Email from Los Angeles Police Protective League Daily News & Updates Law Enforcement News LAPD officer shot near Exposition Park is in stable condition A Los Angeles Police Department officer was shot Saturday afternoon in the Exposition Park area and transported to a nearby hospital. The officer is in “serious” but stable condition with a “non-life-threatening” injury, LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said Saturday evening at California Hospital Medical Center. The shooting took place around 3:45 p.m. by Martin Luther King Jr. Park near 39th Place and Western Avenue, according to the LAPD. McDonnell said two officers who were assigned to a “gang enforcement detail” were involved in the incident but only one was injured.“They observed the suspect that they attempted to stop and question. The suspect ran,” McDonnell said. “There was a short foot pursuit. During that time, the suspect turned and fired rounds at our officers. One of our officers was struck. The other officer returned fire and an additional unit responded and assisted in arresting the suspect.” McDonnell said no shots hit the suspect, who is now in custody. “I believe we’re very fortunate. The officer has non-life-threatening [injuries] at this point. He’s in serious but stable condition,” McDonnell said. Los Angeles Times LAPD: Ghost Gun Was Used to Wound Officer An untraceable “ghost gun” was allegedly used to wound an officer during a pursuit in the Exposition Park area, police revealed Monday. The shooting occurred at 3:45 p.m. Saturday at 39th Place and Western Avenue, at or near Martin Luther King Jr. Park, Los Angeles Police Department Officer Charles Miller told City News Service. Two uniformed Gang Enforcement Detail officers were conducting a patrol along the Western Avenue corridor near Martin Luther King Park when they spotted a man, later identified as 26-year-old Ernesto Sepulveda, riding a bicycle north on the sidewalk, according to an LAPD news release. “The officers believed that Sepulveda possessed a handgun and initiated a pedestrian stop on the 3900 block of South Western Avenue,” according to the LAPD. Sepulveda fled and while being chased, he allegedly drew a pistol from his waistband and fired at the officers, “resulting in an officer-involved shooting.” MyNewsLA 3 sought in fatal hit-and-run in Vermont Vista Police are searching for a group of three people involved in a fatal hit-and-run that claimed the life of a man over the weekend in South Los Angeles. The crash was reported at 9:20 p.m. Saturday on the 400 block of 91st Street. There, two vehicles crashed, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. A man was found dead in one of the vehicles that crashed. The driver of the other car and two passengers took off, prompting a search. Video from the scene showed a crowd of people surrounding the two vehicles. It's unclear what led up to the crash or why that crowd was there. A detailed description of those involved in the hit-and-run was not available. Law enforcement did not release the name of the deceased. The investigation is ongoing. NBC 4 Street takeover with fireworks and drivers doing donuts shuts down 110 Freeway near DTLA Police responded to at least two street takeovers following an evening of July Fourth celebrations across the Los Angeles area. Video shows fireworks going off in the middle of a street takeover in Green Meadows, just west of Watts, overnight. The takeover happened at the intersection of Imperial Highway and Avalon around 2 a.m. Saturday. The video shows a large crowd gathered around cars doing donuts in the street. Meanwhile, fireworks explode in the air. Los Angeles police said officers eventually cleared the crowd. Police believe that a short time later, some of the people involved in the takeover broke into a nearby Metro by T-Mobile store. So far, there's no word on any arrests. Meanwhile, another takeover overnight stopped northbound traffic on the 110 Freeway near downtown L.A. ABC 7 Business owner says around 100 people burglarized shopping center after Los Angeles street takeover A business owner in L.A.’s Jefferson Park neighborhood says around 100 people stormed multiple stores, including hers, after a street takeover. Details surrounding the takeover and subsequent burglaries are limited; however, Los Angeles Police Department Officer Cervantes was able to confirm that a call reporting the alleged illicit activity came in at 3:24 a.m. Monday. “There was a report of a street takeover that resulted in a burglary to a business,” Officer Cervantes said, adding that no arrests were reported — although one man was seen being detained by police — and it is not known if anything was taken. A woman who owns a business within the plaza, located at Western Avenue and Adams Boulevard, claims that multiple establishments — including a 99 cent store, a nail salon and a beauty supply store — were broken into by a mob of around 100 people. KTLA 5 BWC: Man uses stolen cruiser to ram pursuing patrol cars, points shotgun at Ill. officers before OIS Dramatic cop body cam video shows gunman Oscar M. McCurry II refusing to drop a stolen police shotgun before being shot and wounded by officers forced to defend themselves. And yet the video, released by the State Police late Thursday afternoon, also shows that the wounded McCurry still wouldn’t give up. He had dropped the shotgun but was still armed with a knife as he confronted police on U.S. 51 outside of Macon and kept screaming “Kill me, kill me, I’ve got to die” while surrounding officers shouted back at him over and over to “get on the ground, get on the ground.” The 38-year-old Macon man was finally taken into custody without further bloodshed to end the confrontation which happened on the morning of May 3 near the P&V Quickstop gas station. McCurry appeared Thursday in Macon County Circuit Court for a pretrial hearing and is denying charges of the aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon and aggravated battery of a peace officer among several other felony counts. A sworn affidavit said McCurry had commandeered a squad car during the confrontation and used it ram another squad car driven by an officer who is heard yelling out in pain on his body cam video after he was hit. The shotgun wielded by McCurry had been broken out of its secure case in the commandeered vehicle. Herald & Review, Decatur, Ill. Tren de Aragua leader added to FBI’s ’10 Most Wanted’ list An alleged leader of the Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Aragua last week was sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. All of his assets in the United States or under the control of U.S. citizens