2 men found dead in Atwater Village; homicide investigation underway

A homicide investigation is underway in Los Angeles after two men were found dead near a wastewater plant Tuesday morning. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers responded to the Los Angeles Reclamation Plant located at 4600 Colorado Boulevard in the Atwater Village neighborhood just before 6 a.m. Two victims — a 55-year-old man and a 39-year-old man — were found suffering from gunshot wounds. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. Further information on the victims was not released. It's unclear if authorities are searching for a suspect or suspects in connection with the deaths.

FOX 11

Man in his 30s killed in Venice car shooting; no arrests made

A homicide investigation is underway after a man was found shot to death inside a vehicle in Venice on Sunday night. A shots-fired call was reported around 8:45 p.m. on the 2300 block of Walnut Avenue, according to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson. Arriving officers found a man in his 30s suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, the spokesperson said. Video from Citizen.com showed first responders surrounding a canopy covering the vehicle where the victim had been shot. Los Angeles Fire Department personnel pronounced the unidentified victim dead at the scene, authorities said. No arrests have been made, and the motive for the shooting remains under investigation. It was unclear if the victim was homeless.

KTLA 5

Police investigate deadly stabbing in downtown LA

Authorities were searching for four suspects connected to a deadly stabbing in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. Officers responded to the stabbing around 5:30 p.m. at the corner of Wilshire and Grand Avenue. The Los Angeles Police Department says surveillance video shows the victim and at least one suspect involved in a verbal confrontation outside SORO cafe. A group of four then came back to the area and stabbed the man in his 20s at least once, police said. The bloodied victim walked up to a bystander to call the police for help, according to the LAPD. The victim was transported to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. It's unclear if the two parties had any relation or knew each other. No arrests were made. The LAPD is urging anyone with information on the stabbing to contact police.

NBC 4

Woman sexually assaulted while walking her dog in downtown L.A.

A woman says she was violently assaulted by an unhoused individual while walking her dog in downtown Los Angeles earlier this month, an attack captured on surveillance video and now under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department. The incident happened early on the morning of Nov. 8 in front of a high-rise building across from the Los Angeles Convention Center, according to the victim, who asked to be identified only as “Terra” for her safety. “Before I knew it, he grabbed me and I was not able to get away,” she said to KTLA’s Lindsey Peña. The surveillance footage shows a man approaching Terra as she walked alone. She said the attacker pushed her against the glass of the building, grabbed her by the neck and groped her. “He grabbed the back of my neck, and my crotch area, and I was screaming for help,” she recalled. Terra described the man as extremely strong and silent, making only noises rather than speaking. She managed to break free, but the struggle continued.

KTLA 5

DUI driver plows into L.A. ambulance transporting elderly patient, police say; 5 hospitalized

A suspected drunk driver slammed into an ambulance on Sunday night in the San Fernando Valley, officials say. Five people were injured including the 94-year-old man the ambulance was transporting, the 81-year-old woman accompanying him, the ambulance’s driver and another Los Angeles Fire Department staff member. They were all hospitalized “in fair condition with unknown injuries,” Fire Department spokesperson Jennifer Middleton said Sunday. The 34-year-old male driver of the SUV that hit the ambulance — the sole person in his vehicle — was taken to a trauma center and was in critical condition, Middleton said. The driver was arrested on suspicion of felony driving under the influence after the crash, Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson Drake Madison confirmed Monday. The LAFD ambulance was struck by the black SUV around 8 p.m. Sunday at Woodman Avenue and Chase Street in Arleta, according to Middleton. The car was severely damaged, according to online witnesses on TikTok. The cause of the collision is still under investigation as of Monday.

Los Angeles Times

FBI investigating attempted firebombing at downtown LA federal building

FBI agents were investigating an apparent attempted firebombing at a federal building in Downtown Los Angeles, and its possible connection to an arson fire earlier in the day in Koreatown, several law enforcement sources told NBC4 Investigates. LA City firefighters were dispatched to the federal building at 300 N. Los Angeles St. at 8:36 a.m. Monday after someone dropped or threw a molotov-cocktail-type device near the front of the building, but it did not ignite, authorities said. A hazardous materials squad was dispatched to examine the contents of the liquid that was left behind, and there were no injuries, according to a call record. The man who brought the item to the building, identified by authorities as Jose F. Jovel, 54, was booked into federal custody, according to federal jail records. The US Attorney's Office said a criminal complaint was expected to be filed Tuesday, and that Jovel is a US citizen. Before the Los Angeles St. incident Monday firefighters responded to a fire inside an apartment in the 100 block of North Westmoreland Ave. in the Koreatown area around 4:00 a.m. That fire was extinguished, and it's now being investigated by local and federal agencies as a suspected arson, the sources said, as it is the apparent residence of the man arrested at the federal building.

