Edgar Guerrero, 16

It sucks the way that life is.... He was to young and he was taken away from us.... Now we now that he's ohkay and he's always with us all and looking over us... We love and miss you EDGAR!!!!

Its just a scary thought the time of hour he was killed, so late/early depends how you look at it. There is nothing good out in the streets at those hours. I hope he was not into a bad lifestyle/gangs...

Assuming the deceased was shot approx. the time he died; then we can say he should have been home at that hour. I can only imagine that the only reason for him to be out so late was to look for trouble.

I cant wait for his homies start posting about how he was good at heart and an honorable gangster who only god can judge.

Syscom, I noticed you mainly post when a Mexican is killed? Seems you have some bias or gratitude when a young Latino male is struck down? No where on here is "gang" anything mentioned. School is out so it is not uncommon for youngsters to be out and about at this time. Get off that "slight" racists remark and come right out and say you donʻt like Mexicans. Donʻt be some chicken sh_t punk and use the passive aggressive approach. Show your true colors...

He was not in a gang.

to Jrose, "it sucks the way life is"......gimme a break. Life is what you make of it. It is a gift and should be cherished. LA is nothing but gangs and drugs fueled by parents who are uneducated and addicted to drugs. Don't blame life because you happen to live in LA. Move.

Citizen X, I couldn't agree more. Syscom3 gets off when these are murdered. That's so disgusting. What amazes me is that he thinks he's normal. LOL

Syscom I have to agree about the time. Citizen X I understand that school is out, my 16yr old daughter is out of school as well. I can certainly tell you that she is not out visiting friends at 1:45am She is upstairs in her room where she should be. I have an alaram system on my house NOBODY gets in or out after 10pm without me knowing about it. Unless of course she is scaling down the second story of our house and then hoping our rod iron fence (because I pad lock my side gate) to a friend who is on the other side of the fence with a ladder. This may sound extreme to some of you, but guess what my kids are in bed when they are supposed to be, I secure my home and can account for my kids whereabouts, I think it is pretty safe to say my odds of getting "that phone call" informing me that my daughter was shot in some gang infested area of town are slim.

Citizen X, you say it is not uncommon for kids to be out running around at 2am? Seems to me like it isn't safe for a 16 year old kid to be out at that time and maybe if their parents prevented it, we would see less of these terrible tragedies. Certainly in this case, Edgar would be alive today if he was home in bed where he belongs, even with school being out. Very little good going on in this town after midnight and you're literally taking your life in your own hands being out there with the rest of the garbage.

jack dont know jack.

if you think that is ALL LA is then you are really ignorant.

may this young man rest in peace.

Everything happens for a reason. DO NOT BLAME THE PARENTS! You dont know them ,or everything they have been through. Edgar we all love and miss you and please watch over your mom she needs you the most.

@Marielena

You are extremely stupid.

ALL the blame is directly on the parents. What they have been through, and not knowing them is by far no excuse for them not raising their kids right.

Edgar should have been at home with his parents, instead they failed him by letting him roam the streets on his own, and now they are reaping what they have sown.

jj read the story he was in a apt complex are you suppose to put an alarm and tell me what fence to lock shut. do you know if the parents work nights? stop talking out the side of your necks before you know the facts. i also live in a apt complex and there are all kinds of people outside at different hours some coming home at 1 or 2 in the morning from work some at 3 or 4 in the morning going to work. i have seen a person get killed in the middle of the day so in reality know one is safe. rest in peace edgar

May God bless the family and friends of this young victim. My prayers and best wishes go out to you.

— aunt626, are you telling me that for you, a 16 year old "coming and going" at 2:00am is normal?

Aunt,
I am not saying that you put a alarm system on the ENTIRE complex, put one in YOUR home,, the apt YOU live in. You mention you see ALL types of people coming and going at 1 or 2 and even 3 and 4 am coming home from work. Well do you think a 16yr was coming home from work at 145am, and if that was the case he should have went straight home, there is a law called curfew in which minors are not to be out after a certain time. If he were home like at the time of night CHILDREN are supposed to be then I think we wouldnt even be having this conversation, the truth hurts, but until your children are 18 and out on their own, they are YOUR responsibity. I am not saying what happened here isnt tragic, and not blaming anyone, I am simply saying that if you dont/cant/wont account for where your children are at those hours dont be suprised if you have to make funeral arrangements.

