By Joel Rubin and Sarah Ardalani, Los Angeles Times June 10, 2012 The first deadly encounter of 2011 came quickly for police in Los Angeles County, when an officer killed an armed burglar on the second day of the year. … Continue reading
At least two people were in custody Monday in connection with the killing of Venice resident and popular youth pastor Oscar Duncan, Los Angeles police said. The Los Angeles Police Department did not immediately release the identity of the suspects, … Continue reading
The 23-year-old youth pastor shot and killed this week in Venice was doing “everything right” and appears to have been the victim of random violence, friends and authorities said. At a news conference to announce a $50,000 reward from the … Continue reading
Dramatic details emerged from grand jury testimony unsealed in the massacre at the Seal Beach hair salon that left nine people dead. The transcripts, released Thursday, described a desperate scene when the gunman began opening fire in the bloodiest shooting … Continue reading
The 14-year-old boy who allegedly shot and killed his father, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent, was angry after being disciplined for misbehaving, according to law enforcement sources. Fueled by anger, the boy grabbed a handgun, sources believe, … Continue reading
The murder trial begins Monday morning for Earl Ellis Green, the parolee accused of the brutal murder of a Riverside police officer in 2010. Green, 46, has been charged with shooting Officer Ryan P. Bonaminio on the night of Nov. … Continue reading
The alleged gunman accused of fatally shooting seven people at a small Oakland college was charged Wednesday with seven counts of murder with special circumstances and three counts of attempted murder, the Alameda County district attorney’s office said. One Goh, … Continue reading
The death toll rose to seven in a mass shooting Monday at a small religious college in Oakland. Oakland police said a suspect was in custody, and a school official said the alleged gunman had been a nursing student at … Continue reading
By GREG RISLING Kendrec McDade, 19, was shot by Pasadena Police after Oscar Carrillo made a false claim that he had a handgun. PASADENA, Calif. — Police initially considered Oscar Carrillo a victim of an armed robbery and rushed to … Continue reading
The man shot and killed by Los Angeles police in Shadow Hills on Wednesday afternoon had shot an employee during a tobacco shop robbery, then carjacked a woman in a Mercedes-Benz, police said. Police said they responded to reports of … Continue reading