Email from Los Angeles Police Protective League Daily News & Updates Law Enforcement News Driver sought after pedestrian killed in hit-and-run crash in Pacoima A search is underway for the driver in a hit-and-run crash that turned deadly in Pacoima. The incident happened shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. A man was walking across Van Nuys Boulevard when he was struck by a Chevy pickup truck. The victim, only identified by a man in his 50s, died at the scene. The driver took off after the crash. Police were eventually able to find the pickup truck, but the driver still has not been found. ABC 7 LA police chase suspect dies after jumping out of moving van, getting hit by freeway traffic A police chase took a deadly turn near in Los Angeles' Highland Park neighborhood. SkyFOX was over the scene as a white van led the Los Angeles Police Department on a chase on Monday, October 20. At one point during the chase, the suspect jumped out of the moving white van along the 110 Freeway near Highland Park, tried to jump over the freeway's center divider before getting hit by incoming traffic at full speed. The deadly crash ended up shutting down both lanes of the 110 Freeway. The suspect, who has not been identified, was initially wanted for possibly stealing the white van. Officials did not say where the van may have been stolen from. The California Highway Patrol closed the lanes for hours for the investigation. FOX 11 Authorities ID Victim in Fatal North Hollywood Shooting County authorities Monday released the name of a 26-year-old who was fatally shot in the chest, last week, in what may have been a gang-related killing in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office identified the victim as Delfino Moor, whose place of residence was not immediately available. Moor was shot around 12:30 p.m. Thursday in the 7300 block of Lankershim Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Officers arrived to find him down, suffering from a gunshot wound. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics could not save him and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Earlier, police said the victim was approached by three male suspects moments before one of them opened fire. Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the shooting. Angel Banuelos, 31; Joshua Provencio, 21; and Jonathan Cuellar, 24, were all booked on suspicion of murder and were each being held on $2 million bail, according to the LAPD. MyNewsLA Burglar climbs through ceiling to enter San Fernando Valley cellphone shop Investigators believe a burglar used the ceiling from a neighboring business to break into a cellphone store in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley early Tuesday morning. Officers were sent to the Metro by T-Mobile store on the 20100 block of Saticoy Street after a caller reported the burglary alarm sounded around 5:50 a.m. Police at the scene said the burglar likely broke into the neighboring Boba shop before crawling through the ceiling to enter the wireless phone store. The male suspect was taken into custody a short time later after being found about a half mile away on Saticoy Street, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department told KTLA. Aerial video from Sky5 over the scene at 7 a.m. showed a police patrol unit still at the scene investigating the incident. It was unclear what, if anything, was taken from the store. KTLA 5 Hollywood Hills the latest L.A. neighborhood to be plagued by copper wire thefts Copper wire thefts have been turning streets across L.A. dark, with the Hollywood Hills becoming the latest affected area, and now some residents are fearing for their safety and worried about potential burglaries. Footage sent in by KTLA viewers shows at least half-a-dozen power boxes in the area have been damaged recently, with wires sticking out of the holes left in the ground by thieves. As a result, local streets are pitch black, which worries those living in the upscale area. “I feel like our neighborhood is really safe, but that’s with the lights on, and not, you know, holes in the middle of the street,” said resident Vicki Weiss. Other people residing in the Hollywood Hills are concerned of a wider, “endemic” problem. “If it’s happening across the city, then it’s an endemic problem,” said longtime Hollywood Hills resident Mary Clark. KTLA 5 Man fatally shot in Compton after causing disturbance inside beauty supply store, deputies say An investigation is underway in Compton after a woman shot and killed a man on Sunday afternoon. Deputies were called to the 1300 block of E. Alondra Boulevard at around 3:30 p.m. after learning of a shooting inside of a store called Pink Beauty Supply, said a news release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Upon arrival, they found one person, a 42-year-old man, suffering from a fatal gunshot wound. The victim, who was only described as a man, was declared dead at the scene, the release said. Investigators told CBS LA that the woman shot the man because he was causing a disturbance. They say that the woman was a customer at the store and that she remained at the scene to cooperate with their investigation. On Monday, LASD Lieutenant DeJong said that the man followed another customer into the store and "groped her once inside." When employees told him to leave, he allegedly refused and began to verbally assault them and some customers before he started throwing objects inside the store. CBS 2 25-year-old California officer struck by car, killed while responding to crash A La Mesa Police Department officer died after being struck by a car while responding to another crash, CBS 8 reported. The Oct. 20 incident began when a vehicle traveling eastbound on I-8 lost control, overturned and came to rest in the freeway lanes, according to the report. The disabled vehicle was then struck by another car. La Mesa Police Officer Lauren Craven, 25, encountered the crash while returning to the city from the San Diego Central Jail. According to police, she stopped to assist with the accident and began taking a report when she was struck by a separate oncoming vehicle. Craven and the driver involved in the initial rollover were both pronounced dead at the scene, according to CHP Captain Reggie Williams. Craven had