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James Michael Rivas

Case from Rowland-heights, CA dated May 21, 2024

Victim Details

James Michael Rivas

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Rowland-heights

CA

2024-05-21

34

James

Michael Rivas

06/28/2026

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On the evening of May 21, 2024, at approximately 10:20 p.m., deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Walnut Station responded to reports of gunfire in the 2500 block of Doubletree Lane in Rowland Heights, California. Upon arrival, they discovered 34-year-old James Michael Rivas, a resident of Hacienda Heights, lying in the driveway of a residence with a gunshot wound to his neck. Paramedics from the Los Angeles County Fire Department pronounced him dead at the scene.
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  • San Gabriel Valley Tribune: Man shot, killed in Rowland Heights neighborhood
  • Detectives investigating deadly shooting in Rowland Heights neighborhood
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