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Passenger stabbed on LA Metro bus in South Los Angeles
Police and paramedics responded to the Manchester Square neighborhood of South Los Angeles Friday afternoon following a report of a possible stabbing on an LA Metro bus. Video from Sky5 showed the stopped bus near a gas station at the intersection of Western Avenue and 76th Street around 2:30 p.m. A Los Angeles Police Department […]
Man shot at high-rise apartment complex in downtown Los Angeles
Paramedics rushed a man to the hospital after a suspect shot him inside a high-rise apartment complex in downtown Los Angeles Friday afternoon. The shooting happened at about 2:40 p.m. in the 700 block of Spring Street. Video appears to show blood outside of an elevator inside the complex. Officers said they found the victim with gunshot wounds to the leg and shoulder, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.He was taken to the hospital in a critical condition. Officers described the shooter as a 20-year-old man wearing a dark navy blue shirt and a yellow bucket hat. Police believe he had a getaway driver waiting for him. They got away in a black, newer-model Mercedes-Benz SUV, commonly called a "G-Wagon."Investigators tracked a vehicle matching the description of the apparent getaway car to a Burbank home.The family living there said the owner's front license plate was stolen earlier this week. She did not report the license plate stolen.
Woman dies after man jumps off 210 Freeway in Sylmar, lands on her vehicle
A woman died earlier this month after a man jumped off the 210 Freeway in the Sylmar area and landed on the vehicle she was in.The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to reports of a person threatening to jump from the 210 Freeway Roxford overpass the evening of Aug. 9.Margarita Novela Galindo was sitting in the passenger seat, next to her husband Florencio, heading out of town for the weekend. They were on the 210 Freeway when a man, in an effort to take his own life, jumped off a bridge over the freeway and went through their windshield.Florencio did...
Suspected DUI driver in custody after chase from Inland Empire to Los Angeles
CHP officers chased a suspected DUI driver from the Inland Empire to Los Angeles for more than an hour on Thursday.The pursuit of the driver in a silver Mercedes sedan, which had visible damage along the passenger side door panel, started in the San Bernardino area around 2:45 p.m.The driver fled from officers through Riverside County and eventually headed west on the 91 Freeway at a high rate of speed. The driver later transitioned to the 5 freeway and then ended up on the 10 freeway through Los Angeles, passing downtown and heading west in relatively light traffic.The driver then exited onto surface streets in the Jefferson Park area.Just before 4 p.m. the driver pulled into a parking lot on Crenshaw Boulevard and parked the vehicle. He emerged from the car, waving and gesturing toward officers, and eventually surrendered. He was taken into custody without further incident.Officers approached the vehicle with guns drawn and determined no one else was inside.
Wild video shows crash that damaged Bob's Big Boy statue in Downey
New surveillance video shows the moment a driver slammed into a fire hydrant and crashed into the Bob's Big Boy statue outside the Downey restaurant.The incident happened Wednesday around 2 a.m. The restaurant posted the footage on Instagram.You can see the driver violently crashing into the hydrant, rattling the giant statue.Video from the scene showed the wreck knocked off a portion of the statue's head.The driver was pinned inside the car for a while, but was eventually extracted and taken to the hospital. Nobody else was injured. It's not clear what caused the single-car crash.Meanwhile, fundraising efforts are underway to help with repairs.
Man dies after being hit by alleged DUI driver in South Los Angeles
A man was killed by a possible drunk driver in South Los Angeles early Saturday morning. The crash happened at around 4 a.m. when the suspect driver was driving down Crenshaw Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. At the same time, the victim was backing out of his driveway when the suspect slammed into his car. Paramedics arrived and pronounced the victim, only identified as a male in his 50s, dead at the scene. The suspect, a 24-year-old woman, was taken to a hospital in unknown condition. No further information was provided.
Korean flight attendant stabbed by homeless at Figueroa Target settles with security company
- Advertisement - A lawsuit filed by a Korean Air flight attendant who was seriously injured by a homeless man wielding a knife at a shopping mall in Downtown Los Angeles in 2022 has been partially settled. The incident occurred on November 15, 2022, at Target in a popular shopping...
Trial begins in 2022 killing of UCLA student inside Hancock Park furniture store
A trial began Thursday in the 2022 killing of a UCLA student who was fatally stabbed while working inside a furniture store in Hancock Park. Brianna Kupfer, who was a 24-year-old at the time of her death, was stabbed nearly a dozen times on Jan. 13, 2022 during her shift inside the Croft House furniture store on La Brea Avenue near Beverly Boulevard.
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