one more thing Aunt,
as for talking out my "the side of my neck" if that means being a father that has rules and consequences in my home if those rules are broken, such as being out at 145am, then I guess I am talking out of both sides of my neck. The ones complaining here to not blame the parents are the same ones who have NO control over their kids or their kids actions. WAKE UP PEOPLE and stop being your kids "buddys" and start being their parents, where was your child last night at 2am, I can tell you where mine wasnt, hanging out in an apt complex at 2am

man this gang infested dump is worse than detroit babies

i dnt really care about what everyone here says. obviously u didnt kno him or his family. u have never lost a loved one either. i knew edgar and he was such a great person. he has a big and beautiful family. its hard to still believe he is gone. wishin i would see him or talk to him. if anyone deserves a second chance, its him. but its alrite cuz he will live as long as us do in our hearts. forget all ur comments. i will tell u nothing of the true story. i will always love him. im missin u edgar. u are our angel. rest in peace now 5/20/94 - 5/31/10

rose, how many angels is it going to take to look down upon you all out in LA. LA is nothing but guns and gangs. Im a farm boy up here in vermont and take these cowards guns and knives away and they're nothing but airless lungs. They smoke like there is no tomorrow and do drugs. These airheads wouldn't even last a day on my farm with the chores. I treat my animals better than you all treat yourselves. This is america. If you dont like all the negative comments get off the internet.

I just heard last night about Edgar and came on to see if there was any information about services for him. It was very sad to see these comments by people who aren't experiencing this lose. We look to always blame we don't walk in others shoes. Right now we should have some compassion for others pain, like Rose and Edgars family and friends. I knew Edgar from sharing our faith and trying to grow in it. There is an old expression my mother would always say,,," there go I but for the grace of God." None of us know for certainty what life is going to throw at us. Rose,,,,please extend my sinceres sadness at the loss of Edgar and some of his friends send their sadness also. If there are any funeral arrangements that haven't happen yet please let me know. Thanks,,,

Mann My Cuhin Was In No Ganqqqq.!
So Ya Should Shutt Ya Mouths ,Youh Ahould Find Out The True Before Ya Tlk.!
We love youhh cuhsin edqar<3

Didn't this boy just get out of probation camp a few days before he was killed? Seems the negative lifestyle caught up to him.

To Oscarr........get the crap out of your mouth and speak English, homeboy! This is America and if you can't learn the language go back to whatever foreign country you came from. We don't want you here with your gangs and your drugs. You'll be gone within the next couple of years anyway. Say hi to Diablo, shank!

— Oscarr; please use plain english when posting about your "cuhin". And what is a "ganqqqq"? You're embarrasing the memory of him, as well as his family by using such poor grammar.

— LA Story; tell us more. If what you say is true, then our suspicions about him are correct.

Citizen X, I agree that Syscom3 is always making negative comments that seem to want to blame the victim, I have noticed his comments on other pages and he is pretty much the same on black's as well. I think all his anger is really toward gang members rather than a specific race. I too am angry with the way the gangs are ruining our communities with tagging and killing. I just choose to try and help the problem rather than be rude to the love ones of the victims like Syscom3.

This was just a baby, he was killed for nothing. I realize that at that age he should have been in the house but the way the world is now he actually was doing the norm for most teenagers. They tend to stay out later now days. I have two children and I won't allow them to come in my house after 10pm-They are 19 years old and 17 and they know that even if you are doing the right thing but out at that hour something bad is going to happen. I hope everone reading this realizes that Edgar's mother is grieving for her loss rather he was in a gang or not, if he should have been in the house or not, she lost her son and she is in pain. She did not raise him to be in the streets, sometime these kids do what they want no matter how hard you try to lead them down the right path. God bless the family and my prayers are with you.

I agree with Wizzard it really gets to me hows gangs do this things but if you are a person of faith (like me) you can drawn conclusions. I also have to agree with syscom3 how come all these homies that die are referred to as saints with good motives and hearts, etc? It is VERY unlikely.

I have condemned white gangsters just as harshly as black and Latino gangsters.

Perhaps all of you should look through the statistics of the homicide report and take note of the fact that the huge majority of homicides in LA County are Black and Latino.

Its not my fault that for the most part, only those two racial groups are abundantly represented in this blog.

Read this blog long enough and a predictable pattern emerges. The victim was said to be an angel and great person. Then someone makes the comment about him being a gangster. Then his relatives say no one is perfect and only god can judge. Then someone else chimes in about the deceased having "blood" on their hands.

Its getting to be so predictable, its like a stupid Hollywood movie using the same plot, different characters.

