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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...
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...
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.
15-year-old Monterey Park girl riding bike to visit family never made it to relative's home: police
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - A desperate search is on for a missing 15-year-old Monterey Park girl who was last seen riding a bike to visit family in the San Gabriel Valley. According to the Monterey Park Police Department, Alison Chao left her home in Monterey Park a little after 5:30 p.m. on July 16 to go see family in San Gabriel. Chao never made it to the San Gabriel relative's home, police said.
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...
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...
Woman Struck, Killed in Hit-and-Run Collision in Los Angeles
FLORENCE, LOS ANGELES, July 19 (KNN) — A woman was fatally struck by a vehicle that fled the scene overnight in the Florence area of Los Angeles. Los Angeles Fire Department personnel and the Los Angeles Police Department’s 77th Division patrol units responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian traffic collision at approximately midnight on Central Avenue at 82nd Street.
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 […]
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.Click here to read ABC7's update on this developing story: Robbery suspect ID'd after livestreaming himself during wild chase through LA with baby in carThey 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...
Armed man tries to kidnap girl near school in South Los Angeles
A man tried to abduct a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint Tuesday near a school in South Los Angeles, police say.The girl fought off her attacker and managed to get away.The girl and her mother spoke to Eyewitness News to recount the terrifying ordeal.She was outside near Figueroa Street elementary school Tuesday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. Suddenly a man came up to her and put his hand around her neck.She fought back by hitting him with her cellphone and she ran away.Police say the suspect had a gun and they are treating the incident as an attempted kidnapping.The teen's mother, who also didn't want to be identified, says she thanks God her youngest daughter was able to defend herself and get away.
Authorities searching for 4 young brothers last seen in Palmdale
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help to find four young boys who have been missing for weeks, including one who is diagnosed with Down syndrome. The four brothers were last seen on July 1 around 2 p.m. on the 800 block of East Avenue P-12 in Palmdale. The brothers […]
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