(L.A.) Luis Polito, 25, Died in a Hospital
Case Number: 2023-03937
Notice provided by the government
me.lacounty.gov/case-detail/?caseNumber2023-03937
The coroner’s office has identified the man as Luis Polito.
Manner of Death: Homicide
Cause of Death: Stab Wounds of the Chest
RIP LUIS POLITO (November 25, 1997 – April 12, 2023)
Formal pronouncement of death was made on Wednesday at 4:02 p.m.
Media otulets and the Long Beach Police Department had given the decedent’s name as Luis Fernando Polita. He was fatally stabbed aboard a Metro Blue Line train in Long Beach.
Three suspects in total would eventually be arrested for this murder: Akili Collins, 18; Melake Daniel, 19; and Gael Cruz-Gonzalez , 21.
The motive for the attack was apparently a dispute that originated on the Metro train all four men were on.