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CRIME & SAFETY
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...
14-year-old-child attacked by mob at the beach
The Santa Monica Police Department is investigating a mob assault that sent one child to the hospital and forced the early closure of the Santa Monica Pier last week. The incident began on July 14 with an illuminated drone show near the Santa Monica Pier at about 9 p.m. SMPD...
Woman attacked, seriously injured while walking newborn in Brentwood, police say
A woman was walking her 1-month-old daughter in Brentwood when a man approached her and grabbed her body, allegedly making sexually suggestive gestures before hitting her in the face multiple times, according to police.Abraham Shily, a 26-year-old Los Angeles man, was arrested Thursday as the suspect in the assault reported earlier this week, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a news release. He came up to the victim as she pushed her baby in a stroller near Gretna Green Way and Mayfield Avenue around 4:40 p.m., police said, allegedly attacking her and leaving her seriously wounded."The suspect approached the...
LAPD bodycam video shows suspect armed with machine gun firing at 2 officers during traffic stop
The Los Angeles Police Department released bodycam video Friday of the moments a suspect armed with a machine gun fired at two officers during a traffic stop in the Willowbrook area the night of July 3.The video shows LAPD officers Stefan Carutasu and Joshua Rodney attempting to pull over the suspect at Broadway and Rosecrans Avenue. The suspect speeds up and comes to a stop on Broadway just north of Rosecrans. Before the officers could exit their patrol car, the suspect, armed with a machine gun, according to authorities, fired at police without warning.At least one officer was seen returning...
Robbery at L.A. bakery captured on video
LOS ANGELES – A pair of criminals were captured on video robbing a customer at a Fairfax neighborhood bakery Friday morning. According to Los Angeles police, the incident unfolded around 7:30 a.m. at Mensch Bakery on Beverly Boulevard at Detroit Street. A video shared by Street People Media shows two young men dressed in black […]
Santa Monica Police drone busts vehicle burglary suspect
A Santa Monica Police Department drone caught a man allegedly breaking into cars in a parking lot by the Pier over the 4th of July weekend. As the drone’s pilot returned to the station from a call, he decided to stop and survey activity on the Santa Monica Pier on July 6. On his way to the area, he flew over Lot 1 North and noticed a man wandering through the lot.
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...
Rapper Blxst posts video of break-in at his LA home while his family was inside
A terrifying break-in at platinum-selling rapper Blxst's San Fernando Valley home was captured on video and is going viral.That video had already been viewed more than a million times.The rapper posted surveillance video to his Instagram account showing three men breaking into his home early Friday morning while his family was inside.Blxst was out of town preparing to release his first album, which dropped Friday, when his home was broken into."Imagine being across the country away from my family during one of the heights of my career & waking up to my son face timing at 4am saying 'I think bad guys are in the house'," Blxst said on his post. "Words can't express the frustration & the emptiness in my heart and soul not being able to be there to protect my boys."A nanny confronted the thieves who then fled the scene, running out the same way they came in and escaping over a wall outside.AIR7 video of Blxst's Encino mansion showed a shattered patio door covered by a sheet of plywood.The Los Angeles Police Department says a police report has yet to be filed.
Homeless man assaults security guard downtown
A private security guard received a minor injury Thursday morning when a homeless man sleeping in a downtown parking structure slashed at the guard. According to the Santa Monica Police Department, the assault occurred at about 12:45 a.m. when a member of the Good Guard security team approached a homeless subject who was sleeping in Parking Structure 2 at 1235 2nd Street.
Family of woman fatally shot by LASD deputy in front of daughter announces lawsuit
The family of a woman who was killed by a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy in Lancaster after she called for help in a domestic dispute is moving forward with a lawsuit against the department and the deputies involved in her death.The mother of Naini Finlayson held a press conference Thursday alongside her family's attorney and members of the Black Lives Matter and Cancel the Contract groups to announce the update."It's a step towards getting full justice for my baby," said Finlayson's mother, Tracie Hall. "She did not deserve what she had to go through."READ ALSO | Lancaster mother killed...
Mexicali boy drowns in public pool, summer program suspended
The boy drowned Wednesday morning when he was finishing a swimming class. His mother, a paramedic at the Sports Institute, was the one who administered CPR and tried to save his life. The post Mexicali boy drowns in public pool, summer program suspended appeared first on KYMA.
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