By Kate Mather, Los Angeles Times May 23, 2012 Investigators don’t know where 15-year-old Sierra LaMar is, but they are almost certain she is dead. For more than two months, the high school cheerleader’s family has been holding out hope. … Continue reading
By Joel Rubin and Lisa Girion, Los Angeles TimesMay 19, 2012 Shell casings and signals from one of the victim’s cellphones led police to arrest two men in the slayings of two USC graduate students from China — a botched … 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 bloodied body of a young girl was discovered Saturday morning in a Long Beach parking lot next to a man who might be her father, who was still alive but suffering from self-inflicted wounds, police said. The man has … 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
A day after authorities arrested a suspect in connection with the brutal slayings of five people in a San Francisco home, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say the accused killer had eluded deportation and instead had to be released … 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