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A man, identified by loved ones as Grady Morgan, was found stabbed Tuesday night at Sunset Ridge Apartments in the 43400 Block of 16th Street West in Lancaster. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
A man, identified by loved ones as Grady Morgan, was found stabbed Tuesday night at Sunset Ridge Apartments in the 43400 Block of 16th Street West in Lancaster. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

LANCASTER – The man stabbed and killed in Lancaster Tuesday night was 69-year-old Grady Morgan, according to his fiancée Christine Bloxton.

“Whoever did this to Grady, will you please come forward?” Bloxton pleaded between tears Wednesday morning. “That’s my soul, that’s my backbone, that’s my loved one, that’s everything to me. A part of me is gone now!”

“He was a good person with a good heart, always there to help anybody, he didn’t deserve this,” said a man who identified himself as a family member but did not want to give his name.

Several people consoled each other at the Sunset Ridge Apartments Wednesday morning, where they said Grady Morgan was found dying in his apartment the night before.

According to a Sheriff’s Department press release, the victim was found around 7:09 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 29) in the 43400 Block of 16th Street West in Lancaster.

Bloxton said she found her fiancee "full of blood" on his kitchen floor when she dropped by his apartment Tuesday.
Bloxton said she found her fiance bleeding out on the kitchen floor of his apartment Tuesday.

“The victim was discovered by a friend who had stopped by the victim’s house. Deputies and paramedics responded and transported the victim to a local hospital where he died from his injuries,” reads the Sheriff’s Department’s press release.

Bloxton said she made the tragic discovery when she dropped by Morgan’s apartment to bring him some freshly washed clothes.

“The door was locked when I got here. Normally the door is open, and I just walk right in,” she said.

Bloxton said she rang the bell, and when Morgan didn’t answer, she looked through a window of the ground floor apartment and saw her fiancé.

Several people comforted Bloxton and Morgan's apartment Wednesday morning.
Several people comforted Bloxton at Morgan’s apartment Wednesday morning.

“The only thing I could do was just yell and start screaming, ‘Help me! Somebody help me!’” She said.

Bloxton said no one came outside to help, so she ran to different apartments, knocking on doors, until a man across the street answered her pleas.

She said the Good Samaritan broke through a window to let her into Morgan’s apartment so she could see if her fiancé was still alive.

“He was just laying down there on the floor in a fetal position like a baby,” Bloxton said, adding that Morgan was unresponsive.

She said she called 9-1-1, and the responding paramedics rushed Morgan to the hospital. She said deputies told her Morgan had been stabbed multiple times in the upper body, and questioned her on why anyone would want to hurt Morgan.

Bloxton said she told deputies the incident could have been the result of a “drug robbery”. She said Morgan sold drugs “on the side” out of his apartment, and he went by the nickname of “O.G.”

“You know how people come through and want to see if they can get credit from you or whatever? So he probably turned them down and they got angry and so they started to stab him,” Bloxton said.

She said deputies did not recover a weapon at the scene, but she suspects the killer may have stabbed Morgan with his own knife – a pocketknife that Morgan keeps on him at all times.

She said the killer may have also left a skateboard behind, because an unfamiliar skateboard was at the apartment.

“Whatever you all did, you left too soon because you couldn’t get your damn skateboard!” Bloxton said, adding that deputies took the skateboard as evidence. “You might as well turn yourself in, you’re gonna get caught!”

Bloxton had an adult daughter and a young grandson, his fiancee said.
Morgan had an adult daughter and a young grandson, his fiancee said.

Bloxton said she spoke to Morgan by phone about two hours before she found him, and she suspects the stabbing occurred just minutes before she dropped by.

“The blood was fresh like it just happened. If I would have got here sooner, it probably wouldn’t have happened,” she choked out between sobs.

Bloxton said she and Morgan had been together since 2007, and Morgan had moved to the Sunset Ridge Apartments from Riverside about a year and a half ago. He lived in the two-bedroom apartment with a roommate, who was at work at the time of the incident, Bloxton said.

“If anyone seen anything over here at the Sunset Ridge, please contact the police department and let them know what happened,” Bloxton said. “Grady didn’t bother nobody, he was a good person.”

Wednesday morning, Sheriff’s Homicide Lt. Holly Francisco said there was no new information in the stabbing death, and no suspects were in custody.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you would like to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS-8477.

