From June 29 to July 5, 29 people were killed across Los Angeles County — the deadliest week on record since 2008. Perez was one of 24 people killed this year in an area of East Los Angeles patrolled by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies. As the week’s first day ground on, the killings piled up: An inmate was stabbed in his cell at the federal lockup in downtown Los Angeles. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)AdvertisementIn the early hours of July 2, Brian Stieber, 51, was walking along a Metro Blue Line platform in downtown Los Angeles when he was stabbed in the back with a butcher knife. “You think, ‘I live in a city with gang violence, but I’m not a gang member, so I’m OK,’” she said.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 29, 2020 12:56 UTC