Brandon Garrido, 16

Too young to pass away, those are scary hours to be out on the streets anywhere in LA.

Its really sad to hear this story its painful that this young teen had to go so soon.And yeah it is scary to be out in the streets of L.A. at anytime

what was he doing . been out at 230 am when there is school i know what he was doing was tagging thats about the time when taggers start there work and he was new to tagging and another tagging gang shot him"

A 16 year old out on the streets at that hour is only up to no good.

He was a gangster (or tagger) and paid the price for his choice to engage in criminal activity.

@ syscom3, I hope that when the day comes and your on the grieving end, your as negatively out spoken as you are when commenting on others loved ones. To the family of this baby, my god bless and keep you in your time of grief. Regardless as to what he was doing out at 2:30 in the morning, no one deserves to be shot down like an animal and left in the street!. Sadden,

whens the gang killings going to stop its worse than ever

The sad truth is what was he doing out at 0230 hours? No, he did not deserve to be murdered whether he is a tagger or not. If you run in these circles (tagging crew) there is a good chance some thing bad will happen. These gang bangers they just shot you dead...

Sadden, If the deceased was home like he should have been, he wouldnt be listed on this blog. He was out looking for trouble and found it.

You cant sugarcoat it any other way. Its only a matter of time before his "homies" start commenting on here about how he was a good little gangster.

As for when the day comes when I am grieving? Maybe in your world, murder and violence is commonplace and grieving over people lost to murder is the normal. For me, grieving is for when people who have die of old age. And that is the norm for a majority of people.

Its interesting that whats being ASSUMED is this young man was a tagger.. also its assumed he was out @ 2:30am but the article details that he was merely found at 2:25am. It does not make mention of a time he was shot nor any other details... so is it also safe to assume that he was shot hours earlier but found relatively late? Are perhaps shot somewhere else and placed in that area?

It's actually quite sad that some of you are so put off by the comments that question this young man's moral fortitude as well the company he keept.Are you people so accepting of this way of life that it bothers you when attacked?

Good observation CJ.

It is ironic though that the deceased was murdered across from a cemetery.

Syscom3..are u serious?! First of all NOBODY deserves to die the way he did. Did you guys really just come up with tagging because it SOUNDS like something he would be doing?? Do you people know him? are you a friend of the family? No? Ok then stop with your assumptions!

Syscom3, I don't wish nothing bad on anyone but what if you or a loved one got murdered on the way home in the late hours? Would it be ok of people assumed that you or your loved ones were up to no good? Just a question. We can't speak for the deceased!!

If this is the same person that was always out in the area late and night....and I think it is. He wasn't up to no good. I caught him on several occasions tagging and causing destruction to the area. He also hung around a few others...so I doubt it very much if he was as alone as the police think. This is just another case of his friends ran off and left him to die alone.

College Student; Its a reasonable assumption that a 16 year old male in that part of town, being found at that time of the morning, was up to no good.

Read this blog long enough and certein things become clear. Juveniles that are outside their homes after its dark are at increased risk for harm.

Pancho - I can assure you that no juveniles are seen in my neighborhood after 10:00pm. And guess what, there hasnt been any homicides where I live since the tract was built 50 plus years ago.

Syscom3: You're all stats and lack humanity. You must live in a retirement community with no kids present because even the best kids, from the best families, in the best neighborhoods like to party and stay up late. I agree with you on occasion when the murdered are undoubtedly gangsters, but you choose to assume that people are guilty first and without knowing the facts. You need to take a vacation and not be so bitter. You could be maligning a kid that was being held against his will for hours, shot, and then dumped there. You seem to believe that if someone j-walks and gets hit by a car, they deserve that. Like I said, I have no sympathy for gangsters, but often times good people actually die too. You spend too much time judging out of fear. Do you see what you've become? You're a sad little man.

Swine-com3: When are you going to move out of your parents house in your white bread suburban neighborhood and start living in the real world?

Of course that would mean getting a job so what's a poor little rich boy to do? Welcome to Wendy's can I take your order?

To All,

It appears that the kid was found at 2:30am, so that's not saying that what happened to him happened at 2:30am, who knows how long this kid laid there before he was found, and that's the sad part about it all. But, any how it's so sad to know that heartless cold-blooded killers prey on L.A. like they do, and they seem to get colder, and colder.

ok.every one seems to not know the real truth behind this,not even me but i could tell you this much that i heard.That goes for that a-hole that keeps saying bad things about him and he dont even know nothing about this.so i heard that he went to my cousins house around 8:00pm to hang out with him, but he wasnt there because me and him went to see IRON MAN 2.SO then he went to his other friends house named jimmy which lives a couple of blocks away from his.Now i guess when he was going home maybe around 12:ooam and some bastard shot him because he thought he was gang related and later on they found his body.Now why they found him so late is because no one in this part of the city cares for no one else so maybe people seen the body earlier but did not care until somebody thought it was the right thing to help.Now this settles it better for every one especially that a-hole syscome3 talking about my friend like that.