Related article: BREAKING NEWS: Man stabbed and killed in Lancaster

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118 comments for "Man stabbed and killed ID’d by loved ones"

  1. WHO ARE WE TO PASS JUDGEMENT ON WHAT THIS MAN DID OR DID NOT DO! SOMEONE LOST THEIR LIFE AND ALL YOU PEOPLE CAN FOCUS ON IS THAT HE “MAY” HAVE SOLD DRUGS! THAT DOES NOT DEFINE HIS CHARACTER. NO ONE IS PERFECT AND WE DON’T KNOW HIS CIRCUMSTANCES. SO INSTEAD OF POSTING SO MUCH NEGATIVITY WE NEED TO JUST PRAY FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY…..ITS REALLY SAD THAT NO ONE EVER FOCUSES ON THE GOOD IN PEOPLE BUT ARE SO QUICK TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR FAULTS! PEOPLE ARE HUMAN…. DEAL WITH IT!

  2. WHAT THE “F”!!!! You even more stupid than I thought you were. WE ain’t SAYING Grady was our brother. Stupid his IS OUR BROTHER in life and in death. The SAME BLOOD that was running in his veins is the SAME BLOOD that is running in our veins.

    He never said anything about you. He didn’t bring down to his birthday party we gave him last year did he? Huh???? No, that should tell you something. IF YOU WERE someone special, Grady would have brought you down with him. Grady came to visit OUR MOTHER and his BROTHERS AND SISTERS, NIECES AND NEPHEWS on a regular basis.

    Why DIDN’T he invite you to come? Huh???? What do you mean you never let him go hungry. Grady was not some poor and helpless man. REMEMBER he signed to get you that apartment before your housing came through. Grady was financially SECURE and in GOOD HEALTH. He had enough money to take care of himself, and he was physically able to cook for himself if he wanted do so. If you cooked a meal for him I am sure you was paid. Just like all the other hookers that did [removed] for him for MONEY$$$$.

    Grady only brought one girl down to meet us and it wasn’t you. Is that why you schemed to have him robbed? Did you find out that he was seeing another girl and you couldn’t take it? Huh??? On yes, I’LL WAIT FOR THE ANSWER…. You talking about the killer left in a hurry and forgot his skateboard. But, some how he remembered to lock the door. Yes, things that make the POLICE go huuummm! You must have rehearsed those grand lies over and over again. The only problem is that you have said too much. Its hard to remember all the lies.

    You know Grady was no dope dealer, he was retired man living his life. You are delusional if you think you gave him a reason to live. Grady LOVED LIFE, he LOVED to LAUGH and have FUN. Grady lived a full life and had many, many stories to tell. Oh my goodness, you forgot to tell that… And you you forgot to tell Grady had a medical marijuana card. Cause you know Grady always tried to do things the right way.

    And you also forgot tell the reporter, that the room-mate that you said was not there was your brother. Huh??? I’LL WAIT FOR THE ANSWER. Seems to me the person who killed my brother was SOMEONE he KNEW. That would explain him laying in the fetal position, he could believe that SOMEONE who it trusted and befriended would stab him.

    How is it the door handle don’t have any blood on it? Ohhhh, I know the killer washed his/her hands and then walked out the door remembering to lock it. YES, I’LL WAIT FOR THE ANSWER.

    • Juanita, you got it girl…she is trash and a possible murderer. I say possible because I don’t know for sure who did it but it was a coward. They could have just left him alone. Stand up for your brother, he can’t anymore.

      • That wasn’t her brother!! That fool was her man!! She is running game on you fools!! Her story don’t add up!! She even looks like a smoker!

  3. I was SHOCKED!
    I was in denial.
    I was ANGER!!!!&&%^&*&^$$#@!@@
    I was blaming.
    I was sad and lonely :(
    I was trying to make sense of it.
    I am now accepting. Grady, my big brother is dead.
    He has passed over into the other side.
    And, that he is praying for those who loved him.
    and for those he loved to join him on day in the sky
    WITH JESUS. Accept Jesus today if you don’t know him.

  4. was SHOCKED!
    I was in denial.
    I was ANGER!!!!&&%^&*&^$$#@!@@
    I was blaming.
    I was sad and lonely :(
    I was trying to make sense of it.
    I am now accepting. Grady, my big brother is dead.
    He has passed over into the other side.
    And, that he is praying for those who loved him.
    and for those he loved to join him on day in the sky
    WITH JESUS. Accept Jesus today if you don’t know him.

  5. Saw the interview of the the so-called fiancé. The way she was acting and yelling the way she did made her look high on something. Yes, I believe she was in on this senseless murder of a human being. R.I.P. Grady Morgan. Anyone witnessing your grandpa or grandma being taken advantage by someone (you all know the signs), stop it cause you’ll be saving them from abuse or death. Just saying, this was a cold-blooded murder. I hope they’ve found the criminal punk that murdered this helpless man.

