Motorcyclist Fatally Shot By Suspect In Vehicle In Hyde Park

A motorcyclist was fatally shot by a person inside of a car in Hyde Park on Sunday. According to Los Angeles Police Department, the shooting happened just before 6 p.m. in the 5400 block of Crenshaw Boulevard. Police said that the suspect fired multiple rounds at the victim, who was taken to a nearby hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries. The victim, a 36-year-old man, has not yet been identified, pending notification of next of kin. "When the officers arrived, they located the victim lying in the street, next to his motorcycle, suffering from gunshot wounds," said a statement from LAPD. "Preliminary investigation determined an unknown vehicle had been traveling alongside the victim on Crenshaw Boulevard before he was shot to death." They did not provide a description of a suspect or a possible motive in the shooting. Anyone with information was urged to contact investigators at (323) 786-5100.

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Police Searching For Shooting Suspect In South Los Angeles

Police are investigating after an approximately 30-year-old man was shot in South Los Angeles Tuesday night, authorities confirmed to KTLA. Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department responded to the 5400 block of Duarte Street in the Central-Alameda neighborhood on reports of shots fired at around 7:40 p.m. At the scene, officers located the gunshot victim, who was conscious and breathing. Medical personnel with the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the location and transported the man to the hospital in unknown condition. Aerial footage from Sky5 showed a heavy police presence on Duarte Street, between 52nd and 54th streets, where crime scene tape was set up while officers investigated. Details about the shooting are limited and it’s unclear what led to the incident, but responding officers called for backup after a large group of people gathered at the scene and were later dispersed. The suspect in the shooting, who reportedly used a semi-automatic handgun during the incident, was described as a Black male with dreadlocks who was last seen fleeing toward 52nd Street.

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Beloved Grandmother Killed In Hit-and-Run Crash While Walking Dogs In North Hills

A family is devastated by the sudden loss of a beloved grandmother and mother who was killed in a hit-and-run crash in North Hills. Adriana Sanchez, 50, was walking her two dogs, Rocky and Charlie, around 6 a.m. Monday when she was struck and killed by a car at Burnett Avenue and Rayen Street. She was in a marked crosswalk when she was hit. Her heartbroken family is now struggling to comprehend the loss. "I think it's really inhumane what happened... You just ripped somebody away, you ripped a mother away, you ripped a grandmother away from her whole family. Everybody here loves her so much, and the fact you were able to see her on the floor like that and drive away is really heartbreaking," said her daughter, Naomi Hidalgo. After they were hit, her two traumatized dogs ran back home. Rocky suffered a cut near his eye and was left with tire marks on his hind leg. Sanchez was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.

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‘It's Madness': Ladera Heights Residents Share Concerns Of Crime In Their Neighborhood

People who live in Ladera Heights say they are tired of seeing crime and homelessness increase in their neighborhood and are working with elected officials and law enforcement in an effort to combat those issues. According to residents who opened up to NBC4 about their concerns, locals are worried about their safety and how crime is impacting area businesses. Business owners in the neighborhood say retail thefts are a daily occurrence. “People are constantly doing snatch and grabs,” said Lakesia Barrett, who manages Stare Fashion. The store’s owner, Alicia Culbertson, echoed those concerns. “With the smash and grabs, it makes it very difficult to stay in business when you are constantly taking losses,” Culbertson said. In addition to the thefts, locals expressed worry over the unsheltered population in the neighborhood. Vandalism has been another source of concern for locals. “Swastikas basically carved and painted into vehicles on our street,” said Ladera Heights resident, Jasiri Daire. “The insecurity in which we are living and not only that, the fear that we are all starting to have,” said Yolanda Gonzalez, another local. “We are losing our businesses. People don’t want to invest in our city anymore. It’s madness.”

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L.A. County Public Works Spokesman Arrested On Child Pornography Charges

A 62-year-old spokesman for Los Angeles County has been arrested in San Bernardino County on charges of producing, possessing and distributing child pornography, authorities announced Tuesday. Steven Frasher, a resident of Redlands, was taken into custody after an investigation that led to the search of his residence, according to a news release from the San Bernardino Police Department. Detectives with SBSD’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and Specialized Crime Unit received a tip that the 62-year-old was downloading child pornography on the internet and using an online storage account to save the images, police said. “Additionally, the suspect was found to be in possession of numerous images of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) on his electronic devices,” the release stated. Kerjon Lee, chief of strategic communications at the L.A. County Department of Public Works, confirmed to KTLA that Frasher, who is listed on the county’s website as a public information officer, does work for the department in that capacity.