The boy is dead and gone. Give it a rest. Catch the killer and shoot him to death.

Syscom is just a cowardly sociopath who enjoys taunting grieving families from behind the anonymity of a computer screen. It's ironic how much he likes to throw that "sociopath" word around regarding gangsters -- or any minority who is murdered.

It's unbelievable that a lot of you are blaming this young kid for his own death. Being out late at night, if that was the case, does not mean is okay for anyone to be killed. How about making our city safer where any of us should feel free to take a walk during the mid night and be safe? CJ, you brought up good points to the table. Most bloggers are assuming he was out and about at 2am, when is very posssible that he was murdered at an early time. As a parent I wouldn't let my kids go out at the time, but if for whatever reason they happen to be out at any time I think our city should be safe enough for our kids to come back home. The focus should be on the people who commited this crime and put them away. Remember he was only 16 and a lot of teenagers don't rationalize like adults do. So for all of you who blame this kid for hiw own death shame on you!

Brian, using the race card now? On the few occasions where a white gangster has been murdered, Ive called them the same words.

Upurass, (interesting name) sorry to dissapoint you, but I last lived with my parents 3 decades ago. And have had good jobs ever since.

As for the deceased being out at midnight. Still way to late for a 16 year old for that part of town.

Syscom, relax with the jumping to conclusions and such. We all know the probability of mischief at those hours. BUT since you werenʻt there and it says "he was NOT a gang member" there is a good probability that this is a case of mistaken identity. For all we know, some cowardly gang bangers/criminals drove up on him and murdered him. Unless this area has a curfew, it is NOT illegal to be out and about at this time at night. No matter what age. God knows WE ALL have been out at this time when we were younger. Pushing boundaries, sneaking around, just being young trying to figure life out. Lets let these people mourn and not challenge or mock their feelings.

daym imaa miss my nephue alot man foreals he ha a lil girl whyy mann all u lames stop talkiin ur lame dont even know the story.iits sad to know ur gone and cat be whiit us anymore ima miis yu lil nephue

— his aunt
How old are u 16 also? Did you write he had a daughter? How sad!

I didn't know this boy. I don't know alot of the people who are killed in this boyle heights neighborhood and the sad thing is that alot of the dead are youngsters. What I know is that temptation lies in every corner, waiting for someone else to fall into its evil traps. No one should die this way, not one, these kids are the future. Somewhere along the way our youth is being consumed and all that is gained is misery, pain, grief, resentment, a thirst for vengeance, and more hate. If anyone truly cared for what matters most in this world , which is Life, there wouldn't be things like this happening.For peace' sake, NOT ONE MORE!

I love you alot lil nephuee i still miss yu nd think of yu its hard to know your gone

syscom3 stop talking your none sense lame u aint nothing but a lil doll boy. u didnt know him and he didnt know u. dont comment on things u dont know about ...........

i miisss youu so muchnephuee why diid u have to gooo =[

@brandons aunts
oh my god learn to spell

— big dee, thats the way they spell, to let all know they are "hip and cool".

And they dont realize that many people are laughing at them and are completely underwhelmed by what they have to say.

His aunt, tia ect...

No wonder this kid was out at a time he shouldn't have been. He had someone like you looking after him. God bless his weak soul. A kid who never had a chance.

— syscom3
I just wanted to know why you come on the LA homicide report if it has nothing to do with you?
Why do you want to make people grieve?
Is that just a hobby of yours to put people down?
I'm guessing your going to say my tax dollars pays to clean there mess up?
Well then you need to move out of California sense its so bad.
And may i know what neighborhood you live in sense its so great?

Please don't come and talk stupid stuff or make this a place to talk bad about others.

Have respect.

RIP Brandon <3

Rest In Peace Primo<3 Youll Always Be In Out Heart' Nothing Is The same here With Out You but God Only Knows Why he Took yew Alway From us:/
Love Yew And miss You Para Siempree♥'

syscom3: you shouldnt be talking smack about my primo you didnt even know how was and what he was doing at that time, if you got nothing good to say then why are you over here commenting in his blog! get your lame ass out of here!! this is family

— Rip Brandon
This is a public forum. Anybody can leave comments as they please. Not just family.

@ Syscom u consistently lie on these blogs....u have a habit of keeping ur comments to yourself when a Caucasian is murdered(look back and u will see that I called u out on several)....and consistently use that word sociopath to describe minority victims and suspects...however when I challenged u to come work with some of these same people to understand them u declined to comment(look back)....Syscom is a person that is stuck at home and rarely goes on vacation....I just came back from vacation and read some past post and u just seem eager to piss people off....that is a sign of a sociopath....one who is obsessed with a particular thing...u are obsessed with annoying those that are grieving....this shows that u were lef unattended during those first eighteen months of ur life hence missing out on nurturing from ur parents....this turns into trust vs mistrust which turns I to u looking to cause the same grief to others that ur parents caused to you...I suggest that u seek help whomever you are...I'm willing to bet that if no one responded to your comments u would actually find it hard to keep living