X: Why do you think because you are a "person of faith" that gives you some kind of insight to draw conclusions about people. I knew this young man, he was a person of faith. I would like to challenge some of you who like to write all these comments and derogatory remarks about others to volunteer in the probation camps and juvenille halls. You will be amazed by those who you will meet. Jesus in Matthew gives us specific instructions to feed the poor, visit the sick and those imprisioned. He calls us to be Him for those specific people . The greatest commandment we are given is to Love our Neighbor. Try it you'll not be sorry, trust me I know.

syscom3, do you happen to know which race is the majority in L.A. County? FYI, Hispanics make up 51% alone. Therefore, minorities happened to be the majority in L.A. County. Hence, you are going to see more homicides of the population that's the majority.

Jag-

It's a statistical fact that not only in LA, but across the country blacks and hispanics comprise a higher percentage of violent crimes than their percentage of the population. That's a fact.

Why was this 16 year old kid walking the streets at 1:45 in the morning? I feel sorry for his mother, who is no doubt grieving but c'mon people we need to be parents to our children and set boundries. These strets are not safe for anyone to be walking at 2 in the morning...let alone for a 16 year old.

— Moe Dirt, nothing ever good happens when you have 15 and 16 year olds out past midnight. And usually, when someone is gunned down at that time of the morning, they were doing something wrong, or were a gangster who had rivals looking fo rthem.

im still waitin for u to walk thru that door...i cant stop thinking about u

Honestly, no ones perfect and we can only TRY and fix what we can. & honestly thats all we could do is TRY. but what happens when all you do is try and you really cant do anything about it? what do you do than? you keep trying. i know exactly thats what his mother did. all she can do is TRY. & she did.& she gave her hardest and everything just like any other mother would do. but is it her fault to blame? i know its not.people obviously dont understand certain life styles , havent lived it, felt it, experienced it , shared it or just even thought of it, not even a little taste of it.i really hate the thought of what some people say in here. some people act like their CRAP dont stink.

Edgar, you know i love you. im missing you everyday. everynite your in my dreams. your a great person with a BIG heart. i know you knew what you had to do. your mom loves you very much and i know you feel the same. thank you for bringing myself and your mom together. i honestly wouldnt think we would want to meet up just because. theres a reason why were talking. i know it, i can feel it. looking at a picture your mother gave to me yesterday, your eyes they smile at me. i feel like your still here. i dont want to believe your gone. i dont want to except it. i feel like your here with me all the time. my love for you will be everlasting.Your one of a kind. 1 in a million.Im always hanging on, ill never let you go. One friend too many. LIFE DOESNT LAST FOREVER, LOVE DOES. till we meet again my friend. love always kandace.

— K&E ...... "people obviously dont understand certain life styles , havent lived it, felt it, experienced it , shared it or just even thought of it, not even a little taste of it."

OK, another admission that the deceased was a gangster.

Excellent! The truth has been established.

— K&E, youre right we haven't experienced it. Most people are rational humans who don't commit crimes nor exist to terrorize and kill others.

To syscom3, K&E,X, I would like to remind you that everyone on HR is not in a gang. I dont know Edgars situation but like I said before and I will say it again. If someone is getting initiated into a gang. They cannot kill a gang member. They have to kill someone innocent that is not in a gang. Remember Bill Cosbys son Ennis. Was killed in 1997 along side the freeway while changing his flat tire at night. He was killed by a ukraine gang member. He had no gang ties even though his death is gang related because he was killed by a gang member. It can happen to any of us at anytime. It happens to people who are innocent and people who are not innocent. But syscom3 please stop being racist. We know that you are not black or latino. We know that you are female not male. We know you live a sheltered , dull life behind community gates. Move to lacounty for a year. Come live among the common folk. Meet people who are less fortunate than you, they may have less money but lacounty, which includes East La, Wilmington, Compton, Lynwood, Inglewood,Athens, etc there are good people, decent people in these areas and there are bad people in theses areas. Come out of that Sheltered box that you live in and come live among these people before you start putting everyone in these areas down, and write anyone off in these areas as gang bangers who got what they deserved. I have never had to deal with this type of loss and pray I will never have to, but I do grieve for those who have.

I want to thank you to catholic volunteer and hope talk to you
Egdar's mom.

When will we stop internalizing the hate to one another and see that the judging goes way more than the color of the skin, or statistics. The system has failed us, this is not just a parent issue.
We find ourselves in a society that day by day finds it acceptable for parents to bury their children. This is unacceptable, analyze this 'it takes the hood to save the hood'. The issue is much deeper than what it seems, and we all are playing a role in it. It is not time to point fingers, it is a time to unite, to talk to our city officials, to demand more gang prevention programs, etc. It might seem insignificant to some, but it got me out of the 'hood mentality' and into a university. And I can say I am not the only one. Stop bashing on each other and understand that no parent should have to live through putting their child 6-feet-under.

