(L.A.) Benjamin Caranchini, 18, Died at a Hospital
Case Number: 2022-12624
Los Angeles County is reporting the death of an 18-year-old male that occurred at a hospital.
The coroner’s office has identified the man as Benjamin Caranchini and listed his race/ethnicity as Latin American.
Manner of Death: Homicide
Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound of Chest
RIP BENJAMIN CARANCHINI (January 31, 2004 – December 5, 2022)
Formal pronouncement of death was made on Monday at 10:45 a.m.
The decedent was fatally shot in Azusa.
Azusa Police Department officers responded about 10 a.m. Monday to a report of a crash in the 200 block of East Newburgh Street, near Azusa Avenue and Arrow Highway.
The victim was identified as Benjamin Caranchini.
When officers arrived, they found Caranchini suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
After he was shot, Caranchini crashed his dark-colored Hyundai into a parked pickup in a residential neighborhood.
Caranchini was live-streaming video on social media when the shooting occurred. A gunshot can be heard on the video before the driver — who was wearing a red beanie and a black face mask — lost control of the car.