Elaine Garza, 41

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Elaine Garza, 41, a Latina woman, was shot and killed in the 12000 block of Valley Boulevard in El Monte about 2:26 p.m. Tuesday, April 22. According Deputy Luis Castro, officers from the El Monte Police Department responded to a call of a gunshot victim at the Five Points Plaza parking lot and found Garza with multiple wounds. She was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead 3:04 p.m. Witnesses told officers that the suspected shooter ran into the nearby motel. He was later detained as a ‘person of interest’ by police officers. Authorities said he possessed a gun of the same caliber as the bullet casings found at the crime scene. The L.A. County Coroner Department also identified Elaine Garza as Elaine Flores.