Category: Lincoln Heights

LAPD: Man Who Shot 3 Officers Was Suspect in Extortion Case

March 11, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—A man who shot three Los Angeles police officers in a Lincoln Heights gun battle that left him dead was a suspect in an extortion case, police said March 10. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) did not elaborate on the nature of the investigation, but said 32-year-old Joseph Magana was a parolee who…

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2 Police Officers Shot in Lincoln Heights Released from Hospital

March 10, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—Two Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers injured during a gun battle with a parolee in Lincoln Heights were released from a hospital, while an investigation continued March 10 into the police operation that led to the gunfire and left the suspect dead. Three LAPD officers were shot and wounded by the gunman during…

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2 Teenage Boys Shot to Death at Lincoln Heights Carnival

September 14, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore will join with homicide investigators and victims’ family members Sept. 14 to ask for the public’s help in solving the killing of two 17-year-old boys in a shooting at a street carnival in Lincoln Heights. Investigators are seeking witnesses to the shooting that occurred around 9 p.m….

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Man, 64, Killed at Home by Burglar on July Fourth

July 5, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—A 64-year-old man who died in a struggle with a would-be burglar inside his Lincoln Heights apartment was identified on July 5, while a search continued for his assailant. Jose Mancia died in the confrontation that occurred about 9:30 p.m. Monday at 2008 Griffin Avenue, according to police and the coroner’s office. Mancia was…

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