LASD Records - Knock LA

Databases of Known Associates of Deputy Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Deputy Shootings 1984-Current

Part of A Tradition of Violence, a 15-part investigative series by Cerise Castle published by Knock LA, and Life Under the Gun: An Analysis of Shootings by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, a project supported by the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2023 California Health Equity Impact Fund, and by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists.

Shootings Map

Shootings Data

LASD Gang Affiliates

This map illustrates the location of all incidents of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) personnel firing their weapons at people for which records could be obtained. Many are presumed to be missing. The map will continue to update as records become available. To learn more, read Life Under the Gun: An Analysis of Shootings by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. If you would like to support this effort, you can donate to our Patreon.