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12-29-2004, 06:41 AM
Twentynine Palms Marine shot dead by police after chase
High-speed pursuit preceded by death of transgendered Hollywood hooker
http://www.thedesertsun.com/news/stories2004/local/20041228013350.shtml
The Desert Sun
December 28th, 2004
LOS ANGELES -- A Twentynine Palms Marine who led Los Angeles police on a high-speed chase after allegedly killing a transgender prostitute in Hollywood was shot to death by officers.
Patrick Edward Vallor, 22, an MP, allegedly pointed a gun at pursuing officers in a McDonald’s restaurant parking lot in the Atwater Village area early Sunday, Assistant Chief Jim McDonnell said.
The Marine apparently picked up a prostitute he believed was a female, investigators said. When he discovered the prostitute was a man, the Marine allegedly killed the man and dumped the body near Melrose Avenue.
Craig Harvey, Operations Chief at the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, said his office could not release the identity of the alleged prostitute pending notification of next of kin.
He was a 25-year-old male Hispanic with an unknown last address, Harvey said. His body, which indicated gunshot wounds, was found in the 4900 Melrose Hill, Los Angeles.
The coroner’s office will conduct a standard homicide autopsy on the 25-year-old and is conducting a standard LAPD officer-involved shooting autopsy on Vallor.
LAPD has declined to release further information about the incident, which is under investigation.
Officers first fired a beanbag round to subdue Vallor, but he pointed the weapon at officers and he was shot, Officer Jack Richter said Monday.
Vallor was from Reseda in the San Fernando Valley.
"It’s a sad situation," McDonnell. "Here’s a guy who had his life ahead of him and in a very short period of time threw it all away."
Based on vehicle descriptions by witnesses, police chased the suspect’s car through Hollywood to the parking lot near San Fernando Road and Fletcher Drive
High-speed pursuit preceded by death of transgendered Hollywood hooker
http://www.thedesertsun.com/news/stories2004/local/20041228013350.shtml
The Desert Sun
December 28th, 2004
LOS ANGELES -- A Twentynine Palms Marine who led Los Angeles police on a high-speed chase after allegedly killing a transgender prostitute in Hollywood was shot to death by officers.
Patrick Edward Vallor, 22, an MP, allegedly pointed a gun at pursuing officers in a McDonald’s restaurant parking lot in the Atwater Village area early Sunday, Assistant Chief Jim McDonnell said.
The Marine apparently picked up a prostitute he believed was a female, investigators said. When he discovered the prostitute was a man, the Marine allegedly killed the man and dumped the body near Melrose Avenue.
Craig Harvey, Operations Chief at the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, said his office could not release the identity of the alleged prostitute pending notification of next of kin.
He was a 25-year-old male Hispanic with an unknown last address, Harvey said. His body, which indicated gunshot wounds, was found in the 4900 Melrose Hill, Los Angeles.
The coroner’s office will conduct a standard homicide autopsy on the 25-year-old and is conducting a standard LAPD officer-involved shooting autopsy on Vallor.
LAPD has declined to release further information about the incident, which is under investigation.
Officers first fired a beanbag round to subdue Vallor, but he pointed the weapon at officers and he was shot, Officer Jack Richter said Monday.
Vallor was from Reseda in the San Fernando Valley.
"It’s a sad situation," McDonnell. "Here’s a guy who had his life ahead of him and in a very short period of time threw it all away."
Based on vehicle descriptions by witnesses, police chased the suspect’s car through Hollywood to the parking lot near San Fernando Road and Fletcher Drive