(L.A.) Glen Ornelas, 15, Died From a Fire

Case Number: 2022-12302

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 15-year-old Hispanic male that occurred at a business.

The coroner’s office has identified the teenage boy as Glen Ornelas.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Thermal Burns and Smoke Inhalation

RIP GLEN ORNELAS (September 30, 2007 – November 27, 2022)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Sunday at 4:35 a.m.

The decedent was a passenger of a vehicle that crashed into a liquor store in the Vermont Square area and then sparked a fire. The 37-year-old driver had lost control of the vehicle.

Chesterfield Square is a 0.63-square-mile neighborhood within the South Los Angeles region. It contains its namesake park, along with the Van Ness Recreation Center. In March 2002, Magic Johnson opened a Starbucks coffee shop in Chesterfield Square.

Vermotn Square and Chesterfield Square are adjacent neighborhoods.

Chesterfield Square is bounded by Martin Luther King Boulevard on the north, Normandie Avenue on the east, South Van Ness Boulevard on the west.