NBC 4

3 homes in San Fernando Valley broken into overnight; search for suspects underway

Three homes in the San Fernando Valley were broken into overnight, triggering an investigation and a search for the suspects. Several suspects, only described as men, were involved in all three cases and the Los Angeles Police Department is looking into whether they're connected. The rash of break-ins started at a home on Topeka Drive in Tarzana around 7:40 p.m. Monday. According to the LAPD, someone was home at the time but police could not give further details about that incident. The other two homes were in Encino, an area that has been targeted before. Earlier this year, an "American Idol" executive and her husband were killed by an intruder in their Encino home. Less than an hour after the first break-in, around 8:20 p.m., suspects broke into a home on Ostrom Avenue. Shortly before 11 p.m., another home less than two miles away was hit on Alonzo Avenue. Police say that was the only home where property was taken, but it's unclear what that was or how much it was worth. Nobody was home in either of the Encino break-ins.

ABC 7

BWC: Man with lengthy criminal record fired at least 10 shots at Florida deputies in fatal shootout

The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office released body camera footage Monday from a deputy shooting an armed man during an intense shootout in Goulds in September. The footage shows the deputy approach a Honda minivan parked outside a small grocery store at Southwest 216th Street and 122nd Avenue around 7:40 p.m. Sept. 16 with his gun drawn. The deputy, Sgt. Gilberto Crespo, responded to the area after receiving reports that the man was pointing a gun at people. Crespo, a 19-year-veteran on the department, repeatedly orders the man, 44-year-old Jose Pineda, Jr., to show his hands. Pineda responds, “I ain’t got no hands,” the footage shows. Crespo reiterated, “Let me see your [expletive] hands,” and again, Pineda countered with, “I ain’t got no hands.” The footage does not show a clear image of Pineda sitting in the driver’s seat of the van, but the deputy opens fire seconds later, at first advancing forward as he shoots, but then running backwards continuing to fire as gunfire is heard coming from the direction of the van, the footage shows. Crespo shoots more than 20 rounds at the vehicle, before taking cover behind a silver Chevy pickup truck parked next to Pineda’s van, the footage shows. Sound coming from the van indicates Pineda fired at least 10 shots at Crespo.

Miami Herald

Tree trimmer fatally impaled by fence after fall in Canoga Park, LAFD says

A 44-year-old tree trimmer was fatally impaled by an iron fence after he fell while trimming a palm tree in Canoga Park Monday afternoon, authorities said. The incident was reported just before 3:20 p.m. in the 7400 block of Canoga Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Fire officials said the tree trimmer fell 35 feet onto a 10-foot high iron fence. Before the fall, he was trimming a palm tree. The worker was pronounced dead at the scene. Further details were not immediately released, and it's unknown what caused the man to fall. An LAFD urban search and rescue team responded to recover the body. The victim's name has not been released.

ABC 7

2 critically injured in possible explosion at One Wilshire Building in downtown LA

Two people were critically injured after a possible explosion at a downtown high-rise building, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. LAFD said the two people were working in an electrical room on the 20th floor of the One Wilshire Building when the panel arced and injured them. Firefighters did not find a fire or an ongoing electrical issue. Crews are conducting assessments of the floors above and below the possible explosion. LAFD said both of the victims were "believed to be in critical condition." Paramedics took the two patients to the hospital. The One Wilshire Building is one of the area's "preeminent telecommunications" hubs, according to the LA Conservancy. 

CBS 2

Fire Damages Koreatown Apartment Building

Firefighters took less than 30 minutes Tuesday to knock down a fire at a Koreatown apartment building. Los Angeles Fire Department crews were called at 4:28 a.m. to 255 S. Catalina St., north of West Third Street, where they encountered heavy smoke on the second floor, LAFD spokeswoman Jennifer Middleton. Crews were able to subdue the flames in 25 minutes, Middleton said. No major injuries were immediately reported, although a male resident in the unit above the affected apartment was evaluated at the scene by paramedics. It was unclear if that person required hospital treatment. There was no immediate word on the cause of the fire.

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