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Man Who Stole Over $800,000 In COVID Relief Fund Scheme Gets Prison Time

A San Fernando Valley man was sentenced to over eight years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for running a scheme to fraudulently obtain over $800,000 in COVID relief funds, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Robert Mirumyan admitted to overseeing a scheme that used stolen identities to apply for COVID-era unemployment insurance benefits. He pled guilty in June to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. From 2020 through August 2021, Mirumyan used other's identities to apply for unemployment insurance benefits, according to court documents. Once the fraudulent applications were approved, banks issued debit cards containing the funds intended for the fall identities, at which point Mirumyan used the debit cards to withdraw cash, officials said. "When confronted with the COVID pandemic that has claimed the lives of almost 7 million persons worldwide to date, [Mirumyan] instead saw an opportunity to bilk taxpayers out of the emergency funds their government generously made available to ameliorate job losses," according to a sentencing memorandum filed in this case. "Such criminal opportunism during a global health and economic emergency is egregious."

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Tennessee Deputy Dies Of Gunshot Wound Suffered While Responding To Call

A Knox County deputy died Monday after succumbing to gunshot wounds he received while responding to a domestic incident over the weekend, WATE News reported. Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler announced that 29-year-old Deputy Tucker Blakely was responding to reports of an armed man in a home. Deputies encountered the man, identified as Matthew Logan Rose, and exchanged gunfire with him, according to the report. The suspect was shot and pronounced dead on the scene. Blakely was transported to a hospital, where he later succumbed to his wounds. “Our law enforcement officers risk their lives every time they put on the uniform and we are grateful for that every day. We will never forget their sacrifice. God bless the Knox County Sheriff’s Department,” U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett said in a statement. According to the report, Blakely graduated from the Knox County Training Academy in 2021. He is survived by his wife and 5-year-old son.

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Multiple Victims In Mass Shooting At Morgan State University In Baltimore

At least four people were wounded, none critically, in a shooting at Morgan State University in Baltimore on Tuesday, according to authorities, who urged students to take shelter on the campus of the historically Black college. The Baltimore Police Department initially said officers were on the scene for an "active shooter situation." The address given for the shooting appeared to match a residential building that's on the same block as a city police station. "We're asking everyone to shelter in place and avoid the area," police said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. About three hours later police said it was no longer an active shooter situation and said more details were expected at a media briefing. Police spokesperson Vernon Davis told the Baltimore Banner that at least four people were shot. Police spokesperson Amanda Krotki also said there were multiple victims with non-life-threatening injuries. City Council member Ryan Dorsey said on X that "it's believed there were three shooters firing into the crowd." No arrests were announced.

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Man Jumps From 2nd Floor In Koreatown Fire That Left Woman Critical

A man was injured while jumping from the second story of a burning home in Koreatown where a woman was found in critical condition Wednesday morning. The blaze was reported in the 900 block of South Ardmore Avenue shortly after 4 a.m. Arriving crews found a well-developed fire on the first floor of a boarded-up two-story home and went into an offensive mode, Los Angeles Fire Department Battalion Chief Donald Dillenberger said. Firefighters knocked down the blaze in about 15 minutes and found two injured people. One patient was described as a 21-year-old man who had suffered minor injuries from jumping off the second floor of the house, the fire department stated in a news alert. The second victim is a 50-year-old woman who sustained burns and smoke inhalation. She was said to be in critical condition.

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An Emergency Alert Test Will Sound Today On All U.S. Cellphones, TVs And radios. Here's What To Expect.

Your electronic devices may alarm you today — but there's a reason for that. A nationwide test of the federal emergency alert system will be broadcast at approximately 2:20 p.m. EDT to cellphones, televisions and radios across the United States. The test will occur simultaneously across time zones, so people in the middle of the country can expect it at 1:20 p.m. Central Time, or 12:20 p.m. Mountain Time. On the West Coast it will be at 11:20 a.m. Pacific Time. In most of Alaska it's at 10:20 a.m., and in Hawaii, 8:20 a.m. local time. Most Americans with wireless cellular devices will receive an emergency alert message on their phones, as will most whose televisions or radios are on when the test occurs. Russia tested its own emergency public warning system on Wednesday, sounding sirens across the country and interrupting some television and radio broadcasts, Reuters reported.

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LA City Council Moves Toward Banning Cashless Businesses

The Los Angeles City Council is one step closer to banning cashless businesses. The City Council’s Tuesday vote directs a legislative analyst to work with the city’s attorney’s office to create a new policy. The goal is to create more inclusion, allowing everyone – from low-income people denied access to credit cards to unhoused or older people – to participate in the city’s economy and shop where they want. “Most people don’t have bank accounts and credit cards, and people who do have credit cards are all maxed out,” one supporter of the council’s move told NBC4. According to a 2017 report from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 17% of all African-American households and 14% of Latino households in the U.S. had no bank account. However, not everyone is on board. The pandemic ushered in a cashless wave as retailers tried to do their part to prevent COVID infections. Others, though, went cashless to prevent theft. Maria Monroy is a manager at Maria’s Italian Kitchen on Ventura Boulevard. Going cashless is something she and her staff have been seriously considering due to the break-ins that she said are being committed by unhoused people in the alley behind the building.

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