Homicide Report > Marcus Lemons, 31 [Updated]
Marcus Lemons, 31 [Updated]
Died Feb. 21, 2009 at 11:19 p.m.
Marcus Lemons, a 31-year-old black man, was shot by his wife, a CHP officer, on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, in the 400 block of Amantha Avenue in Compton.
The name of the officer has not been released by authorities, but the shooting is being investigated as a domestic violence incident, authorities said.
Lemons was in a car with his wife when she allegedly shot him.
Read more Times coverage of the incident:
Off-duty CHP officer allegedly kills husband
Man allegedly killed by wife, a CHP officer, is identified
[Update Jan. 17, 2011: Officer pleads not guilty to killing husband]
[Update Jan. 23, 2012: CHP officer found guilty of murdering her husband]
[Update March 9, 2012: Former CHP officer sentenced to 50 years for killing her husband]
— Anthony Pesce
- Neighborhood: Compton
- Age: 31
- Gender: Male
- Cause: Gunshot
- Day of the week: Saturday
- Agency: LASD Homicide
- Race/Ethnicity: Black
- Circumstance: Domestic violence
- Crime scene: Parked vehicle
Five reader comments about Marcus Lemons
Marcus was a good man
Jan. 10, 2011 at 8:18 p.m.
only God can judge
Feb. 5, 2011 at 6:17 a.m.
I'm so glad you're resting in peace now and I hope your son grows up to be a great man like you
Feb. 24, 2012 at 1:30 p.m.
I do not know the parties involved but I pray that both sides can come together for the children who lost their parents.
March 9, 2012 at 8:32 p.m.
To his kidds or loved ones. I dont have to say how peaceful this brother was. God will have the final say so dont sweat it. She was dead wrong. N now shes dead gone sleeping on metal
Feb. 14, 2013 at 11:20 a.m.
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