Manuel "Mark Everrett" Benitez, age 39

Lost to gun violence on December 23, 2008 in El Monte, California.

Photo sources:

• Contributed photo
• Ranker: Famous People Who Died By Gunshot
• Mail Online: Child star whose life was worse than the movies: Manuel Benitez murdered his girlfriend then died in police shoot-out (now it's being made into a film)

News sources:

• Dec 24: The Mercury News: Restaurant hostage taker was Southern California murder suspect
• Dec 24: Daily News: SoCal man killed by cops was 2004 murder suspect
• NBC4 Washington: Actor Killed by Cops Was '04 Slaying Suspect
• L.A. Hostage-Taker Was Also Murder Suspect
• Los Angeles Times: El Monte: Man, 39, shot by police after taking son hostage
• NBC News: Ex-child actor killed after taking son hostage
• Dec 24: Daily News: Son reunited with grandmother after father killed in El Monte shootout
• Manuel Benitez - Wikipedia
• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-dec-25-me-manuel-benitez25-story.html+

Other nearby fatal shootings:

• El Monte, CA - April 20, 2024
• El Monte, CA - June 14, 2022
• El Monte, CA - June 14, 2022
• El Monte, CA - August 15, 2021
• El Monte, CA - July 24, 2020