1 Killed, 1 Wounded In Shooting At Sun Valley Ralphs

One person has been arrested in connection with a shooting at a Ralphs supermarket in Sun Valley where one person was killed and another was wounded. Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to 8325 Laurel Canyon Blvd. south of Roscoe Boulevard at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday regarding an assault with a deadly weapon call. When officers arrived at the scene, they learned three men followed two other men into the store and attacked them with pipe wrenches, an LAPD spokesman told City News Service. One of the men who was under attack drew a gun and opened fire on the three assailants, who ran from the store. Police set up a perimeter around the store as they looked for the shooters, who had also run out of the grocery store. Police later received a call from nearby Pacifica Hospital regarding one of the suspects, who had been wounded in the upper torso during in the shooting, police said. The suspect later died at the hospital. A second man who was with the trio was found not far from the store with a gunshot wound to the leg. It was not immediately known if police had any suspects in custody.

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Grammy-Winning Rapper Lil Durk Faces Additional Charges In Murder Of Rival Near Beverly Center Mall

New charges have been lodged against Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Durk, who was previously facing a federal murder conspiracy charge in Los Angeles in connection with an August 2022 killing near the Beverly Center, officials announced Friday. The 32-year-old Chicago rapper, whose real name is Durk Banks, is charged in a superseding federal indictment, returned late Thursday, that adds two felony counts against him. Banks is now charged with one count of conspiracy, one count of use of interstate facilities to commit murder-for-hire resulting in death, and one count of using, carrying, and discharging firearms and a machine gun and possession of such firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence resulting in death, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The updated indictment filed in Los Angeles federal court adds Banks as the lead defendant to a previous indictment returned last month against five alleged members and associates of Banks' rap collective -- known as Only the Family, or OTF.

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Woman In Custody After Allegedly Stabbing Boyfriend In Los Angeles 

Police have taken a woman into custody after she allegedly stabbed her boyfriend in L.A.’s Arlington Heights neighborhood. According to information later confirmed by the Los Angeles Police Department, officers were called to the area of Washington Boulevard and 5th Avenue just after 2:45 a.m. Tuesday on reports of an assault with a deadly weapon. Upon arriving, the officers located a man with stab wounds to his upper torso. A man was seen in a car with what appeared to be blood on his face; it is not known if the incident occurred inside the vehicle. He was taken to a hospital where his condition remains unknown as of 7:30 a.m. News stringer service KNN captured the woman being taken into custody on the sidewalk near the car the man was observed sitting in. She was not immediately identified. In an update provided to KTLA shortly after 7:30 a.m., the LAPD stated that the woman remained in police custody but had not been formally arrested. It was also confirmed that she and the man were in a relationship. The LAPD is investigating the motive behind the stabbing. No further details were available. 

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LAX Security Popped Open Student’s Suitcase, Found Her Clothes Soaked In Meth, Officials Say

A student was arrested at LAX after security found her pink suitcase was filled with what federal authorities allege was more than a dozen white T-shirts that had been soaked in liquid methamphetamine. The U.K. student, Myah Saakwa-Mante, had stopped off in Los Angeles for two days and returned to Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 2 to check in for a Qantas Airlines flight. Her ultimate destination was Brisbane, Australia. She told federal agents she was on her way to meet her boyfriend for the first time. After an initial security screening flagged Saakwa-Mante’s luggage as “potential” contraband, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers opened the suitcase and found jeans, shoes and a Louis Vuitton bag. “The officers also noticed a white powder residue that was loose in the suitcase and was visible on their black gloves,” according to an affidavit summarizing the incident. Suspicious, the officers unzipped the suitcase’s lining and found a stack of 13 white T-shirts “that were wet and appeared to be caked with a white powdery substance,” according to the affidavit. Authorities intercepted Saakwa-Mante at her gate before her flight departed, and she briefly spoke to federal officials. Saakwa-Mante, who is listed in court records as about 20 years old, confirmed to agents that she owned the suitcase and outlined the global jaunt to meet her boyfriend.

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Elderly Man Crossing Street In Wheelchair Seriously Injured In North Hollywood Hit-and-Run

Police in North Hollywood are looking for the driver responsible for severely injuring an elderly man in a hit-and-run crash. The crash happened around 1 a.m. on Nov. 4 on Lankershim Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. That's when officers said a dark sedan heading south on Lankershim toward Erwin Street hit a man in a wheelchair who was crossing the street. The driver left the man in the street. Paramedics took him to the hospital with serious injuries. Officers said they believe they're looking for a dark gray or black sedan that has crash damage on the bumper and the front of the hood on the driver's side. Anyone with information about this crash is asked to contact detectives at 818-644-8025.