  7. Violence is a risk of the trade. If you want to deal drugs you need to accept that the threat of violence comes with criminal activity. Sorry “OG” Original Gangstah I feel no sympathy for you ….you felt no sympathy selling dope to kids and bringing that type of element to our neighborhoods. I found this whole story ridiculous and your “fiance” even reporting how you sold drugs or ranting about the kid and his skatboard….what a joke. Sunset Ridge clean up your apartments sweep out the degenerates and their company.

    • What the??? What do you know about the risk of the trade? Just like you have no sympathy there will be no sympathy when your time comes. Remember what you reap you sow. What you give out is coming back and I can see you go a hard way to go coming.

  8. Grady was my uncle and regardless to what people may think or say I will NEVER be able to see my Uncle again in this life. I am shocked that this so called Fiance would have such horrible things to say concerning his death. My Uncle was MURDERED!!!

    We can all go back and forth about his character cause He was a very Loving Person..but what gives another person the right to PLAY GOD AND TAKE ANOTHERS LIFE? I dont know of any Wife, Girlfriend, Lover who would say that it was a drug robbery unless she is involved and trying to force feed us her truth which is a LIE. I also read a statement by someone whom apparently thinks their friendship with my Uncle makes them FAMILY over his blood and if yall were talking such GOOD care of my family Living OFF his hard earned pension then WHO KILLED MY UNCLE? and WHY?

    How did he die in your care and you have the nerve to be angry with his REAL Family. Just answer this one question for me and I will let you rock…..”Why didnt his so-called Fiance have a key to my uncle house or better yet a cell phone to call for help instead of banging on peoples doors like an idiot?” Just because you cook a few meals or wash some clothes does not classify you as a Fiance just a friendly “Woman of the night. Yall so called family out there KILLED my UNCLE and your day is coming!!!

    • Kisha Kelly, I could feel your pain from reading your words. So sorry for the loss of your uncle. From reading the other comments it sounds like two sets of people loved this man very much but the two sides did not know much about each other. Perhaps you all can put your differences aside and join together to get justice for this man. Sad situation all around. RIP Grady Morgan…

    • ya know, Kisha kelly’s comments made me think about the possibility that perhaps Bloxton is crazy or an addict and it was just bad luck that she just happened to be the ones reporters interviewed first. No key, banging on peoples doors like an idiot, that and the pic of her pointing to where he died all makes her look like a crazy woman. if your” fiancée” was stabbed to death would you invite a photographer in to take photos and point out the blood stains? No. since most of the information we know came from her, perhaps it should be taken with a grain of salt.

  9. Was reading all this with concern and then read this.
    She said Morgan sold drugs “on the side” out of his apartment…

    Stopped reading after that and said to myself. That’s Why.

  10. When the laundry is hung out to dry you will see that this so called girlfriend is involved with the murder. Why would a young woman want a 69 year old grandfather if not for his pension check each month…and the roommate who was at work is never mentioned of selling the alleged drugs. She is guilty and so is her cohort who may or may not be skate board less. when someone finds a loved one in a pool of blood they certainly don’t want to go back and show someone the gore, she was running to it to show the cops. Usually the person who finds the body is the killer!!! Mark my words, that pig is going down, our cops are not stupid

  11. WOW I see this tragic event has thrown some $4.25 Gasoline on the fire that is Senseless Acts here in the HI Desert.

    All this energy to make your point better than anothers….S A D!

    Hopefully the Killer or Killers and all involved are caught and brought to justice. The family deserves closure and respect.

    The gates in the clouds bright in the sunshine with the Angels getting their Wings…Are Open for GRADY “O.G.” MORGAN…. The community needs to respect this family in its time of celebration of life, and rememberence…..

    ———> :-) <———–

  12. he was my man for years and he pimped me out for years. crack habits are a hell of a thing and I need my crack so god bless you grady for hooking me and supplying all my johns. just becuse im a prostutite dont mean you know me, only god judge me. he sold crack and weed but i used his crack so we both had to work extra hard, know what i sayin, god bless

  13. First off i feel that no one should speak on anything…all you people comment with [removed] that dont even make since… Grady was a good man i kno him very very well he did wat he did on the side but who are yall to judge him the whole point is that he got murdered in his home because of a rutheless ass person that did give a damn about his life… And to the family member of grady he rarely spoke of yuh only thing was about his granchild and daughter… He never got any visit rarely got calls from any of you we been his family out here and always will be.. The point is dont speak on sumthing that you know nothing of whoever did this better hide and hide good cause you will be cught point blank period

    • He never spoke you. And why would he speak about us to you. Who do you think you are? You putting nickles on quarters. You wish your were his family but you never were. You were just somebody passing in his life. Family is family no matter what. You really should take your mouth off this family (Grady’s real family). You got no respect!!! Grady was our blood bore family and you have no right to tell us to do or stop a damn thing. Our brother was murdered out there where you are and you don’t have a clue of who did it. And your trying to tell us to don’t speak? You’re a fool.

