Tag: Los Angeles Police Department

2 Students Stabbed Outside Los Angeles High School, Suspects at Large

LOS ANGELES—Police are looking May 2 for suspects who stabbed two students near Los Angeles High School in what Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho called another “senseless” attack. The students, both 16, who were stabbed were taken to a hospital trauma center and are in stable condition, police said. The attack occurred…


Narcotics Suspect Arrested for Allegedly Biting Finger Off Los Angeles Police Officer

LOS ANGELES—A man who was escorted off a Metro B (Red) Line train for suspected possession of drug paraphernalia was arrested April 27 after he allegedly became combative and bit off a portion of a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) sergeant’s finger. According to the LAPD, officers were on routine patrol on the Red Line…


Crash That Killed Mother, Injured Girl Near LA School Possibly Due to ‘Medical Emergency’: Police

LOS ANGELES—A crash that killed a woman and critically injured her 6-year-old daughter near Hancock Park Elementary School “appears to be a tragic accident,” police said April 26, adding that the driver who struck them in a crosswalk may have suffered an unspecified medical emergency. The woman in her 30s was walking in a crosswalk…


Woman Killed, Daughter Injured in Crash Near Los Angeles Elementary School

LOS ANGELES—A woman in her 30s was killed and a roughly 6-year-old girl believed to be her daughter was critically injured April 25 when they were struck by a possibly impaired driver while walking near Hancock Park Elementary School in the mid-Wilshire area. The crash was reported at about 8 a.m. near Fairfax and Colgate…


2 Teenagers Shot While Riding Bicycle in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES—A 16-year-old boy and an 18-year-old woman were hospitalized in critical condition following a drive-by shooting in the Florence area of Los Angeles, authorities said April 24. The shooting was reported about 10 p.m. April 23 at Central Avenue and 84th Street, according to a desk officer at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations…


3-Year-Old Twin Who Drowned in Los Angeles Swimming Pool ID’d

PORTER RANCH, Calif.—The coroner’s office April 23 released the name of a 3-year-old boy pulled unresponsive from a backyard swimming pool in Porter Ranch with his twin brother and taken to a hospital, where he died and the other was listed in critical condition. He was Kai Bernabe, the coroner’s office said. The boys were…


4-Year-Old Twin Boys Found in Porter Ranch Swimming Pool; One Dies, One Critical

PORTER RANCH, Calif.—Two 4-year-old twin boys were pulled unresponsive from a backyard swimming pool in Porter Ranch April 21 and taken to a hospital, where one of them died and the other was listed in critical condition. Paramedics were sent to the 10000 block of Des Moines Avenue, just east of Tampa Avenue north of…


One Killed, One Wounded in Shooting in North Hollywood

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—A person was fatally wounded and another person was expected to survive injuries suffered during a shooting in North Hollywood, authorities said April 20. Detectives responded to the 7000 block of Vineland Avenue, near Hollywood Burbank Airport, at around 8:40 p.m. Wednesday to reports of a shooting, according to the Los Angeles Police…


Ex-Con Charged With Killing Worker Painting Over Gang Graffiti in Northridge

SAN FERNANDO, Calif.—A Panorama City man has been charged with murder and other counts for allegedly fatally shooting a man who had been hired to paint over gang graffiti on the wall of a Northridge business. Jamal Jackson, 24, is set to be arraigned May 23 in a San Fernando courtroom on one count each…


Suspect in Over 30 Gas Station Store Robberies Facing Federal Charges

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A detention hearing is scheduled for April 20 in Santa Ana federal court for a 23-year-old man accused of committing 31 robberies or attempted robberies in Los Angeles and Orange counties in a 31/2-week period. Namir Malik Ali Greene was arrested April 17 following a chase that began in Ontario, according to Ciaran…