Email from Los Angeles Police Protective League Daily News & Updates   Law Enforcement News Fight between father and son ends with both dead in Lake Balboa home Two people are dead after reports of a son fighting his father ended with police officers forcing their way inside a Lake Balboa home and opening fire to stop the attack Wednesday, police said. The shooting occurred in the 17000 block of Valerio Street at about 8:30 a.m. after police received reports of a male suffering from a mental illness and an adult son fighting his father, said Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Michael Bland. The first officers to arrive at the home heard sounds from inside that sounded like a struggle, so they forced their way in, Bland said. Inside, officers said they saw a suspect assaulting a victim and opened fire, fatally striking the suspect, Bland said. The victim, who was suffering from stab wounds, also died. Officers attempted to render aid to both people until paramedics arrived, police said. A pair of scissors found at the scene were booked as evidence. No officers were injured. Los Angeles Times 17-year-old boy killed after possible homemade firework malfunctions in South LA, police say A 17-year-old boy was killed after a possible handmade firework malfunctioned in South Los Angeles, police said. The deadly incident just before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday on W. 84 Street near Figueroa, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Witnesses reported hearing a loud blast come from a home a seeing smoke rising from the backyard. Initial reports also suggested that someone was allegedly on fire. Officers and fire crews responded to the scene and rushed the teenager to the hospital with severe injuries. He later died. Some neighbors say they had seen the teen handling and setting off fireworks in the past. Additional details about the incident were not available. With New Year's celebrations just around the corner, MySafeLA wants to remind everyone that fireworks are illegal in the city of L.A. Nationwide, around five people, often children, are killed by fireworks each year. ABC 7 Authorities ID Man Found Dead in North Hollywood Park A man who was found fatally stabbed in a North Hollywood park was identified Thursday by county authorities. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office identified Marvin Rivas 29, as the victim. Los Angeles Police Department officers from the North Hollywood Division responded at 8 p.m. Tuesday to a stabbing call near Whitsett Avenue and Vanowen Street near the Whitsett Field Park and the Hollywood (170) Freeway, an LAPD spokesman told City News Service. Los Angeles Fire Department personnel responded to the park, where they found Rivas, who police said was homeless, with stab wounds to the side of the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene. There was no suspect information. MyNewsLA Doctor charged in Matthew Perry death sentenced to 30 months for providing ketamine to actor One of the two doctors charged with distributing ketamine to "Friends" star Matthew Perry, weeks before his overdose death, has been sentenced. Salvador Plasencia was sentenced in a Los Angeles federal court on Wednesday to 30 months in prison for supplying ketamine to Matthew Perry and his assistant. U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett also fined him $5,600 and ordered Plasenia to be immediately remanded to federal custody. Plasencia pleaded guilty in July to four counts of illegally distributing ketamine to Perry. He also surrendered his California medical license in September 2025, according to a statement from Acting U.S. Attorney Bilal A. Essayli. Perry, 54, was found unresponsive and floating face-down in a jacuzzi at his LA home on Oct. 28, 2023. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner determined he died from the "acute effects of ketamine," with contributing factors including drowning, coronary artery disease, and the effects of buprenorphine, which is a medication used to treat opioid use disorder. CBS 2 Stolen vehicle leads LAPD on pursuit through San Fernando Valley The Los Angeles Police Department was in pursuit of a stolen vehicle in the San Fernando Valley. The suspect led officers on a pursuit through city streets before crashing into a set of trash cans in Panorama City. CBS 2 Two arrested following protest at Koreatown synagogue Tensions flared at a synagogue Wednesday morning after protesters disrupted a private event at the place of worship in Koreatown. Wilshire Boulevard Temple’s Senior Rabbi Joel Nickerson says their temple was hosting a public safety event with Jewish and Korean leaders when the protesters disrupted the event around 10 a.m. Rabbi Nickerson says the protesters used hateful language and broke a glass vase while inside. He added that their temple’s private security stepped in, and LAPD arrived shortly after, detaining at least two people. "We had people demonstrating with horrific anti-Semitic slurs, sneaking into the event with the desire purely just to disrupt this event," said Nickerson. Video shared with NBC4 shows multiple protesters inside the building, disrupting the ongoing event. The protesters eventually moved outside, where Rabbi Nickerson says they stayed for several hours in front of their temple, blocking the entrance and harassing people trying to enter their synagogue. "This is something that is striking even more fear in Los Angeles for the Jewish community, something that we don't need," said Nickerson. "We've had enough fear for the last couple of years, and this is a time for all of us to come together. We will not be intimidated by this." NBC 4 Burglars ransack West Hollywood home, steal priceless family heirlooms Surveillance video captured burglars ransacking a West Hollywood home and escaping with precious family heirlooms. The burglars broke into the home on Nov. 29 at around 9 p.m. They first tried smashing through her patio door, but were unsuccessful. They eventually shattered her kitchen window and were able to enter. The burglary was captured on the victim’s cat camera as two men rifled through her bedroom, eventually discovering a box that contained one-of-a-kind rings belonging to her late mother. “My mom passed away last October after about a 10-year battle with Alzheimer’s,” the victim told KTLA’s Mary Beth McDade. “We sold everything she owned for her care. The only things I didn’t sell were her rings because I knew how much they meant to her.” The woman, who did not wish to be identified out of safety concerns, said the suspects “actually took the