    • wow really how dare you make it seem like we didnt care for my uncle how in the hell do you know who called him and if you know so much i would be talking to my uncle today not typing this [removed] and if you guys call your self his so called family up there then why are you trying to make it look like my uncle was a durg dealer anyone can be called OG nowadays it just means OLD!!!! and why are you telling the person that did this to hide and hide good cause they are going to get cought thats what we want to happen you [removed] they better hope the police find them before we do

  14. Wow. That really makes me think. Why would a grieving fiance would give up all the information. Seems to me, she knows that the police don’t really investigate when a drug dealers are killed, so if she can make him look like a drug dealer than her part in his death will never be found out.

    • i was thinking the same [removed]…detail to detail she has a good damn story.. she should be on life time….

      • lol she needs more acting lessons on how to grieve and I like the whole let me show you where his blood is good job crackhead GF

  15. GRADY MORGAN, YOU WILL BE SO, SO MISSED. A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN YOU WORKED FOR THE GOVERNMENT I WAS SO VERY LUCKY TO MEET YOU. ME AND MY CHILDREN HAD JUST MOVED HERE AND WERE STARTING OVER. YOU TOOK US IN FOR ABOUT A YEAR, UNTIL WE WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT ON OUR OWN. I REMEMBER YOU SITTING FOR HOURS TELLING FUNNY STORIES TO MY SON AND FRIEND (F. S.) I AM IN DISBELIEF THAT SOMEONE COULD SO VICIOUSLY TAKE YOUR LIFE. AS A MATTER OF FACT WE PASSED EACH OTHER JUST THE OTHER DAY AT THE STORE, AND YOU NEVER LOOKED IN BETTER HEALTH. ALWAYS WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE.
    WHO EVER THIS PERSON IS, THAT WITHOUT ANY CARE, TOOK GRADY’S LIFE PLEASE LET HIM LIVE AN ETERNITY, IN A WORSE PLACE THAN HELL, IT’S ONLY FITTING!!!!!!!
    WE WILL MISS YOU BUT NEVER FORGET YOU,
    L H. AND FAMILY

  17. All this conversation about Grady and probably most or none of y’all knew him. My brother Grady was a good man. And who is this women, who claims to be his fiancee. If she been with him since 2007 why is that no one in our family knows her. Why didn’t we get a call when he was taken to the hospital. My brother was not a drug dealer he was a retired government worker. He worked his whole life to take of his wife and daughter.

    I am appalled that some strange women who no in our family knew would defile Grady’s memory and legacy by claiming he was a drug dealer. How DARE YOU! Grady had no need to sell drugs he received a generous pension from the government. The fact that you would spread such a ugly lie about him at his death tells me that you had something to do with his death.

    You should just turn yourself in and turn state evidence against your partner in this crime. No person claiming to be a fiance would tell so any lies just to have her picture in the paper. How do you figure he was stabbed with in own pocket knife? You probably told the murder the door was open and he was alone and go ahead and get his money. You knew there was never drugs just the money he kept to pay hookers like you.

    My brother Grady is resting in peace cause he knows Jesus personally. He probably in heaven praying that you repent and receive Jesus as your personal Savior before you and your friend die in jail. Just tell the truth, you drug took advantage of my brother’s kind heart. You wanted more money than he wanted to give you so schemed to have my brother robbed by your friend, who not only robbed him but killed my brother Grady as well.

    My Bible tells me that all things done in the dark will come to the light! Trust and believe you and your partner are going down.

    • Wow if that is true then I am sorry this woman is lying about him like this. I thought it was kind of weird that she would start talking about the drugs and even showing the crime scene like that. If what you are saying is true then he is in a better place and prayers and condolences to your family.

    • I dont understand how you say that was your brother nd all that but we barely heared about you he always spoke of his daughter and his grand bby he never not once said anything about yall… If you so dearly loved him why is it that he never got any visit from all of you???? Dont worry ill wait for the answer…. His fiance was there for him everyday never let him go hungry kept him wanting to see another day..maybe if yall would have took the time out of yall busy ass days to come see him and how he was doing yall would of met his other family instead of asuming that he didnt have anybody

        • No and thats a fact she wasnt there for no drugs.., she made sure he ate stayed happy had clothes clean house had a roof over his head aint have to worry about nuthing..he had a whole new family out here unlike his so called family that loved him oh so dearly but never came to see him… We always loved him and we aint gone slp till justice is done…end of discussion let everyone have a blessed life

          • the ? is why havent we heard of you all why didnt you guys come down with uncle grady and if your family where is your money to help with the cost like this rest of his real family is doing

        • Or maybe she is the perpetrator; significant others are the first looked at and she did throw up a lot of smoke with her theatrics.If someone on a skateboard did it why would he leavei it there? Can move faster on a skateboard.
          Plus the mode of stabbing was up close and personal.Skater could have just smacked him with the board.

