Email from Los Angeles Police Protective League Daily News & Updates   Law Enforcement News 2 men shot dead near downtown Los Angeles smoke shop Los Angeles Police Department investigators are looking into the circumstances surrounding a fatal double shooting near a smoke shop in downtown L.A. early Saturday morning. Preliminary information relayed to KTLA by an LAPD spokesperson indicated that officers from the Central Station received multiple reports of a shooting in the area of 6th and Wall Streets at approximately 12:50 a.m. Authorities arrived on scene and found a male victim on the floor of Cloud Smoke Shop who had sustained at least one gunshot wound, the spokesperson told KTLA. He was pronounced dead at the scene. In a later update shortly before 8 a.m., LAPD stated that two victims — both adult men — were found at the location suffering from gunshot wounds. The other man also died at the scene, LAPD confirmed. KTLA 5 Man in critical condition after shooting in South Los Angeles A man is in critical condition after being shot in his vehicle in South Los Angeles Sunday night. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a shooting near the intersection of 25th Street and Maple Avenue. The LAPD said a 21-year-old man was sitting in his vehicle when an individual pulled up next to him and fired multiple gunshots. The shooter fled the scene and has not been arrested. The man was transported to the hospital in critical condition. The LAPD said the incident was gang-related. No other injuries were reported. CBS 2 41-year-old father of 2 killed in Canoga Park hit-and-run; police searching for driver The family of a 41-year-old man is asking the public's help finding the driver who hit and killed the father of two in Canoga Park. Friends and family members gathered near the crash site Sunday where Markus Caldwell was fatally struck on the night of Dec. 6. Surveillance video released by the Los Angeles Police Department shows Caldwell crossing De Soto Avenue, just north of Gresham Street, when he was struck by a driver in a silver SUV. The driver didn't stop or stay at the scene. Now, Caldwell's friends and family are begging anyone with information to come forward. "The case is still open, so we don't have that closure of knowing who did this, so I think this would be one step to getting some healing and hopefully the person that did this sees the great loss that was caused and come forward and makes things a little bit easier for us to heal and get some closure," said the victim's brother Major Caldwell IV. Markus Caldwell leaves behind his wife and two young children. Anyone with information about this collision is asked to contact Valley Traffic Division, Investigator Olson at 818-644-8022 or Detective Martinez at 818-644-8033. ABC 7 Armed police impersonators rob two people inside their home in Koreatown Authorities in Koreatown are searching for a group of armed men impersonating police who allegedly robbed two people inside their home. The robbery happened early Saturday morning at an apartment complex on Wilshire Boulevard, near Vermont Avenue. Four armed men dressed in all black posing as police officers entered the apartment demanding money and valuables. The thieves took off with about $100,000 worth of jewelry and several thousand in cash, according to police. The LAPD said it's possible the thieves were wearing masks that covered their faces and police are now searching through surveillance footage of the area to track them down. Anyone with information on the robbery is urged to contact the LAPD. NBC 4 Armed robbers target pair of 7-Eleven stores in Los Angeles’ Silver Lake area Two convenience stores were hit by armed robbers within about 20 minutes of each other in Los Angeles overnight. The most recent incident was reported at 12:05 a.m. Monday when three male suspects armed with a handgun entered a 7-Eleven store on the 1600 block of Silver Lake Boulevard in the Silver Lake neighborhood. The suspects took an unknown amount of property from the store and fled in a white vehicle, Los Angeles Police Department Officer Miller said. Video showed a a cash register drawer on the ground of the parking lot as police investigated the scene. No arrests have been made, Miller said. Less than three miles away, another 7-Eleven was held up by three males armed with a handgun on North San Fernando Road and Fletcher Drive in the Glassell Park neighborhood. Police responded to the call around 11:45 p.m. but found the suspects had already fled in a white vehicle with an unknown amount of property. KTLA 5 Sylmar residents tackle pursuit suspect running through their yard and hold him until police arrive Los Angeles Police Department officers were in pursuit of an allegedly armed stolen vehicle suspect on Saturday evening when some homeowners took matters into their own hands. It's not immediately known where or when the chase began, but SkyCal was overhead when the unidentified suspect jumped out of their car near Polk Street and San Fernando Road in Sylmar and began