VENICE – A murder suspect was arrested Tuesday following a nearly four-hour standoff at a Venice motel. Officers descended on the two-story Lincoln Inn motel on Lincoln Boulevard south of Venice Boulevards around 1:15 p.m., with the suspect believed to be barricaded inside, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. No information was immediately provided about the suspect or the killing for which the person is suspected. Officers set up positions around the motel, with a helicopter circling above. An LAPD SWAT team was ultimately dispatched to the scene. Lincoln Boulevard was closed between Venice Boulevard and Garfield Avenue during…
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LOS ANGELES – There were 16 police shootings by the Los Angeles Police Department in the second half of 2022, on pace with the average number of shootings in the last six years, the department reported Tuesday to the Board of Police Commissioners. The average number of police shootings per year between 2016 and 2021 was 34.5. The 16 reported shootings from July through December of last year were on pace to fall below the 37 shootings in 2021, but higher than both 2020 (27 shootings) and 2019 (26 shootings). https://2urbangirls.com/2023/02/la-mayor-makes-new-appoints-to-police-commission/ Thirteen of the 16 shootings resulted in “hits.” Twelve…
VAN NUYS – Authorities sought the public’s help Tuesday to solve the shooting death of a man whose body was found in an alley in Van Nuys. The body was discovered at about 7 a.m. Monday near the 14500 block of Calvert Street, the Los Angeles Police Department reported. Authorities withheld the name of the man, who was about 40, pending notification of his relatives. “Preliminary investigation revealed the shooting occurred around 2 a.m. (Monday),” police said in a statement. “At this time there is no suspect description.” Anyone with information on the case was urged to call detectives at…
LOS ANGELES – The City Council Tuesday voted 13-0 to eliminate the COVID-19 testing requirement for unvaccinated Los Angeles city employees. Currently, city employees who are not vaccinated against the virus must receive an exemption and undergo weekly testing. Under the resolution, the testing requirement ends, but the vaccination mandate remains unchanged. City staff, however, told the council’s Personnel, Audits and Hiring Committee last week that the city was in the process of granting exemptions for unvaccinated employees to return to work. The resolution also reimburses city employees for time and money spent adhering to the testing requirements. “Effective immediately,…
LONG BEACH – A pedestrian was killed Tuesday in a hit-and-run in Long Beach, and an investigation was underway. Officers were sent to Pacific Coast Highway and Harbor Avenue at about 9:15 a.m., the Long Beach Police Department reported. “Upon arrival, officers located a male adult victim who had seemingly been involved in a traffic collision suffering from life-threatening inquires,” police said in a statement. Probably not the best time to enact a new law inviting people to jaywalk, or refuse to enforce laws for driving without a license or on a suspended license. L.A. traffic deaths rose in 2022,…
LOS ANGELES – A jury has rejected a retaliation lawsuit brought by a veteran Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who sued the county, alleging he was subjected to backlash for reporting that he saw a retired deputy involved in a sex act in a car parked on county property. A Los Angeles Superior Court jury reached its verdict Friday, finding that while Deputy D’Andre Lampkin was subjected to an adverse employment action, the county would have taken the same measures against him anyway for independent, legitimate reasons. Lampkin joined the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in July 2007, was assigned…
LONG BEACH – A man was found stabbed to death Tuesday in Long Beach, and an investigation was underway. Officers were sent to the area of Pacific Coast Highway and the Los Angeles River at about 6 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Long Beach Police Department. “Upon arrival, officers contacted a male victim with life-threatening stab wounds to the upper body,” police said. Information on the man’s identity was not immediately available. No arrests were reported, and no suspect information was immediately available.
AZUSA – Authorities Tuesday identified a man who was found dead in Azusa, while the investigation into his death continued. Azusa police officers went to the 2000 block of San Gabriel Canyon Road at about 6:30 a.m. Monday on a report of a “person down,” according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Christian Pena, 24, whose city of residence was not known, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. An autopsy was pending. “The information was received from a passerby who stated he saw an unclothed male adult with his face down…
LOS ANGELES – A slow-growth Venice neighborhood group is suing the city of Los Angeles over the lease extension of an interim housing shelter on Sunset Avenue. The lawsuit, filed last week in Los Angeles Superior Court by The Venice Stakeholders Association, claims the City Council’s vote to extend the lease at the shelter should be voided because the city did not first obtain a Coastal Development Permit for the facility. A representative for the city attorney’s office declined comment Monday, and a representative for Councilwoman Traci Park’s office referred comment to the city attorney, citing the pending litigation. The…
LOS ANGELES – City officials launched a public safety initiative Monday aiming to provide trauma training and services to community intervention workers who implement an unarmed response alternative to policing. Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, who chairs the City Council’s public safety committee, announced the Project TURN initiative — which stands for Therapeutic Unarmed Response for Neighborhoods — at a briefing Monday at the New Testament Church of Christ in South Los Angeles. The program, launched with $2.2 million in city funding, seeks to help the over 100 community intervention workers in the city with training provided by the Community Based Public…