      • @Peace you can put that where….Back there honey….sit down somewhere PLEASE….you all want so much respect without derserving it we still havent heard yall so called family about his arrangements but yall are sure quick to talk some [removed]…Just stop it and let us put our loved one to REST IN PEACE!!!

        • WHAT THE “F”!!!! You even more stupid than I thought you were. WE ain’t SAYING Grady was our brother. Stupid his IS OUR BROTHER in life and in death. The SAME BLOOD that was running in his veins is the SAME BLOOD that is running in our veins.

          He never said anything about you. He didn’t bring down to his birthday party we gave him last year did he? Huh???? No, that should tell you something. IF YOU WERE someone special, Grady would have brought you down with him. Grady came to visit OUR MOTHER and his BROTHERS AND SISTERS, NIECES AND NEPHEWS on a regular basis.

          Why DIDN’T he invite you to come? Huh???? What do you mean you never let him go hungry. Grady was not some poor and helpless man. REMEMBER he signed to get you that apartment before your housing came through. Grady was financially SECURE and in GOOD HEALTH. He had enough money to take care of himself, and he was physically able to cook for himself if he wanted do so. If you cooked a meal for him I am sure you was paid. Just like all the other hookers that did [removed] for him for MONEY$$$$.

          Grady only brought one girl down to meet us and it wasn’t you. Is that why you schemed to have him robbed? Did you find out that he was seeing another girl and you couldn’t take it? Huh??? On yes, I’LL WAIT FOR THE ANSWER…. You talking about the killer left in a hurry and forgot his skateboard. But, some how he remembered to lock the door. Yes, things that make the POLICE go huuummm! You must have rehearsed those grand lies over and over again. The only problem is that you have said too much. Its hard to remember all the lies.

          You know Grady was no dope dealer, he was retired man living his life. You are delusional if you think you gave him a reason to live. Grady LOVED LIFE, he LOVED to LAUGH and have FUN. Grady lived a full life and had many, many stories to tell. Oh my goodness, you forgot to tell that… And you you forgot to tell Grady had a medical marijuana card. Cause you know Grady always tried to do things the right way.

          And you also forgot tell the reporter, that the room-mate that you said was not there was your brother. Huh??? I’LL WAIT FOR THE ANSWER. Seems to me the person who killed my brother was SOMEONE he KNEW. That would explain him laying in the fetal position, he could believe that SOMEONE who it trusted and befriended would stab him.

          How is it the door handle don’t have any blood on it? Ohhhh, I know the killer washed his/her hands and then walked out the door remembering to lock it. YES, I’LL WAIT FOR THE ANSWER.

      • WHAT THE “F”!!!! You even more stupid than I thought you were. WE ain’t saying Grady was our brother. Stupid his is our brother in life and in death. The same blood that was running in his veins is the same blood that is running in our veins. He never said anything about you. He didn’t bring down to his birthday party we gave him last year did he? Huh???? No, that should tell you something. Why didn’t he get a visit what the “F”. What you mean you never let him go hungry. Grady was not some poor and helpless man. Grady was very healthy and had even money to take care of himself. If you cooked a meal for him I am sure you was paid and that is why you did it. Maybe if Grady wanted us to met someone special in his life he would have brought you down with him. Grady came to visit his mother and his brothers and sister on a regular basis. He only brought one girl down and it wasn’t you. Is that why you schemed to have him robbed? Did you find out that he was seeing another girl and you couldn’t take it? Huh??? On yes, I will wait for answer…. You talking about the killer left in a hurry and forgot his skateboard, but he remembered to lock the door. You all ready have said to much, you gonna get caught.

  18. I think his fiance had him killed for his insurance so she can smoke more crack but then what do I know Im just a hooker, bitch better share

  19. I feel for the family but at the same time this man was selling drugs. Everyone knows what can happen when you are into that life style. I can’t exactly feel bad for him, he was ruining people’s lives by selling drugs to them. A damn shame, a 69 year old selling drugs. He was more than old enough to know better..

  20. I knew him personally and he was a good person. He was an elderly man who couldnt put up much of a fight whoever did this could of just took what they wanted and not his life. R.I.P OG you are loved and will be missed.

  22. As a life long resident of the Antelope Valley, all I can say is: Really?!
    Why is this evern ‘news’?! The guy was a drug dealer. Let me once again take a moment to thank the Lancaster City Councils of the 80s and early 90s for dumping the prison and Section 8 housing in our laps, along with all the problems we have had to endure because of poor political judgement.

