Video captures man opening fire at LAPD cops inside liquor store

Newly released bodycam footage shows a suspect opening fire at LAPD officers inside a liquor store, leading to a shootout with police, KABC reported. The Aug. 31 incident began when two officers attempted to detain a man they believed was concealing a firearm, according to the report. Body camera footage from the officers involved and surveillance footage shows the officers entering the store and speaking with a man near the entrance. The conversation cannot be heard because of the body camera’s two-minute audio buffer. “I don’t have no weapons, sir,” the man can be heard saying as the camera audio begins. As an officer reached out to grab the man’s arm, the man resisted, running toward the back of the store. As officers pursued the man, the man can be seen producing a gun from a pocket or waistband. Shots can be heard as the officers turn to retreat. They called for backup, exited the store and took cover behind a cruiser. The suspect can be seen on surveillance footage chasing after the officers, firing shots at them as he ran toward the exit of the store, visibly wounded. The suspect fled but was later found hiding behind a parked car, wounded in the arm. Police recovered an unloaded 9mm handgun with a high-capacity magazine under a nearby vehicle, according to the report. The liquor store, a patrol car and other nearby vehicles were damaged by gunfire.

PoliceOne

Motorcyclist in custody after pursuit with L.A. police

Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department were in pursuit of a motorcyclist reportedly wanted for assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer. The suspect led officers in chase on several L.A. freeways before exiting to surface streets and winding his way back to the 10 Freeway. Later, on Western Avenue, the rider was splitting lanes, coming dangerously close to other motorists, before driving into a parking garage near Olympic, which was quickly surrounded by police. Aerial footage from Sky5 captured police briefly taking a man into custody and then releasing him. However, moments later, as the man was walking away, police stopped him again and took him into custody.

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Woman charged with murder in connection with a body found in a burned Honda in South L.A.

A woman is facing a murder charge after being arrested by Los Angeles police in connection with a body found inside a burned Honda Civic in South Los Angeles, police said. Sandra Romo Diaz, 52, of Los Angeles was arrested by Los Angeles Police Department detectives in connection with the death of Soledad Lopez, whose body was found in the car Sept. 9. Detectives arrested Romo Diaz on Sept. 16, and two days later, county prosecutors charged Romo with murder. She has pleaded not guilty. According to the murder charge, Romo Diaz is accused of killing Lopez on Sept. 7. Lopez’s body was found in South Los Angeles after family members filed a missing persons report and reportedly tracked her to a scorched Honda Civic that was being held at a tow yard on West Gage Avenue. The car had been towed to the lot on Sept. 8 from the 6800 block of South Flower Street, according to records. L.A. City firefighters extinguished the vehicle fire but did not check inside the car and did not see the woman’s remains, according to two sources familiar with the investigation.

Los Angeles Times

LAPD arrests murder suspect after hours-long search in Westwood

The Los Angeles Police Department closed Sunset Boulevard east of the 405 Freeway to search for a murder suspect in Westwood on Thursday. Officers started searching for the suspect at about 4:30 p.m. in the area of Sunset Boulevard and Glenroy Avenue. Police located and arrested the suspect after about 3.5 hours.

CBS 2

Los Angeles pursuit suspect arrested after crashing into parked car

The Los Angeles Police Department was in pursuit of a man in the San Fernando Valley. Officers said the driver is on probation for a shooting. Police began the chase near Van Nuys. The man continued to drive around until inexplicably veering into a parked car near the intersection of Calvert Street and Cedros Avenue. The collision clipped the older compact SUV on its side. Police quickly moved in and pulled the driver out of the vehicle. The watch commander for LAPD's Van Nuys Division said the suspect was conscious and breathing.

CBS 2

Man says $20,000 Rolex stolen from locker at Equinox gym

A man says his $20,000 Rolex was stolen from inside a locked locker at an Equinox gym in Studio City, raising concerns about thefts in fitness centers across Los Angeles. Darrius Hicks told KTLA he placed his watch in his locker on Sept. 18 before taking a shower and using the steam room. When he returned about 15 minutes later, the watch was gone. “I put my watch inside the locker,” Hicks said. “Took a shower and steamed. I came back maybe about 15 minutes or so and my watch was gone.” Hicks said the Rolex carried more than just monetary value. He explained that he and a close friend bought matching watches to celebrate the success of their real estate ventures. “We were starting real estate together and doing quite a few real estate deals, and then we bought these matching Rolexes as a celebratory thing,” Hicks recalled. “Maybe about three years later he passed away at the age of 36.” LAPD has not confirmed whether Hicks’ case is connected to other reported gym thefts. However, officials have previously warned that locker rooms in gyms across Los Angeles — from the San Fernando Valley to the Westside — have become frequent targets for thieves.

KTLA 5

Man who shot, killed California officer days after graduating police academy sentenced to prison

An off-duty officer was fatally shot 17 days after graduating from the police academy in 2022, California officials say. Gerardo Magallanes was given a 24-year, eight-month prison sentence in connection with the death of Monterey Park Police Officer Gardiel Solorio, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a Sept. 30 news release. Magallanes, who is accused of providing the gun used in the fatal shooting, pleaded no contest “to one count of voluntary manslaughter with the admission of gang and gun allegations, and one count of the unlawful possession of a firearm,” prosecutors said. Attorney information for Magallanes was not immediately available. Solorio’s family addressed the court during Magallanes’ sentencing, Southern California News Group reported. “To you, he was no one,” his older sister, Eva Solorio, said, the outlet reported. “To us, he was everything. … I lost more than a brother. I lost a piece of myself.” Carlos Solorio said his brother “was stolen from us in the most cowardly way possible,” the outlet reported.

Sacramento Bee

Violent crash leaves 1 person dead, passengers trapped in North Hollywood

A high-speed crash into a power pole in North Hollywood left one person dead and several others trapped Friday morning. The violent collision was reported just before 1:45 a.m. on Vanowen Street near Lemp Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Responding firefighters extricated the victims trapped inside the vehicle and provided immediate medical care. Despite their efforts, a 30-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. A second man, said to be 25 years old, was transported to a local trauma center in critical condition. Two 19-year-old males were also rescued and taken to trauma centers in fair condition, the Fire Department said. A Los Angeles Police Department patrol unit witnessed the car traveling at a high rate of speed when it hit the power pole on Vanowen and Irvine Avenue, freelance media firm KNN News reported. Video from the scene showed that at least one other vehicle was damaged in the collision. No further details about the crash were immediately available.

KTLA 5

Grass Fire Breaks Out After Car Overturns in Hollywood Hills

The Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters extinguished a fire in the Hollywood Hills Friday after a patch of grass caught fire when a car overturned during a police pursuit. Fire crews responded at 2:10 .m. Friday to 2700 W Cahuenga Blvd. east of the northbound Hollywood (101) Freeway and quickly worked to extinguish the flames inside the vehicle and in the grass, said LAFD spokeswoman Lyndsey Lantz. No victims were found inside or outside of the car, Lantz added.

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