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Bodycam video shows moments before deputies open fire on rooftop gunman who shot at LASD helicopter
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department released dramatic body camera footage of a shooting in which deputies opened fire on a man who shot at an LASD helicopter while standing on the roof of a home in West Rancho Dominguez.The incident happened on the evening of June 13.According to the sheriff's department, deputies responded to a report of an armed man possibly under the influence in a backyard in the 14600 block of Cahita Avenue, just south of Rosecrans Avenue.The person who called 911 told dispatchers the man, who was identified by investigators as 30-year-old Jerman Magana, was "high on...
Teen fatally shot while working at SoCal smoke shop: 'You took the most precious soul ever'
An 18-year-old who just graduated high school was shot and killed while working at a smoke shop in Lancaster, and the suspects on Wednesday remained outstanding.The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Smoke Hookah on West Avenue I, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.Homicide investigators are still trying to piece together what exactly happened, but it stemmed from some sort of argument between the victim and two men who entered the store.One of the suspects took out a gun and shot the victim before they both took off running. Authorities have not confirmed what the fight was...
Charges filed against man seen slapping 10-year-old boy with autism at LA bus stop
Charges were filed Thursday against the man who was caught on video slapping a boy with autism in the face in Arleta.Scott Sakajian was charged with willful cruelty to a child and battery on a person, according to the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office.The video, which sparked outrage on social media, shows 10-year-old Alfredo Morales sitting on a bus bench with his older sister when Sakajian slaps him.The boy reportedly damaged the Mercedes emblem on the front of his car. The boy's family lives in a broken SUV set up at a park in Arleta.Sakajian's arraignment is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 2, at the San Fernando Valley courthouse.
Boy, 5, taken off life support 1 week after family struck by DUI suspect in Garden Grove
A 5-year-old boy has been taken off life support just over a week after he and four of his family members were hit by a DUI suspect in Garden Grove, prosecutors said Monday.Jacob Ramirez was transported to a hospital along with his two young siblings and his parents after they were struck by a 2003 Toyota Camry on the evening of July 7.The mother and father had been riding with the children in bike trailers shortly after 7:30 p.m. in the 12300 block of Haster Street at Twin Tree Lane when the crash occurred, Garden Grove police said.Angel Ramirez, 27,...
Robbery suspect livestreams chase through Los Angeles as he flees with baby in car
A robbery suspect emerged from a car holding his 2-month-old daughter after leading authorities on a dangerous, high-speed chase through Los Angeles Wednesday.The incident started with an armed robbery in Beverly Hills. Hawthorne police later spotted the vehicle and a chase started around 5:40 p.m.They headed into the South Los Angeles area as Hawthorne police asked for assistance from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.The driver pulled over a short time later in South L.A. and three men jumped out of the car and ran off. Police set up a containment and caught two of the suspects.But the third suspect...
Cops breach Sun Valley 'hoarder house'
Law enforcement officers and firefighters were seen Wednesday entering the property of a home with an out-of-control hoarding situation in Sun Valley. SkyFOX was over the six-acre property off La Tuna Canyon Road just after 9 a.m., where several officers were seen traversing through the area, still littered with vehicles, batteries, and junk.
Mother, walking with newborn baby, attacked by man in Brentwood
LOS ANGELES - A new mother is sharing her story after she was violently attacked while walking with her newborn child in Brentwood. The attack happened Tuesday afternoon just blocks away from her house near Montana Ave. and South Gretna Green Way. Carmina Lu was walking with her 1-month-old baby,...
$800,000 worth of stolen merchandise discovered in Compton raid
Two suspects were arrested after authorities discovered around $800,000 worth of stolen merchandise in a Compton raid. Detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department identified three fence operations selling a large amount of stolen goods in a recent bust operation. Booster crews had taken a variety of power tools, construction equipment and Apple electronics […]
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