Bladimire Alvarado, 30

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Bladimire Alvarado, 30, a Latino man, was killed in a fistfight involving a roommate near 95th and Figueroa in South Los Angeles after 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, the second LAPD Southeast homicide in one weekend. He and the roommate were fighting over making noise: One roommate was afraid the other would get them kicked out, said Det. Matt Mahoney. Alvarado was killed by a blow to the head. The roommate is in custody. Both victim and suspect were Salvadorans from the same town, he said.