have been blocked. The measure targets Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano, 37, who is accused of overseeing drug trafficking operations and murders in Colombia on behalf of the Venezuelan gang known as TdA. Authorities say the group has unleashed a campaign of terror across the Western Hemisphere, “including in the U.S. and continues to expand.” The U.S. has designated TdA as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. The group is involved in criminal activities such as drug trafficking, human trafficking, extortion, sexual exploitation of women and children and money laundering. “TdA remains focused on terrorizing our communities and facilitating the flow of illicit narcotics into our country, relying on key leaders like Mosquera Serrano to fund and oversee its violent operations,” said Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury. Miami Herald Public Safety News Auto Fire Knocked Down at 11-Story High-Rise in Downtown LA An auto fire at a high-rise apartment building led to evacuations and traffic obstacles in downtown Los Angeles Sunday. The fire on the fourth level of parking in the 11-story building in the 900 block of Broadway Street was reported around 1:25 p.m. Sunday, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. It was knocked down in about 35 minutes with no injuries or structural damage reported. Smoke from the fire infiltrated up to the seventh floor, prompting smoke clearance operations. Crews were also addressing a water evacuation issue, according to the LAFD. Traffic was temporarily shut down on Broadway between Ninth Street and 10th Street for overhaul operations. MyNewsLA Lifeguards make hundreds of rescues with hazardous conditions at SoCal beaches on July 4th weekend The beach is always the go-to spot for many on the Fourth of July holiday weekend, and while the crowds kept lifeguards busy, it was the rip currents and high surf over eight feet high that forced lifeguards to make more than 150 rescues in Huntington Beach over the holiday. "A lot of water that moves to shore, and it finds the path of least resistance, and we were looking at rip currents that were hundreds of yards offshore, pulling water into that deep section," said Huntington Beach Lifeguard Trevor McDonald. Huntington Beach doubled its lifeguard tower staff in popular areas and had rescue boats and skis at the ready. In Newport Beach, lifeguards shared a shocking video of crews saving 10 swimmers from what they called a "monster rip current" during the July Fourth holiday. Lifeguards made 350 rescues there on Friday. In Santa Monica on Saturday, swimmers said the waves were a bit rough, but nothing to keep them out of the water. "When I was swimming, I was in there, and the waves kept pulling me in and pulling me out. I almost got pulled in, but then I got out, so the waves are higher than usual," said Jace. ABC 7 Deadly Fourth of July holiday: 3 killed in SoCal due to fireworks Three people, including an 8-year-old girl, were killed in separate fireworks-related incidents in Southern California over the Independence Day weekend. First responders over the weekend responded to calls of injuries related to fireworks as families celebrated the Fourth of July. However, three of those calls resulted in fatalities. In Pacoima, one person was killed and five others were hurt in a fireworks explosion that resulted in a multi-house fire. The blaze was reported just after 9 p.m. in the 12900 block of Corcoran Street, leaving 18 people displaced. Officials did not release the name of the deceased, but described him as a man in his 30s. Meanwhile in Simi Valley, another explosion caused by fireworks claimed a life. This incident was reported on the 1600 block of Edmund Street, where the deceased was found in the garage of the home where the explosion occurred. Law enforcement did not share the name of the person who died. An 8-year-old girl was killed in a fireworks-related explosion in Buena Park after a homeowner placed a large fireworks display in the street and misfired toward a home. The incident was reported at about 9:45 p.m. on the 8000 block of Cornflower Circle. There, the initial firework that was set off caused other illegal fireworks to ignite near where the girl and others were. NBC 4 California fire season kicks off with a blazing bang It’s going to be a bad fire season. Even at what historically has been the start of rainy season in Southern California, we had some of our worst fires. The Eaton and Palisades fires in January caused an unprecedented level of destruction, killing at least 30 people, destroying more than 16,000 homes in L.A. County and leaving a burn zone 2½ times the size of New York’s Manhattan. Two weeks into peak fire season, wildfires are spreading in California. Officials say it’s just the beginning. More than a dozen fires began sparking across Riverside and San Bernardino counties last week. A fire in rural San Luis Obispo County had grown to more than 80,000 acres as of Sunday evening and was California’s largest this year, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Experts warn that the latest fiery events set the stage for what is to come over the next few months as the state moves from an unusually dry winter and spring into what are expected to be a hot summer and fall. Los Angeles Times Death toll in central Texas flash floods rises to 82 as sheriff says 10 campers remain missing Families sifted through waterlogged debris Sunday and stepped inside empty cabins at Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp ripped apart by flash floods that washed homes off their foundations and killed at least 82 people in central Texas. Rescuers maneuvering through challenging terrain, high waters and snakes including water moccasins continued their desperate search for the missing, including 10 girls and a counselor from the camp. For the first time since the storms began pounding Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott said there were 41 people confirmed to be unaccounted for across the state and more could be missing. In Kerr County, home to Camp Mystic and other youth camps in the Texas Hill Country, searchers have found the bodies of 68 people, including 28 children, Sheriff Larry Leitha said in the afternoon. He pledged to keep searching until “everybody is found” from Friday’s flash floods. Ten other deaths were reported in Travis, Burnet, Kendall, Tom Green and Williamson counties, according to local officials. The death toll is certain to rise over the next few days, said Col. Freeman Martin of the Texas Department of Public Safety. 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