Law Enforcement News Gunman Dead, 3 Officers Shot As Paso Robles Manhunt Comes To Violent End An intense manhunt for a gunman who wounded a San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s deputy ended Thursday with an altercation that left three police officers wounded and the suspect dead, authorities said. Details of how the manhunt ended were not available. But a law enforcement source told The Times that three officers were seriously hurt during a standoff with the suspect. Their injuries do not appear to be life-threatening, the source said. The gunman is believed to have killed a Paso Robles resident and seriously wounded a San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s deputy on Wednesday. Los Angeles Times The Push For LAPD Reform And The Contentious Role Of Police Unions Amid the national conversation about community policing and police reform, the discussion over the role police unions play in facilitating the kinds of macro-level reforms being discussed has resurfaced and now finds itself a central part of the discussion. LAPPL's Hannu "TJ" Tarjamo discusses on KPCC's AirTalk. KPCC AirTalk Death Penalty Sought In 2018 South Carolina Police Ambush Officials will seek the death penalty against a South Carolina man charged with shooting seven police officers in an ambush, killing two of them, a prosecutor announced Thursday. Hopkins ambushed three Florence County deputies he knew were coming to his home in October 2018 to conduct a search warrant after his son was accused of sexually abusing his children, authorities said. He then shot four more officers as they rushed to help the wounded officers, investigators said. Florence Police Sgt. Terrence Carraway and Florence County Sheriff’s deputy Farrah Turner were killed. Solicitor Ed Clements is seeking the death penalty for the deaths of the officers. Associated Press SUV Strikes Deputy In Santa Clarita, Suspect Sought A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy was struck by an SUV in a hit-and-run crash in Santa Clarita and the driver was on the loose Friday morning. Deputies were conducting a traffic stop on a felony warrant suspect near Tyler Lane and American Beauty Drive about 10:45 p.m. Thursday when the deputy was hit, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department confirmed it took one patient to a hospital in unknown condition. The suspect vehicle, described as a gray Range Rover with Florida license plates, was found abandoned at a gas station in Newhall, but the driver and others in the vehicle were being sought, the department said. MyNewsLA.com LAPD Officers, Community Members Gather For Dialogue In South L.A. A pastor with Experience Christian Ministries in South Los Angeles organized a forum Wednesday that brought together police officers and people from the communities they patrol for one-on-one conversations. Sara Welch reports for the KTLA 5 News at 6 on June 10, 2020. KTLA 5 Video Man Killed In Apparent Gang-Related Shooting In Southwest L.A. Area A man was killed in an apparent gang-related shooting in the southwest Los Angeles area, and authorities Thursday were working to solve the crime. The shooting occurred about 9:45 p.m. Wednesday at 67th Street and Western Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The man, in his mid-30s, died at a hospital, police said. No information was available on his identity. No description was available of a suspect or suspects, and police did not elaborate on the gang aspect. Anyone with information on the case was urged to call 877-LAPD-247, or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS. MyNewsLA.com Man Fatally Shot In South L.A. A man was fatally shot in the Chesterfield Square area of South L.A. Wednesday night, officials said. Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to the intersection of 67th Street and Western Avenue about 9:40 p.m. for a call about a shooting. They found a 36-year-old man with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. He has not been identified. Police had no information about the shooter, but described the incident as gang related. KTLA 5 Four Suspects Arrested After High-Speed Chase Ends In Inglewood Four suspects were arrested in Inglewood Thursday night after a pursuit that began with the Los Angeles Police Department trying to arrest at least one suspect for assault with a deadly weapon. The chase began about 8:35 p.m. in the LAPD's Hollenbeck Division's jurisdiction, which covers areas in eastern Los Angeles, according to Officer Tony Im. The exact location was not available. The suspects traveled, often over 100 miles per hour, on the Golden State (5), Artesia (91) and Glenn Anderson (105) freeways, where a California Highway Patrol helicopter had to abandon the chase because of fog. The four suspects were located and taken into custody about 9:20 p.m., on Prairie Avenue, near the Glenn Anderson Freeway, in Inglewood. FOX 11 $5K Reward Offered For Information In Arson Attack On Sake House In Santa Monica A reward of $5,000 is being offered for information about three suspects responsible for setting fire to a popular Japanese restaurant in Santa Monica. The Sake House by Hikari, at 401 Santa Monica Blvd., was one of several restaurants and stores that was looted during protests in Santa Monica on May 31. Crowds in Santa Monica started out as a protest decrying the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. He died shortly after a Minneapolis police officer was recorded holding his knee on Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes. According to reports, an apparently organized group took advantage of the protest to loot stores and restaurants along the Third Street Promenade and elsewhere in downtown Santa Monica, while police in riot gear guarded the Santa Monica Place mall. A fire set at the Sake House completely engulfed the restaurant in flames. CBS 2 Woman Arrested For Torching 5 Police Vehicles During Seattle Protests A Tacoma woman was arrested Thursday morning for allegedly setting fire to five Seattle police vehicles during a downtown Seattle protest two weekends ago, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Margaret Channon, 25, is accused of of burning police vehicles parked near Sixth Avenue and Pine Street on May 30, the statement said. She was arrested without incident at her Tacoma home. She is charged by criminal complaint with five counts of arson. “This defendant was captured by multiple cameras using an accelerant, lit like a blowtorch, to start fires in five vehicles — putting the public at risk and creating the very real possibility of a structure fire amidst the throng of people protesting downtown,” Brian T. Moran, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington, said in the statement. Seattle Times Crime Surged Amid George Floyd Protests In Parts Of US Parts of the nation have seen a surge in certain crimes amid protests and riots that flared in the wake of the death of George Floyd. Cities including Minneapolis, where Floyd was killed, as well as New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, have seen an uptick in burglaries, shootings and even, in some cases, murders. Protests have been held in cities and towns around the world calling for an end to police brutality and systemic racism. But public and elected officials have said the protests have devolved in some cases into organized riots, and some opportunists have used the diverted police attention as a chance to commit crimes. The racial tensions and political climate have also prompted attacks on police in parts of the nation. FOX News Public Safety News Homelessness Jumped 13% In L.A. County, 14% In The City Before Pandemic Despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent to curb homelessness, the number of people without a home in Los Angeles grew last year for the fifth time in the last six years, officials announced Friday. And that was before the pandemic. The double-digit increases reported in both the city and county reflected the status in January, when the annual count is taken, and before the novel coronavirus thrashed the region’s economy, raising the likelihood of a new wave of people losing their homes. The count “is not that helpful because the whole landscape has changed,” said Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Executive Director Heidi Marston. “This doesn’t take into account the almost 600,000 people that, since January, and even just since May, have lost their jobs due to COVID-19,” she said. Los Angeles Times L.A. County Reports Highest Single-Day Total Of New Coronavirus Cases As more businesses and attractions prepare to reopen, Los Angeles County reported another 46 deaths due to the coronavirus Thursday, while also confirming the highest single-day total of new cases of COVID-19. The 46 new deaths increased the county's total number of fatalities to 2,813. The county Department of Public Health also reported 1,857 new confirmed cases of the virus. While it was the largest single-day number of new cases announced by the county during the pandemic, health officials said roughly 600 of those cases were the result of a backlog in the reporting of test results. 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