  23. y’all talking all that nonsense about this man but he was nice person who cared about everyone no matter what was going on in his life the media trying to make it seem like he was a bad person but it could’ve been you or your relative and what would you say if that was you family or friend god forgives everybody. well that was my friend and i knew him GRADY MORGAN we will always love you and miss you!!!

    • After reading your post, my suspicions are confirmed. This once lovely valley that I grew up in is overflowing with crazy drug addicts. Please…go back where you came from.

      • I was SHOCKED!
        I was in denial.
        I was ANGER!!!!&&%^&*&^$$#@!@@
        I was blaming.
        I was sad and lonely :(
        I was trying to make sense of it.
        I am now accepting. Grady, my big brother is dead.
        He has passed over into the other side.
        And, that he is praying for those who loved him.
        and for those he loved to join him on day in the sky
        WITH JESUS. Accept Jesus today if you don’t know him.

    • ohh tete i dont think our 69 year old parents or grandparents are out there being wonderful seniors while selling drugs on the side just saying

      • Why yall stuck on the fact that he did his [removed] on tha side??? The main thing is he got murdered because of a [removed] fiene… Grady never did nuthing to nobody was quiet and mind his own business we were his family out here all yall tlking cause of what yall hearing but nobody knows wat really went on in his life if yall speaking plz kno the truth before yuh speak that all im saying

        • How does one mind his own business and was quiet when he was selling drugs if you were his ‘ FAMILY’ TAKING CARE OF HIM then how is it he got killed should have been watching out for him instead of your self just sayin……………..

  24. What part does Bloxton play in drug dealing? Just passive about it, an enablber, a mule?

  26. OMFG! It’s another one of those damn Skateboarders.. First they play havoc with the Artists lofts apartments on the BLVD and not that the city banned skateboarding on the BLVD they are hanging out in Sunset Ridge Apartments.
    Good thing it’s so easy these days to ID a skateboarder.. just look for the kid in the vans with board shorts on and red eyes.. Probably hanging out in front of Pharmacy right now..

  27. Seriously, if you’re a young, working professional, and you WANT to rent a NICE apartment in a DECENT complex in Lancaster OR Palmdale, where are they even??? The AV just doesn’t have nice, luxury complexes like in Santa Clarita and elsewhere. It seems they are all some different level of ghetto.

    • The way it would work up here…

      The moment a developer attempted to build a “luxury” complex of apartments, condos or townhomes… Certain members of the community would label the developer as “racist” for building a complex out of financial reach of certain members of the community.. and the complex would never be built.

      I too have thought that there aren’t any “nice” apartment complexes up here.. But then I thought a little bit more about it, and came to the above conclusion.

    • Santa Clarita has HIGH RENT for a reason they dont want the AV SCUM so please lancaster and palmdale keep up the low rent to keep your garbage on your side

    • Manzanita apartments are extremely nice, in fact, we’re moving out of our apartment at Chaparral next door just for more space. :) Just FYI. Both are great, and no problems at either.

  28. From the Urban Dictionary –

    1. o.g

    o.g. : original gangsta

    a retired gangster who sits on the porch in the ghetto

    and preaches to the youngsters.

    • Ok sikntired, you win.. he was a bad person who deserved to die. I accept it now. I am glad at least someone around here can stand up for the AV and try and make a difference. Ever think about becoming a Judge? Or President of the USA? Someone with your intelligence and insight could really turn this country around. Try for city council first, I will vote for you :)

      • I apologize- he was an honest, hardworking upstanding member of society who never hurt anyone.So sorry.

        • Oh.. its a sarcasm war you want? I never lose :)

          seriously though, a man died, and neither of us can watch a video tape of his whole life and judge the good he has done VS the bad, all we have is what we have learned from the media these past few days, and I am willing to bet I am not the only one here who does not totally trust the media.

          So lets give it a rest… Until our next showdown on some other topic… Oh one more thing.. having been a computer nerd the last 25 years, my advice is, don’t give too much weight to the whole “thumbs up – thumbs down” rating system on this board. :)

    • Semi retired, I’d say, if he’s dealing drugs; something to break the
      monotony of sittin’ on the porch counciling young thugs.

  29. Selling drugs can destroy peoples lives. Drugs can change a person from a good decent human into a piece of garbage who would stab an old man to death to get more drugs. So what the old man did is not right, but we don’t know to what extent he sold drugs, 50 people a day or 3 people a month? We don’t know.

    The term OG may have been a term “playfully” used because he is old, it does not mean he was a gangbanger and ran around doing drive-bys and slinging dope his whole life, the fact that he is not in prison and lived to be as old as he is should be enough proof of that.

    Ok so the victim will never be “Citizen of The Year”, but I have a feeling nobody reading this has a shot at that award either.

