Homicide Report: 18 killings in L.A. County first week in March
There were 18 homicides in Los Angeles County during the first week of March, according to the Times' Homicide Report database. The year-to-date total of homicides for the county is 108 – down from 138 for the same period last...
Boy, 15, slain and another wounded in Pacoima shooting
A 15-year-old boy was shot dead and a 16-year-old was wounded Monday night in an apparent gang-related attack in Pacoima, police said. The gunfire broke out about 7:15 p.m. as a car pulled up to the two youths who were...
17-year-old shot to death in Pasadena
A youth was killed in a shooting on a Pasadena street Sunday, police reported. About 9:50 a.m., police saw a 17-year-old man running near the intersection of Tremont Street and Fair Oaks Avenue. The officers discovered that he had seen...
Man fleeing a would-be robber is hit by car and killed
An 18-year-old was struck by a car and killed in Canoga Park while running from a would-be robber on a bicycle, the Los Angeles Police Department said Saturday. Officers responded about 8 p.m. Thursday to a report of a traffic...
Man found slain in Harbor City
A man was found dead in a Harbor City residence Wednesday in a case that detectives are investigating as a homicide, police said. The man, 47, had suffered head trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene in the 1000...
Woman slain by gunfire in Lancaster
Detectives were investigating the circumstances involving the slaying of a woman Tuesday night in Lancaster, authorities said. The woman was shot at least once about 8 p.m. in the 4400 block of East 15th Street, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's...
Car-to-car shooting in Watts ends with 1 dead, 1 critically wounded
One man died and another remained in critical condition Monday after a car-to-car shooting in Watts, police said. Ricardo Mendoza, 27, and Robert Gipson, 23, began to shoot at one another from separate cars about 11:55 p.m. Sunday “for no...
Police search for shooter who killed man in South L.A.
Los Angeles police searched Thursday for the person who fatally shot a man on a sidewalk in South Los Angeles. The shooting took place at East 93rd Street and Avalon Boulevard about 2:20 a.m., said LAPD Officer Norma Eisenman. Police...
Long Beach man charged with killing girlfriend with machete
A Long Beach man is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on charges of killing his girlfriend with a machete before turning the weapon on himself, police said. Mireya Lopez Medina, 50, was found dead Thursday in the bedroom of the...
Woman stabbed to death, man hurt in Long Beach
A woman was slain and a man was critically injured in a stabbing attack Thursday morning in a Long Beach apartment, police said. Mireya Lopez Medina, 50, was found stabbed to death by a relative at the apartment in 1900...
Family files claim on behalf of daughter shot after homecoming game in Long Beach
The family of a Wilson High School honors student who was fatally shot after a homecoming football game has filed claims against the Long Beach Unified School District and the city of Long Beach alleging that the agencies failed to...
Man slain by gunfire in Compton
A man was gunned down and died Monday night on a Compton street, authorities said. The shooting occurred about 7:15 p.m. in the 200 block of West Caldwell Street, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. The victim was pronounced...
Car driven by wounded man in Nevada is traced to shooting scene in Westminster
Police found a woman shot to death and a gravely wounded man at their Westminster home after their car was found in Nevada being driven by a wounded man. Authorities are not yet releasing the names of the victims or...
Pacoima man dies when assailant pulls gun during fistfight
A Pacoima man died of gunshot wounds from a confrontation that began as a fistfight near a bar in North Hollywood. Carlos Martinez, 18, was struggling with two men when one pulled out a gun and began firing. “It was...
West Covina SWAT officer kills suspect in hostage drama
A man holding one person hostage in a West Covina home was fatally shot early Sunday by a SWAT officer, authorities said. West Covina police responded to a report of shots fired in the 1800 block of West Badillo Street...
Wife arrested in slaying of Olympic medalist found shot in his Oxnard backyard
In a new twist in a Ventura County mystery, Oxnard police have arrested the wife of former Olympic medalist David Laut in connection with his slaying last year. Laut, a bronze medalist in the shot-put at the 1984 Olympics, was...
Victim identified in fatal La Puente shooting
Authorities identified the victim of a fatal shooting in La Puente Friday evening as Carlos Torres Valencia, 30. Valencia, of La Puente, was one of three men who were shot about 8:15 p.m. in the 300 block of South Stimson...
Teen tagger accused of killing gang interventionist charged as adult
L.A. prosecutors have charged a teen tagger accused of killing a gang interventionist as an adult. Mark Anthony Villasenor, 16, is accused of fatally shooting 40-year-old Ronald Barron, who confronted Villasenor for tagging a wall in the Mid-City area. Barron...
Shooting in La Puente leaves 1 dead, 2 injured [Updated]
A man was shot and killed Friday night in La Puente and two other men were wounded, authorities said. The shooting occurred in the 300 block of South Stimson Avenue, near the border with City of Industry, Los Angeles County...
Police arrest teenage tagger suspected in fatal shooting of veteran L.A. gang outreach worker
Los Angeles police said Tuesday that they have arrested a teenage tagger suspected of fatally shooting a veteran gang interventionist after he confronted the youth over graffiti. The suspect, who is 16, is a Los Angeles resident but police declined...
LAPD beefs up patrols in Mid-Wilshire area after fatal shooting of gang intervention worker [Updated]
The Los Angeles Police Department is stepping up patrols in a Mid-Wilshire neighborhood where a popular gang intervention worker was fatally shot after confronting a tagger on West Pico Boulevard. Ronald Lamonte Barron was leaving a bar in his old...
Gang member convicted in slaying of boy, 4, in Echo Park
A parolee and documented gang member was convicted Monday of murder in the 2009 slaying of a 4-year-old boy in Echo Park, authorities said. Howard Astorga, 26, was convicted by a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury of one count...
Gang interventionist fatally shot after confronting tagger, police say
A former Crips gang member, who police said transformed himself by working to steer others away from lives of violence, was fatally shot after he confronted a tagger in Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles police said Monday. Ronald Lamonte Barron, 40, was...
Two people shot, one reported dead in Compton
Homicide investigators were en route Sunday night to the scene of a shooting in Compton that left a man dead and a woman wounded. Details remained sketchy, but Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies said they were called to the 1700...
Shootings in South L.A. leave four dead [UPDATED]
The Los Angeles Police Department’s Southwest Division is investigating a string of killings after three apparently unrelated shootings early Sunday. [Updated 7:52 p.m. A fourth fatal shooting was reported in South Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon. Two male suspects approached...