LONG BEACH – Two teenage boys were in custody Friday in connection with a shooting at a Long Beach park that killed a 17-year-old boy and wounded two men. According to the Long Beach Police Department, the two teens — a 16- year-old from Long Beach and a 17-year-old from Signal Hill — were arrested Thursday and booked on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. Both were being held without bail, police said. Police said they are suspected in a shooting that occurred at 1:51 p.m. Jan. 21 at Silverado Park in the 1500 block of West 31st Street near…
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LONG BEACH – A man who repeatedly stabbed himself was tasered by Long Beach police officers died at a hospital after being disarmed and detained, police said Friday. According to the Long Beach Police Department, officers responded around 1;50 p.m. Thursday to the unit block of West 53rd Street after receiving reports of an attempted suicide. The woman who called police said she was a friend of the man and was concerned for his well-being, because he had threatened to kill himself and hurt others, according to the LBPD. Officers went into the home and found the man suffering from…
LOS ANGELES – A shooting outside a South Los Angeles Burger King left one person seriously injured Friday, and two suspects were being sought. Los Angeles police responded around 3:20 p.m. to the fast-food restaurant at Vernon Avenue and Figueroa Street and found the victim, described only as a person about 30 years old, suffering from gunshot wounds. The person was not breathing and unresponsive, police said. The victim was taken to a hospital in unknown condition. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, two male suspects were seek running from the scene, heading westbound from the restaurant.
LOS ANGELES – Jurors Friday awarded a retired Los Angeles police captain $10.1 million in her discrimination/retaliation suit against the city in a verdict that comes a year after another jury granted her husband, also a sworn LAPD member, more than $4 million in his separate suit against the department. The Los Angeles Superior Court panel found in favor of former Capt. Stacey Vince, who was a lieutenant in the detective bureau when a new deputy chief, Kris Pitcher, became her direct supervisor in 2019 and eventually began shunning her, her suit stated. Vince’s husband, LAPD Lt. Lou Vince, also…
STUDIO CITY – Actor Lance Reddick, best known for his roles in HBO’s “The Wire” and the “John Wick” movies, died Friday at his Studio City home at age 60. Redding “passed away suddenly this morning from natural causes,” his publicist, Mia Hansen, said in a statement. The Los Angeles Police and Fire departments — without identifying Reddick — confirmed that both agencies responded Friday morning to a medical emergency at a home in the 12000 block of Sarah Street. Brian Humphrey of the LAFD said one person was pronounced dead at the scene. Reddick played Lt. Cedric Daniels on…
LOS ANGELES – The City Council approved nearly $2.3 million in funding Friday to continue assisting residents who were displaced by a botched Los Angeles Police Department attempt to detonate fireworks found in a South Los Angeles neighborhood in June 2021. “I want to be clear that my office has never abandoned these families in this time of crisis,” Councilman Curren Price said during Wednesday’s council meeting. “The reality is that CD9 has inherited a tremendous tragedy that needs ongoing support from the entire city, including from the council.” @MarvinM83905936 @Erika_D_Smith half the work isn’t done. What’s taking so long?…
COMPTON (CNS) – A man was fatally shot in the Compton area Friday, and an investigation was underway. The man died at the scene of the shooting, which was reported about 8:15 a.m. near 132nd and Alameda streets, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Information on the man’s identity was not immediately available. No arrests were reported. Anyone with information on the case was urged to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500, or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS. Copyright 2023, City News Service, Inc.
LONG BEACH – A former Long Beach city employee who allegedly told police he supplied drugs to a woman he was dating pleaded not guilty Thursday to a murder charge stemming from her July 2020 death. Jarid Nakamura, 35, was arrested March 6 on suspicion of murder in the death of Sokly Sar. Nakamura went to the Long Beach Police Department’s headquarters that day, asked to speak with homicide detectives and told them that he gave narcotics to the 36-year-old woman he had been dating and was responsible for her death, according to a statement released last week by the…
SANTA MONICA – A 40-year-old man was arrested Thursday for allegedly stabbing a Santa Monica city employee at a park. Allen Cranford Barna was arrested around 11 a.m. after being identified as a suspect in the attack, which occurred shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday in Palisades Park near the Camera Obscura art lab in the 1400 block of Ocean Avenue. Barna was booked on suspicion of aggravated assault. According to Santa Monica police, officers were called Wednesay morning about a person down in the park, and upon arrival, they found a city employee who had been stabbed in the upper…
SANTA ANA – A 22-year-old woman made her first appearance in court Thursday for a deadly crash that killed a man in La Palma two years ago. Leslie Melissa Bernal was charged Nov. 18 with gross vehicular manslaughter in the March 9, 2021, crash that killed 39-year-old Joaquin Lopez, according to court records. Bernal failed to appear in court for her arraignment Dec. 15 so an arrest warrant was issued for the Bellflower resident, according to court records. La Palma police arrested Bernal Wednesday and she made her first appearance in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana on Thursday when…