    No matter what he did, he did not deserve to die like that, he has family and friends just like we all do who now have to suffer.

    I hope they catch the murderer, because if he would stab an old man to death, his next victim might be someone YOU care about.

    • Killing with a knife with multiple stab wounds is a VERY personal and up close thing. Whatcha bet it’s someone he knows. Hint?!

      • “Multiple stab wounds” means some women did it, when they stab ya they really go to town, guys just stab ya once & walk away.

        • I don’t agree. It could have been a guy, a young kid on a skate board…. Men can and do stab multiple times too. People loaded on pcp, bath salts, meth, crack or whatever he had to sell, easily could have flipped out. We just don’t know yet.
          Was he selling a few doses of some medication prescribed to him or something more? I have heard some older people trying to make ends meet will sell a few days supply of their pain meds.
          I wonder if there was a scuffle and the apartment tore up by a fight or robbery. Seems like with apartment living someone would have seen or heard something.
          Meanwhile, the man lovingly referred to as OG, short for ole guy,or Grand daddy by his little grandchild, is dead and that is sad for his family and friends.

    • Did you really just say “50 people a day or 3 people a month”? Another ignorant comment! Sympathy should be for all the drug addicts who will remain addicted because the “

          • So you have some inside info that we aren’t being told. From your comment, sounds like you are saying he has been selling drugs instead of working and paying into Soc. Security. (slingin and bangin) OR DID YOU JUST SAY THAT FOR EFFECT AND TO SEE THE RESPONSE YOU WOULD GET?

  30. Sunset Ridge use to be a very nice complex but then the owners took advantage of the tax benefits for low income and after that they got rid of all the tenants and started renting to trash. I use to live there and what they need is their own police dept cause the sheriff is there all the time. The management is poorly trained and the manager has a really bad attitude and does not want to talk to tenants. She just hides in her back office waiting till its time to go home. Some of the maintenance workers are very shaddy. I had video cameras in my apartment and one time I was not at home and one of the maintenance guys walked into my apartment and was rummaging around looking for something and after about 20 minutes he left.
    THIS WHOLE PLACE NEEDS CHAIN LINK FENACE AROUND IT WITH RAZOR WIRE TO KEEP THE RIFF RAFF IN THEIR OWN PROJECT.

    • This place has been going down hill for years. My grandmother lived in there for a few years. We moved her out after her apartment was broken into and she was assaulted. I have a few friends that live across the street and thefts and break ins happen there alot because of the idiots in Sunset. And Sunset was also the apartment complex that told a soldiers mother they couldnt fly a flag in support of him.

  31. This nice old man as a drug dealer who didnt do anything to anybody but sell them drugs

  32. I hear that Piers Morgan at CNN got wind of this stabbing, and is now looking to ban ‘assault knives’ with high capacity blades.

  33. It makes me sad that they killed an old man. Sad that our society no longer values our elderly people!

    • AAUUUHHMMM! HE WAS NO ORDINARY “OLD MAN” HE WAS A DRUG PUSHER, DEFILING HIS OWN NEIGHBORHOOD! YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW! OH! WELL! NOTHING TO SEE HERE KEEP MOVING, KEEP MOVING!!

    • Sad that our society no longer values honest people with a work ethic
      who do the right thing all their lives.

  34. This guys pathetic life caught up with him. Good riddance! one less drug dealing wanna be wise guy! He obviously wasnt any good at selling drugs, look at where he lived. He probabally ripped someone off.

  35. But you are saying it’s right.Screw the rest of us who worked our butts off and obeyed the law
    to have a decent life and retirement.Get real, he lived the gangsta life and it caught up with him.
    Welcome to the ghetto.

    • How does one sell drugs “on the side”? The nerve of people making it sound like what he was acceptable. The ghetto is right! Live the gangsta life, die the gangsta life. I’m wondering if he was on public assistance?

  36. SMH! Was killing him worth it. NO… I know them both, but haven’t seen them some time now. But I can said she loved him and he loved her. So nobody should judge ppl but God. Times are hard ppl trying to make it. I know it is wrong but is murder a person right. My prayers and thought goes out to Grady family. R.I.P Grady.. they both was there when I need a ride.If i need to go somewhere he let her used the car to take me. I been a long time since i seen them both. So saddened by this cause it was just cold blooded killing. I hope you enjoy life now cusae when you caught your life will be over too. You are a cowarded just turn yourself in. I hope and pray LSD find you soon before someone esle has to die cause of your habit. you can run killer but you can’t HIDE. ASKING GOD NOW TO FORGIVE YOU, how can you live with yourself and think you wanted get cauight. Lancaster got camera everywhere..

    • Sorry but hard to read, [removed] Just because times are tough doesn’t mean you can sell drugs on the side. A good man doesn’t sell drugs!

      • ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE HIM. SO STOP WITH ALL THIS NEGATIVE. HOW MUCH OF THIS STORY DO YOU KNOW IT TRUE. YOU MIGHT HAVE IT GOOD BE SOME OF US DON’T.. FOR YOUR INFO I WORK FOR THE LAUSD GOING ON 28 YEARS. WELL EDUCATED AND SMART THAN WHAT YOU THINK I AM. WE ARE NOT THE ONE’S TO JUDGE WHAT A PERSON DID. THE POINT IS THAT HE WAS “MURDER”. ARE YOU MORE CONCERN THAT IS ONE LESS PERSON YOU JUST DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. HOW WILL YOU FEEL IF THIS WAS ONE OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT GOT MURDER. I BEEN A VICTIM OF SOMEONE WHO GOT MURDER SO I CAN SYMPATHIZED WHAT THEY ARE GOING THRU. HE WAS A GOOD MAN. I JUST HOPE AND PRAY GOD FORGIVE YOU FOR JUDGING HIM. CAUSE ONE DAY YOU HAVE TO STAND BEFORE GOD AND BE JUDGE CAUSE YOU JUDGE OTHER.MY COMMENT IS NOT MENT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND. SO MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND I HOPE A PRAY YOU NEVER HAVE TO LOSE SOMEONE LIKE THIS. TALK IS CHEAP. PPL GET ON HERE JUST TO HAVE SOME SAY AND ATTENTION. BUT THIS IS A SERIOUS MATTER SOMEONE GOT MURDER. THAT IS THE POINT NOT THAT HE SOLD DRUGS. SMH.. GOD BLESS YOU ALL WITH BEING SO NEGATIVE . IST IS NOT OKAY TO KILL NOW ONE. HE SOLD DRUG. BUT YOU NOT TALKING ABOUT THE GUY WHO KILL HIM CAUSE YOU CAN CARELESS. GOD FORGIVE YOU OH NO…

        • “SMH! Was killing him worth it. NO… I know them both, but haven’t seen them some time now. But I can said she loved him and he loved her. So nobody should judge ppl but God. Times are hard ppl trying to make it. I know it is wrong but is murder a person right. My prayers and thought goes out to Grady family. R.I.P Grady.. they both was there when I need a ride.If i need to go somewhere he let her used the car to take me. I been a long time since i seen them both. So saddened by this cause it was just cold blooded killing. I hope you enjoy life now cusae when you caught your life will be over too. You are a cowarded just turn yourself in. I hope and pray LSD find you soon before someone esle has to die cause of your habit. you can run killer but you can’t HIDE. ASKING GOD NOW TO FORGIVE YOU, how can you live with yourself and think you wanted get cauight. Lancaster got camera everywhere..”

  37. girlfriend did it she knows to much for not being there just sayin at the same time she is saying he was a good person who sold drugs but never did nothing to nobody but sold them drugs lol

  38. Geesh…69 years old “selling drugs on the side”. Sad to see this old dude get killed, but druggies are not the most upstanding citizens are they?

  39. If you play you will pay, No pity for a loser just one more jack axx who wont cost the tax payers anymore RIP Loser

  40. wow that sucks… seems like a nice old man but selling drugs on the side is very risky because sometimes you will run across someone who wants drugs bad enough to do harm to someone.. I hope they catch the person responsible.

    • Say what? How nice can you be if you are selling drugs on the side and your nickname is O.G. at the age of 69? Lord help us and save us.

    • well this sucks to read.. R I P OG! I dont blame this gentleman for selling “stuff” on the side because bills and cost of living here in the AV and California is rediculous!

      NOW…I AM NOT SAYING ITS RIGHT…..but U do what you have to do…

      The KID that did this…UR LIFE IS OVER….Hope it was worth it, and you have to think about it EVERYDAY in PRISON….

      • You dont have to sell drugs, what a load of crap, “but U do what you have to do” Give me a break. I am sure he was a great dude as he was selling your kid some smack! He got what he deserved.

      • You need to go fish VWFish….your comment is so damn ignorant it doesn’t deserve a response.

        • OK….Am I not making sense?? U know D A M N well that what was said here was true…. Ignorant?? I dont know what to say to that??? THANKS?

          Troll all you want… If I must say sounds like someone must of went to AV High School….

          “N E X T “

          • O K….. A N D??

            Typical someone always has something to say…..

            Reading the post at the top of this, if this gentleman was not selling dope or involved in that then the statements made on here about the dealing stuff is BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER!

            I hope these statements ARE TRUE and his memory will not be disrespected.

            As far as Mr Quigley…. type all you want… Everyone is entitled to an opinion so DEAL WITH IT… No disrespect…. NEXT