Homicide Report > Juan Morales, 18
Juan Morales, 18
Died March 6, 2007 at 7:07 p.m.
Juan Morales, 18, a young Latino man, was struck by bullets multiple times at Hartland Street and Woodman Avenue in Valley Glen and died at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 6.
Morales was standing with his younger brother about 5:30 p.m. when a white sport-utility vehicle pulled up, police said. The people inside yelled gang names and then one fired a gun, hitting Morales, who was taken to a local hospital and died in surgery there.
The next day, Van Nuys detectives arrested four people in Palmdale in connection to the killing and seized from them a gun, casings, a car stolen in LAPD's Rampart Division and other stolen property.
Two of those arrested are underage Latino boys. The other two are Latino men: Elder Robles, 18, and Alvaro Guerra, 23. All those arrested face adult murder charges, police said.
- Neighborhood: Valley Glen
- Age: 18
- Gender: Male
- Cause: Gunshot
- Day of the week: Tuesday
- Agency: LAPD Van Nuys
- Race/Ethnicity: Latino
- Circumstance: Drive-by
Three reader comments about Juan Morales
years later my family still cant for get that day.i miss my cousin so much there isnt a day that goes by that we remember him.still get flash backs of that day
June 26, 2011 at 10:51 a.m.
My boyfriend alvaro guerra was sentenced to life with no proves he wasn't even their that day that your cousin died
Jan. 13, 2012 at 12:45 a.m.
— leslie .... you say your boyfriend was sentenced to life with no [parole?].
That sounds like he was there at the scene of the murder.
Jan. 16, 2012 at 10:08 a.m.
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