to run on foot. The suspect could be seen running through backyards and jumping over fences while being followed by the spotlight from Los Angeles Police Department's helicopter that was also over the pursuit. After a few minutes of milling about the neighborhood, moving from yard to yard, he came in contact with a couple of men who were already in the backyard of one home. They could be seen shouting at the suspect, waving their arms in what looked to be an attempt to make him leave before trying to push him out of the yard. At around 11:10 p.m., one of the residents tackled the man, throwing him to the ground. A second man jumped in and helped the first hold the suspect down until an LAPD officer arrived with what looked to be a Taser drawn. The suspect was arrested without further incident. CBS 2 NYPD statistics report record number of officer injuries in 2024 The NYPD recorded an alarming 4,600 injuries to officers at the hands of violent suspects in the first nine months of 2024, marking the highest total since the department began tracking such data in 2016, the New York Post reported. This figure represents a 13% increase from the 4,077 officer injuries reported during the same period in 2023 and a 60% rise from the 2,886 injuries logged in 2021, according to the report. Between April and June, 1,640 officers were injured, the most ever recorded in a single quarter. The subsequent three months saw an additional 1,618 injuries, the second-highest quarterly figure. While most injuries (4,285) were classified as minor, 192 required hospital treatment and 123 were severe enough to warrant hospital admission, according to the report. “Far too many routine calls are turning into all-out brawls and the reason is obvious: our justice system keeps releasing the same violent, repeat offenders, and they keep attacking cops when we try to lock them up again,” Police Benevolent Association president Patrick Hendry stated. PoliceOne Texas police department clears half of rape kit backlog as crime lab nears full staffing The Fort Worth Police Department is almost halfway through clearing a backlog of rape kits, and the city’s crime lab is almost fully staffed, authorities said Monday. In October, 898 kits were reported overdue for the state’s 90-day time frame for testing and entry into a database, officials said in a news release. As of Dec. 23, 514 kits remain untested, according to the release. The update comes after FWPD received federal money in November aimed at helping the city and county reduce its backlog of untested kits. The Fort Worth Police Department’s share of that money is over $800,000, according to the news release. In addition to the clearing of rape kits, the department also announced that four of five forensic scientist positions with the city’s crime lab have been filled, according to the release. The remaining position has been posted online, the department said. Once trained, the employees will help eliminate the remaining backlog and ensure another one doesn’t happen in the future, officials said. Fort Worth Star-Telegram Public Safety News Woman killed in fire at Panorama City townhouse A woman died in a fire at a townhouse in Panorama City as the flames spread to a neighboring home early Saturday morning, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Firefighters discovered the victim inside a downstairs bedroom of the two-story home, located in the 9200 block of North Wakefield Avenue, upon responding at about 3:31 a.m., LAFD officials said. Three other people — an 83-year-old woman, 20-year-old man and 68-year-old man — had escaped the blaze before firefighters arrived. They were taken to a hospital in fair condition. More than 70 firefighters worked to put out the flames as they made their way into a unit next door, simultaneously searching for other victims as they had learned other people were possibly trapped inside, according to LAFD. No one else was injured. The blaze was extinguished in about 43 minutes, authorities said. CBS 2 Trash fire on Los Angeles sidewalk destroys nearby parked car A car became engulfed in flames and a second vehicle was damaged by fire from a burning pile of trash in the University Park area of Los Angeles Monday morning. The fire was reported in the 100 block of West 33rd Street around 12:15 a.m. Firefighters arrived to find a rubbish fire on the sidewalk that had spread to a nearby parked car. The crew quickly doused the flames but the car was gutted by the fire which also spread to the front end of a pickup truck parked behind it. There were no immediate reports of injury and it was unclear how the fire was started. KTLA 5 About the LAPPL: Formed in 1923, the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) represents more than 8,900 dedicated and professional sworn members of the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPPL serves to advance the interests of LAPD officers through legislative and legal advocacy, political action and education. 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