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Driver arrested after violent Boyle Heights crash leaves 1 dead, 3 hurt, police say

At least one person is dead and several others are hurt after a violent crash in Boyle Heights. Police said three women were ejected after riding in the bed of a truck. Another passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck reportedly crashed into a vehicle parked on the street and flipped on its side after the impact. "They were driving incredibly recklessly. It was very unsafe," said witness Jessica Solorio. "It looked like they were on something." "They were like giggling, like having fun. To be honest, they looked kind of drunk, intoxicated," said witness Adriana Elicea. Video from the aftermath of the crash shows the victims' clothing and shoes littered on the road. A neighbor said the crash happened close to where his friend lives out of their vehicle.

ABC 7

Hit-and-run driver in deadly Venice crash sought

Police in Venice are searching for the driver who took off after killing a pedestrian last week. Neo Moroke, 23, was on a marked crosswalk near Washington and Lincoln Boulevards when a vehicle struck and killed him, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The crash happened around 1 or 2 a.m. on Sept. 20, police said. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died of his injuries. The driver responsible for his death was traveling in a blue SUV that was last seen heading east on Washington Boulevard, according to police. As of Sunday, there are no new details on the driver or vehicle involved in the hit-and-run; there is no surveillance footage that was recorded in the area. Anyone with information on the case is encouraged to contact LAPD’s Pacific Community Station at 310-482-6334.

NBC 4

Scooter rider struck, killed in San Fernando Valley hit-and-run 

A person on a scooter was struck and killed in the San Fernando Valley on Sunday night, and police are searching for the driver who fled the scene. A Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson confirmed to KTLA that officers were called to the intersection of Strathern Street and Woodman Avenue in the Panorama City neighborhood at 9:37 p.m. on reports of a collision between a car and a scooter. “Both the vehicle and the scooter were traveling northbound on Woodman when the driver struck the person on the scooter, fleeing the scene without rendering medical aid,” the LAPD spokesperson said. Responding L.A. Fire Department paramedics pronounced the victim, a man between 30 and 40 years old, dead at the scene. Some of his belongings, including a backpack, were seen on the roadway next to a white tent. His identity was not immediately known, and no information on the vehicle involved in the hit-and-run was available.

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Singer D4vd broke lease and moved out of Hollywood Hills home searched in 15-year-old girl’s death

Singer D4vd broke his lease to a multimillion-dollar home in the Hollywood Hills and moved out just days after police searched the property in connection to the death of a 15-year-old girl, the owner confirmed to The Times. Police found the body of Celeste Rivas Hernandez on Sept. 8, a day after her birthday, in the trunk of a Tesla that was spotted parked near the rental home. The car, registered to the singer, was impounded before the grisly discovery was made. It’s unclear how long she had been inside the trunk of the car. Her body was described by authorities as being decomposed, suggesting she had been dead for a while. On Sept. 17, detectives served a search warrant at the home in the upscale neighborhood on Doheny Drive, where law enforcement sources with knowledge of the case said several electronic items, including computers, were seized. A cause of death has not been released by the L.A. County medical examiner, and her death is being investigated by the robbery-homicide detectives of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles law enforcement increases security around churches after deadly shooting in Michigan

Los Angeles-area law enforcement agencies on Sunday said that they would be increasing patrols around religious buildings after a deadly mass shooting at a Latter-day Saints church in Michigan. The decision came shortly after a gunman drove into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township in Michigan, during a service, police said. They say that the man opened fire inside the church and then set the building ablaze before he died in a shootout with Michigan-area law enforcement. "The reports of a mass shooting and fire during Sunday services at an LDS church in Michigan are devastating," said a statement from Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass that was shared on X. "This type of violence is reprehensible and should have no place in out country. My heart is with the families impacted and the entire Grand Blanc community." She said that LAPD officers would be increasing their patrols at all local places of worship on Sunday. A statement from Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials echoed Bass' message. 

CBS 2

Kansas officer shot, killed by domestic violence suspect

A Hays Police officer was shot and killed on Sept. 28 while responding to a domestic violence incident, KWCH reported. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is leading the investigation into the fatal shooting, according to the report. The deadly sequence of events began late Saturday night, Sept. 27, when Hays Police were called to a residence after a woman reported she had escaped a domestic violence situation and that her partner had rammed her vehicle with his truck as she tried to flee. She ran to a nearby home and called for help, according to the report. Around 1:55 a.m. on Sept. 28, officers from Hays Police and the Kansas Highway Patrol set up a perimeter around the suspect’s home. During the response, a single gunshot was fired from inside the residence, striking a Hays Police officer. Officers immediately rendered lifesaving aid and the officer was flown to a regional hospital. Despite efforts, the officer died just after 4 a.m. The officer’s name has not yet been released, pending family notification, according to the report.

PoliceOne

Gunman opens fire, sets fire to Michigan church, killing at least 4

A gunman opened fire inside a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Michigan during a Sunday service before apparently setting the building ablaze, killing at least four people and injuring eight others before police shot him, authorities said. Hundreds of people were inside the church in Grand Blanc Township when a man rammed a pickup truck through the front door, then got out of the vehicle and started shooting, Police Chief William Renye told reporters. Investigators believe he “deliberately” set the building on fire, Renye said. After the suspect left the church, two officers pursued him and “engaged in gunfire,” Renye said. The man was killed. Flames and smoke could be seen pouring from the church for hours before the blaze was put out. First responders were then sifting through the wreckage. A four-door pickup with two American flags displayed in the truck bed remained on the scene. Renye identified the suspect as Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, from neighboring Burton. Reyne did not specify a motive at a news conference on Sunday evening.

Associated Press

Firefighters Put out Flames in Sawtelle-Area House

It took 33 firefighters 34 minutes Sunday to put out a stubborn fire inside a first-floor room of a house in the Sawtelle area of Los Angeles. The fire was reported at 3:25 p.m. Sunday in a 2,500-square-foot, two-story house at 12334 W. Evensong Drive, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Brian Humphrey. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire was under investigation, Humphrey said.

MyNewsLA

Woman hospitalized after jumping from downtown LA high-rise due to e-bike fire

A woman was injured on Sunday when she jumped from the third floor of a downtown Los Angeles high-rise to get away from an e-bike fire, authorities said. Los Angeles Fire Department crews were sent to the Rosslyn Lofts, located in the 400 block of S. Main Street, shortly after 9:45 a.m. upon learning of the blaze, said a news release from department officials. Firefighters were able to quickly control the flames, which were extinguished in about 20 minutes. They said that the building's sprinkler system was able to keep them largely in check until they were contained by first-arriving crews. "A 68-year-old female resident ... reportedly jumped from a third-floor fire escape prior to LAFD arrival, sustaining a severe leg injury and minor facial trauma," the release said. She was taken to a nearby hospital in fair condition and is expected to be okay, firefighters said. No other injuries were reported. 

CBS 2

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