been with the La Mesa Police Department since February 2024 and was assigned to the Patrol Division. In a statement, the department expressed its gratitude for the support of regional law enforcement and asked the community to keep Craven’s family and colleagues in their thoughts. The California Highway Patrol is leading the investigation. No further details have been released about the other drivers involved. PoliceOne Video: Georgia police thwart potential mass shooting at Atlanta airport, arrest felon who made threats Police arrested a man at Atlanta’s bustling airport on Monday after getting a tip from his family that he was planning to shoot up the place, and found an assault rifle and ammunition in his truck outside, the city’s police chief said. Billy Joe Cagle, of Cartersville, Georgia, had described his plan to shoot up the world’s busiest airport on a social media livestream, Chief Darin Schierbaum said during a news conference. “The Cartersville Police Department was alerted by the family of Mr. Cagle that he was streaming on social media that he was headed to the Atlanta airport, in their words, to ‘shoot it up,’ and the family stated that he was in possession of an assault rifle,” Schierbaum said, describing Cagle as a “convicted felon.” Cagle, 49, arrived at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in a Chevrolet pickup truck that was parked right outside the doors to the airport terminal. When police went to the vehicle, they found an AR-15 with 27 rounds of ammunition, Schierbaum said. “We’re here today briefing you on a success and not a tragedy because a family saw something and said something,” the chief said. Associated Press Public Safety News Car fire erupts at gas station in Los Angeles Firefighters extinguished a massive car fire at a Lincoln Heights gas station Monday, officials confirmed to KTLA. It’s unclear exactly what caused the blaze, but flames erupted in what appeared to be the interior of a Chevrolet Camaro, which was parked with its hood up at the gas pumps of an Arco gas station located 2832 N. Broadway in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles just after 2:30 p.m. In footage of the incident taken by a passing motorist, heavy black smoke can be seen billowing over the area where flames were shooting from the car and igniting the gas station’s awning over the pumps. Crews with the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the scene at around 2:42 p.m. and were able to extinguish the vehicle and the awning, though both were severely damaged by fire. Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department were also called to the scene where traffic had slowed, in part, as motorists and others slowed to watch the blaze, backing up traffic in the area. KTLA 5 Local Government News LA City Council to give final approval for metal and wire theft reward program The City Council is expected to give its final approval to a proposed ordinance that would create a Metal and Wire Theft Reward program, which city officials hope will curb crimes against public infrastructure such as copper wire theft. Last week, council members voted 8-2 in favor of the ordinance and the matter was scheduled for a second vote today. If approved, the matter will go before Mayor Karen Bass for her consideration. In January 2024, then-Councilman Kevin de Leon, alongside Councilwoman Traci Park and Councilman John Lee, introduced a motion seeking to create a tiered reward system program to solicit help from residents in addressing copper wire theft. Council members later approved the motion and instructed the city attorney to draft the ordinance for such a program. Rewards would be offered for information involving theft of city plaques, tombstones, statues, light standards, and copper wire, and theft of metals linked to the Sixth Street Bridge. The city would offer a $5,000 reward for felony grand theft, and $1,000 for misdemeanor theft. “Copper wire and other metal theft isn't pretty -- it's organized crime that darkens our streets, cuts the internet to homes and schools, and robs us of our history when they steal statues and historic markers,” Councilwoman Park said in a previous statement. NBC 4 L.A. City Council candidate to be fined $17,500 for ethics violation After 12 years on the Los Angeles City Council, Curren Price will be term-limited out of the legislative body this coming year. The candidate he hopes will replace him comes from his staff, his deputy chief of staff, Jose Ugarte, who has been referred to in the past as Price’s “right-hand man.” But with many months to go before ballots are cast, Ugarte is already in hot water with the city’s Ethics Commission. According to documents released by the commission, Ugarte has agreed to pay a $17,500 fine for repeatedly failing to disclose outside income he made from his lobbying and consulting firm while also working as a council staffer. A commission investigation found that Ugarte failed to report outside income from his consulting firm, Ugarte & Associates, for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, according to the documents. The Ugarte proposed settlement is set to go before the Ethics Commission on Wednesday. “This was an unintentional clerical reporting error on my part. As soon as I was made aware, I took full responsibility and corrected them,” Ugarte said in a statement emailed to The Times. “I take disclosure seriously. Moving forward, I have implemented steps to ensure nothing is missed.” Los Angeles Times LA Council to Consider Folding Affordable Housing Commission The City Council is expected Tuesday to consider a proposed ordinance to dissolve the Affordable Housing Commission and give its responsibilities to the Rent Adjustment Commission. On Tuesday’s agenda, council members will consider the ordinance that if approved would serve to formalize a recommendation proposed by Mayor Karen Bass. Earlier this year, Bass called for the consolidation of four departments and the reduction of commissions to reduce budget strains caused by overspending, lower-than-expected tax revenue and other challenges. The Affordable Housing Commission consists of seven members appointed by the mayor, who advise the city’s leadership on affordable housing issues. 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