(L.A.) Richard Maragh Jr., 18, Died After Attempting a Robbery

Case Number: 1991-00258

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of an 18-year-old Black male.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Richard Maragh Jr.

Manner of Death: Homicide

Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound of Neck

RIP RICHARD MARAGH JR. (April 19, 1972 – January 7, 1991)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Monday at 7:49 p.m.

The decedent was shot dead after he and an accomplice attempted to rob 47-year-old Doretha Hall at her home. Hall’s 21-year-old son David was able to disarm Maragh and turn the gun on him.

David Hall was lauded as a hero for defending his mother. He sufferered a gunshot wound in the leg.