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Family Searching Los Angeles Area For Actress Chanel Maya Banks, Missing Since Oct. 30

A Los Angeles actress who has appeared in shows such as "Blue Bloods" and "Gossip Girl" has gone missing and her family has flown in from out of state to help in the desperate search. Family members say 36-year-old Chanel Maya Banks, who has been living in the Playa Vista area, has not been heard from since Oct. 30. Authorities have conducted welfare checks at her home and did not locate her. Her family says they recently entered the apartment where she had been living with her husband of one year and found her belongings and dog still there. Danielle-Tori Singh, who flew in from Toronto to help with the search, says she's very close with her cousin. When even just a few days went by without hearing from her or being able to reach her, she and other family members grew worried. "Five days without hearing from my cousin is red flags and alarm bells," Singh told Eyewitness News. "She doesn't go more than 48 hours without speaking to me or her mom. ... That girl is more like a big sister to me." Singh has been distributing flyers in Banks' neighborhood. She says Banks' husband has not been cooperating with the family or authorities.

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Sylmar Man Admits To Selling Child Porn Of Local Girls On Instagram

A 23-year-old Sylmar man accused of using Instagram to advertise sexually explicit photographs of local girls that he offered to sell over the internet pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge. Alejandro Garcia Aranda entered his plea in downtown Los Angeles to one count of distribution of child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Aranda faces between five and 20 years behind bars at a Feb. 18 sentencing hearing, prosecutors said. According to the indictment, in April and May of 2020, Aranda used the Instagram handle "valleyhoezzz818" with the self-proclaimed goal of targeting local girls who attended schools in the San Fernando Valley. Prosecutors said Aranda received payments from customers who wanted to obtain sexually explicit content of the victims that he had advertised and offered to sell on Instagram. When victims discovered that sexually explicit materials depicting them were being advertised and disseminated by Aranda and requested that he stop and remove them, Aranda attempted to extract additional sexually explicit material from them, including by threatening to post further photographs, the indictment states.

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Inmate From LA County Accused Of Killing Human Trafficker In Prison

An inmate from Los Angeles County is suspected of killing another inmate at Kern Valley State Prison, officials said Monday. On Saturday, guards found 41-year-old Darius Swain unresponsive in his cell. Officers said that his cellmate, 58-year-old Gregory Clark, was found wearing blood-stained clothing, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Life-saving efforts failed and Swain was pronounced dead by paramedics at 3:48 p.m., officials said. Following the death, Clark was placed in restricted housing pending an investigation. The Kern County coroner will determine Swain's official cause of death. Swain was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole, and has been at the state prison since March 2019. Alameda County had charged him with human trafficking a minor with force, pimping, second-degree robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Clark was sentenced to 22 years for domestic violence with a deadly weapon and past felonies by Los Angeles County in 2011, and received an additional two years for assault with a deadly weapon within the prison in 2021.

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South Carolina Sheriff’s Sergeant Killed In Hit-and-Run While Driving To Work

A devoted sheriff’s sergeant — a dad to three young kids — was killed in a hit-and-run in South Carolina, deputies said. Sgt. Devon Lindsay, 26, also was expecting a fourth child when he died on his way to work Monday, Nov. 4, according to loved ones and a news release from the Berkeley County Coroner’s Office. “This unfortunate accident was preventable and we are mourning the loss of our co-worker,” Sheriff Duane Lewis of the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Facebook post. The crash was reported just before 5 a.m. on S.C. Highway 27 in Ridgeville, a roughly 40-mile drive northwest from Charleston. Lindsay was riding a motorcycle when a Toyota driver struck his bike and left the scene, the S.C. Highway Patrol said in a news release. Now, a woman accused of being behind the wheel of the Toyota was charged with “hit and run leaving the scene of a collision involving death,” state troopers said. No attorney information was listed in online case records for the woman, identified as 30-year-old Jessica Ann Goodwin of Harleyville. Meanwhile, Lindsay is remembered as a sergeant who had been on the Berkeley County force since 2019. He most recently worked at the Hill-Finklea jail.

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Investigators Looking Into Series Of Early Morning Fires That Broke Out In Downtown LA

Investigators are looking into a series of suspicious fires that broke out in downtown Los Angeles early Monday morning. At around 4:20 a.m., Los Angeles Fire Department crews were sent to the scenes of two different trash fires in the area, one of which was located in the 1500 block of S. Figueroa Street, and the other in the 400 block of W. Venice Boulevard, according to the department. The first fire they responded to in the area was near Hope Street and 15th Street at around 3:45 a.m., according to LAFD. They believe that someone was going around sparking the fires, and that they are likely responsible for at least three fires. No injuries were reported in any of the incidents. Firefighters have not provided a description of the alleged suspect nor have they announced any arrests. 

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