier targeted another man, Herbert Torres, who was sitting on a stairwell in a nearby apartment complex. The assailant attempted t ...
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  • homicide.latimes.com: Herbert Torres, 37 - The Homicide Report
  • http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/04/29/2-men-shot-dead-in-south-la/
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    I’ve been following the investigation into the deaths of Jose Luis Velasco and Herbert Torres, and... ...Read More
    08/26/2023
    Has anyone else noticed how little information we have about the shooter in the Green Meadows case? ... ...Read More
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