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Jabali Dumas, 46, was killed on Aug. 15, 2019 in Pacoima. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, May 21, 2021.

It was a sunny afternoon on Aug. 15, 2019 in Pacoima when 46-year-old Jabali Dumas got off work at a trash company and stopped at a convenience store in the 11900 block of Foothill Boulevard for a cold drink. He did that often, for years. It was a neighborhood he knew well.

A young man is ambushed in his family’s backyard. Three suspects are on the run.

The family of Nabor Galvez sought help to solve his killing. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, May 14, 2021.

May 9, 2020 – the night before Mother’s Day – Davon Pledger had gone to visit friends on Cornelius Street in Pacoima. The short road ends in a cul de sac where Pledger can be seen on surveillance video before the shooting speaking on a cell phone and pacing the street.

Davon Pledger was killed on May 9, 2020, the night before Mother’s Day. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, May 7, 2021.

Humble. Kind. Gentleman. Girl dad. That’s how Akeem Coburn’s family says they will honor his memory for his four and 11-year-old daughters.

A gentle giant, a girl dad, that’s how the family of AJ Coburn says they will remember him, but in their memories lies a pain they can’t shake away. John Cádiz Klemack reports for NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on April 16, 2021.

Her family is seeking justice after Pearl Myles, a 79-year-old woman, was playing cards and having a good time with her friends when shots rang out. Police say it was baffling. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, April 9, 2021.

A Mid-City family is still grieving and seeking justice for the death of Steven Lopez, who was shot and killed three years ago while riding his bike.

Shot and killed while riding his bike, Steven Lopez was left to die, cradled in his sister’s arms. John Cádiz Klemack reports for NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on April 2, 2021.

The family of Francisco Cebrero said he loved karaoke night, was a happy person, and was the life of the party. He was shot in the face in a Canoga Park alley last November. John Cadiz Klemack reports March 26, 2021.

With so many people dying in LA of COVID-19 this past year, a lot of street killings have gone unnoticed. Family members in downtown Los Angeles set up a vigil for Reginald James who was shot and killed last week. Beverly White reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on March 4, 2021.

Two years ago Monday, two cousins were shot in front of a Banning liquor store, one of them fatally, and the victim’s relatives are still awaiting the capture of the accused gunman.

The LAPD has never released this video – until now – and only to NBCLA – what appears to be 32-year-old Kenny Fulks Jackson speaking to someone in the parking lot of the strip mall where he owned this cellphone store seven years ago. It was that night when someone would put a gun to his head and kill him....

A father nicknamed “Bobo” was slain in South LA, leaving his family shattered and murder unsolved. John Cádiz Klemack reports Aug. 20, 2020.

A family shattered by a murder was hoping new video released by the Los Angeles Police Department would provide information leading to a suspect in the slaying in Manchester Square in South Los Angeles. The chilling murder happened in front of the victim’s girlfriend just before 10 p.m. Nov. 1, 2019. The victim’s girlfriend asked to remain anonymous, afraid...

DNA testing showed that two kidnapping and assault incidents along the Aliso Creek trail in Aliso Viejo were committed by the same man, investigators said Thursday. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department said the man attacked a woman in Woodfield Park on April 2, grabbing her behind and forcing her into the bushes off the trail she was hiking. The woman,…

One man was killed and three people were wounded in a South Los Angeles shooting, and whoever is responsible remained at large on Monday, police said. The shooting happened about 4 p.m. Sunday in the 8900 block of Hobart Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Gary Moody, 55, died at the scene, according to the coroner’s office. His…

Hoping to generate public tips, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department on Friday released surveillance video and two sketches of a suspect who grabbed a 30-year-old woman on the Aliso Creek trail in Woodfield Park. The suspect tackled the woman from behind and forced her into some bushes east of the baseball fields about 4:50 p.m. Thursday, according to Carrie...