The coroner’s office Monday released the name of the 29-year-old woman who was shot dead at her home in the unincorporated Willowbrook area of north of Compton.
The shooting victim was identified as Mayra Portillo-Moreno, said Investigator Kristy McCracken of the coroner’s office.
Portillo-Moreno’s live-in boyfriend, Juan Rodriguez, 29, was later arrested on suspicion of murder and assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the fatal shooting, said Deputy Charles Moore of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
The shooting occurred a little after 1:40 a.m. Saturday in the 12400 block of South Grandee Avenue, where deputies dispatched to the location reported that Portillo-Moreno, shot at least once in the upper torso, was pronounced dead at the scene, Moore said.
Rodriguez, allegedly retrieved a gun during an argument between the two and fired several rounds at Portillo-Moreno, striking her in the upper torso, Moore said. Their 8-year-old daughter was accidentally struck by gunfire and was in critical condition.
Deputies dispatched to the scene located two of her children, a 1-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl, who were unharmed, Moore said.
Shortly after that, deputies also reported that Rodriguez had rushed the 8-year-old girl to a hospital, where she was listed in critical condition, Moore said.
Rodriguez was later arrested on suspicion of murder and assault with a deadly weapon, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Information Bureau said.
Rodriguez and Portillo-Moreno had been in a dating relationship for approximately nine years, Moore said.
Sheriff’s homicide detectives asked anyone with information regarding the shooting to call them at (323) 890-5500.