pillowcase off my pillow and used that to take everything out of my jewelry box.” KTLA 5 Banker to Plead Guilty in LA to $2.7M COVID-19 Benefits Fraud Scheme A former Wells Fargo banker is expected to plead guilty Thursday in downtown Los Angeles to a federal charge alleging he fraudulently obtained nearly $2.7 million in COVID-19 relief funds and small business loans partly by using the stolen identities of developmentally disabled persons who lived in long-term care facilities. Norayr Madadi, 40, of Burbank, has agreed to enter a plea to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which carries a possible sentence of up to 20 years behind bars, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. According to the indictment, Madadi was a banker at Wells Fargo and allegedly opened fraudulent accounts in the names of shell companies and persons using stolen and phony identities. The DOJ contends that from March 2020 through April 2021, the defendant obtained millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program loans by submitting loan applications with false statements about revenues, operations and employees. MyNewsLA California police warn of new trend among criminals stealing cars The Anaheim Police Department is warning the public of a new trend being used by criminals to steal cars. Within the past two weeks, police investigators have come across thieves using sophisticated equipment and computer smarts to steal cars. Both incidents happened in Anaheim Hills. Police say in one of the incidents, thieves smashed into the car, then plugged a tablet into the car's computer system, re-programmed the car, then drove away. The other theft happened while the car's key fob was inside a home. "They're using some sort of antenna to pick up the signal from your key fob that's inside your house. They're taking that signal, relaying it over to somebody at your car that unlocks the door, they get in, they push start, and off they go," said Sgt. Matt Sutter with the Anahiem Police Department. Police say one of the best ways to keep your car safe is to park in a garage. But if you have to park on the street, make sure you are under a streetlight. FOX 11 3 Nebraska officers wounded, suspect killed in shooting Three Omaha police offers were wounded and a suspect in an earlier shooting was killed Wednesday in an exchange of gunfire at a gas station. The suspect, a man in his 20s, had earlier shot a 61-year-old man several times in the chest about noon at a grocery store, Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said. Officers obtained a license plate number from the scene and followed the suspect’s car to the gas station, he said. The officers watched the suspect get out and enter a restroom. After additional officers arrived, they ordered the man out of the restroom and he came out firing, police said in a news release. One officer was struck before the suspect retreated back into the restroom. A bystander who was in the restroom when the shooting began managed to come out safely before officers again ordered the suspect out and a second shootout occurred. That time a second officer was shot and a third was hit by shrapnel. The officers returned fire, and the suspect was killed. PoliceOne FBI arrests suspect accused of placing D.C. pipe bombs on Jan. 5, 2021 The FBI made an arrest on Thursday in its nearly 5-year-old investigation into who placed pipe bombs in Washington on Jan. 5, 2021, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The arrest took place Thursday morning, and the suspect is a man, the official said. He was arrested in Virginia, according to another person familiar with the matter. No other details were immediately available, including the charges the man might face. The people who described the arrest were not authorized to publicly discuss a case that has not yet been made public and spoke on the condition of anonymity. The pipe bombs were placed on the evening of Jan. 5, 2021, near the offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees in the District of Columbia. Nobody was hurt before the bombs were rendered safe, but the FBI has said both devices could have been lethal. In the years since, investigators have sought the public’s help in identifying a shadowy subject seen on surveillance camera even as they struggled to determine answers to basic questions, including the person’s gender and motive and whether the act had a clear connection to the riot at the Capitol a day later when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the building in a bid to halt the certification of the Republican’s 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Associated Press Local Government News Massive fire breaks out at Boyle Heights commercial building, sending up plume of black smoke Firefighters battled a massive fire at a commercial building in Boyle Heights Thursday morning, which sent up a thick plume of smoke into the air. The fire was reported shortly after 8 a.m. at the one-story building in Grande Vista Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. AIR7 was over the scene as the blaze created a large plume of black smoke, which could be seen from miles away. Fire crews were seen attacking the flames with several streams of water, some from ladders. According to the LAFD, the fire originally started somewhere outside before it spread to the structure. It's unclear what kind of business runs out of the building, but all employees were evacuated. No injuries were reported. ABC 7 Multiple people treated for burns at Woodland Hills high-rise electrical fire Three people are being treated for burns after fire crews put out an electrical fire in a Woodland Hills high-rise building Thursday morning. Arriving Los Angeles Fire Department crews did not spot any flames or smoke coming from the 17-story building at Canoga Ave. and Erwin Street, but security informed them that fire alarms were going off on the 10th floor. Firefighters went up the stairs to fight a 10th-floor electrical fire, according to LAFD. Three burn patients were treated and transported by LAFD paramedics. CBS 2 About the LAPPL: Formed in 1923, the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) represents more than 8,700 dedicated and professional sworn members of the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPPL serves to advance the interests of LAPD officers through legislative and legal advocacy, political action and education. Listen To Our Podcast Los Angeles Police Protective League | 1308 W 8th St | Los Angeles, CA 90017 US Unsubscribe | Our Privacy Policy | Constant Contact Data Notice