Que Dios te bendiga mijo.

theres not one day that goes by that i dont think about you..

I can't stop thinking about my dear son.
I can't believe there are heatless
people to kill somebody. Nobody has the right to kill.

I miss you so much son, I hope be with you soon. Love you son.

Actually Edgar Gurrero was my Best friend. He actually was involed in Gangs. But did not let anybody else know but his closest friends. I would always tell him that, that kind of lifestyle can only led to Death or Jail. Unfortunatly it had to be Death. But he will always be remembered as my closest homie and he will be missed. Rest in Peace Edgar.

I'm missing you....we all miss you.....Rest in peace........my prayers go out to you man.......

Its sad how most of here think u have the right to jug otheres i went to school with edge belive it or not he was a good kid with a very big hart just cuz he was out at that time dosent mean he was in a gang ive been out at that time at party and im not in a gang ive had a nife put to my throght and im not in a gang and it true most of u havent had to go throgh alot a s..t like some of us had most of u dont know wat it is to grow up like we did me i come from a big family im the second oldest of six kids my mom came to this pace to us a better life but we realy dony get to see her she works 2 jobs get home around 2 3 in the morning guess wat we dont all have a to floor house with an alarm system some of us live in the geto with a perets strugoling to make ends meet...i would live ti tryed withtje one that was talking about haveing a 2 floor house and alarm system maybe i would het to spend a little more time with my mom u dont know wat familys go through so dont jug...q descanse edger...

Sheba "If someone is getting initiated into a gang. They cannot kill a gang member. They have to kill someone innocent that is not in a gang"

Who told you that?? Must of been something you read because that's far from the truth. These guys are out looking for the weakest target. And they would LOVE to put a bullet in a rivals head rather than an innocent person.

Regardless of all that nonsense, another young man has been killed for no good reason. I agree with some on here, this boy should of been at home or at least inside at that hour. ESPECIALLY in that neighborhood.

Shorty,

Give your mom the best Mother's Day gift of all time, get back to school. Trying to read this post of yours was the hardest thing to get through. She would be so happy if you brought home a report card that comtained good grades. School is so important.

wow edgar's birthday coming up. Damn i can't actually believe its almost been a year since this happened. It still feels as painful as the day he passed. I miss you alot. One day we will meet again my love...

It's been a long year without you! I hardly breath just thinking that you are not here. I miss you so much son!

We will always miss you primito... I love to think your in heaven smiling down on us. Taking care of all our family and our hardships... I hope to one day see all of our lost angels. We all miss you.. I will one day see all my family again with open arms.

I love you primo.

I can't believe you're not here son, it has to be a nightmare I can't belive you are not here next to me calling me.
I miss you so much. I want to see your smile, hug you...

people cud think whatever theyy want, but they dont know what kind of person edgar was. or what he'z been thru that made him the person he was, so critisize all you want. but yet when he was in need everyone that were his "homies" were'nt there.
we miss youu edgarr<3

— YONNE & LEANNA ...... we've already had confirmation that he was a gangster. That means he had a lifestyle that was violent and sociopathic.

We do know the deceased, far better than you do. And it isn't a surprise to the normal folks of this blog for a gangster to be abandoned by his "homies".

Cease
It's a known fact when a gang banger is initiated into a gang, they cannot kill a gang banger for the initiation because it's easy to kill your enemy.

— Sheba
"It's a known fact"
Please!! To who? How does such an ignorant comment slip through? Where do you get this ridiculous information? Are you an ex-banger or what? In a gang initiation, anything goes. Killing an enemy is actually the preferred way to get into a gang. Next time please do some decent research.

Sheba.. Again, that's far from the truth, but I'll let you think whatever you want.

Thanks, Meck. I said the same thing. Their enemies are the desired target.

Thanks, LA Times for posting =)

We miss you....He is in a better place now

Your murder rate is because of your GUNLAWS
its not a given right for people to carrie guns its not a given right to OWN A gun it is a privlige to own a licence to have fire arms rifles not hand guns
OUT LAW HANDGUNS this will help in the killing of people WAKEup USA
Your Barry deerhunter@xtra.co.nz

— Barry
You believe that in most of these murders, the suspects owned their guns legally? Just how much thought did you put into your post?

All you rude people are still on here with ur smart comments. Honestly who cares what u guys think. As much "research" as you do you will never really know. just let it be. hes resting now. U wanna go be smart about something? Go worry about ur family and get over it. its been two yrs. u are ignorant. it would be pointless to comment all of u individually. enough said.

You will be with us as long as we live, edgar. promise.