Suspect In South LA Fatal Shooting Escapes The Scene On Bicycle

Los Angeles Police Department officers found a person shot and killed in South LA early Tuesday morning with the suspect seen fleeing the scene on a bicycle. Officers found the male victim with a gunshot wound to the head after receiving a call at 5:46 a.m. about a shooting in the 2800 block of South Grand Avenue, according to LAPD. The department said investigators believe it's a homicide. The victim's age has not been released by police. LAPD said the suspect was seen riding away from the shooting on a red and white bicycle, traveling northbound on Grand Avenue. No other details have been released by police. 

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Man Shot By Upset Tenant For Honking His Horn Non-Stop In Encino Parking Garage, Police Say

A man who was allegedly honking his car horn non-stop in the parking garage of an Encino apartment complex was shot by an upset tenant, police said. It happened Friday around 10:40 p.m. in the 5400 block of White Oak Avenue. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, witnesses said the man was in the parking garage continuously honking his horn. The tenant then approached the man and asked him to stop. That's when the man got out of the vehicle and began arguing with the tenant, according to police. Investigators said the argument escalated and a shooting ensued. It's unclear why he was honking his horn. The man, who was not immediately identified, was taken to Northridge Hospital Medical Center where he remains hospitalized in stable condition. The tenant has since been arrested. The incident remains under investigation.

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Man To Plead Guilty To West LA Jewish Shootings

A 29-year-old man is expected to plead guilty Monday to federal hate crimes and firearms offenses for shooting two Jewish men after they left synagogues in the Pico-Robertson district last year less than 24 hours apart. Jaime Tran, previously of Riverside, has agreed to enter his plea to all charges against him: two counts of hate crimes with intent to kill and two counts of using, carrying, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Tran is expected to plead guilty to the felony charges in downtown Los Angeles before U.S. District Judge George H. Wu. Upon entering his plea, Tran will face up to life in federal prison for each hate crime count, and a maximum of life imprisonment and a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years for each firearm count. Under his plea deal, Tran would receive a prison sentence of between 35 years and 40 years. "These horrific acts -- motivated by poisonous, antisemitic beliefs -- shocked our community," U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said in a statement. "Law enforcement will continue to work together to prevent and punish hate crimes. Our resolve remains firm, standing with our Jewish community and others to oppose acts of hate."

Westside Current

6 People Tied Up During Home Invasion In East Hollywood

Police on Tuesday were investigating a home invasion during which six people were tied up in East Hollywood. Multiple armed suspects entered the home on North Heliotrope Drive, near Normandie and Beverly Boulevard, around 4 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department. After they entered the home, they bound the victims and taped their mouths shut. "I heard one of my friends scream. My husband opened the door... someone's standing there. So we realized it was not one of us, we were being robbed. All of my friends were tied up," one of the victims said. The suspects then took off with cash, though it's unclear how much exactly. No injuries were reported and no arrests have been made. 

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Man In Custody After Harassing Customers And Swinging Baseball Bat In Westchester Business, LAPD Confirms

A man in his 30s was taken into custody on Saturday after he harassed customers and swung a baseball bat inside of a Westchester business, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed. Just before 9 p.m. Saturday, officers were sent to 6854 La Tijera Boulevard after a 911 caller reported the suspect was screaming at customers while hitting objects in the store with a baseball bat, the LAPD said. The suspect was taken into custody after he continued to confront customers in the store, according to the department. No injuries were reported.

Westside Current

LAPD Clears Protest Encampment Outside City Hall 

A citywide tactical alert issued due to an illegal demonstration outside Los Angeles City Hall was canceled early Tuesday morning. Pro-Palestinian protesters had set up an encampment consisting of about 20 tents near the corner of First and Spring streets around 9 p.m. Monday. Around an hour and a half later, LAPD confirmed to KTLA that they had issued a citywide tactical alert and officers converged on the area. Video from Sky5 showed the row of tents lined up along the sidewalk, but the encampment was eventually dismantled by police hours after it was erected and all the protesters’ gear was confiscated. The citywide tactical alert was canceled around 2 a.m. Tuesday morning, LAPD said. There was no immediate word on whether any arrests were made. 

KTLA 5

37 Adults, 19 Juveniles Arrested After Deputies Bust Car Club ‘Sideshow’ In Southern California

Deputies with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department arrested a total of 56 individuals – 19 of them juveniles – in connection with what authorities are calling a “car club sideshow incident.” According to a media release from SBSD, a deputy from the Highland station was en route to a call on May 11 when he encountered a street takeover at the intersection of Highland and Victoria avenues in San Bernardino. “As the deputy attempted to disburse the crowd, spectators surrounded the marked Sheriff’s patrol vehicle and proceeded to vandalize it,” SBSD said. “The spectators damaged the windshield and body panels of the patrol vehicle.” A 15-year-old from Menifee was arrested in connection with the vandalism of the squad car on May 24, law enforcement officials said. Deputies extensively investigated the presence of several car clubs in the High Desert area and found that they all showed similar behavior of street takeovers and sideshows in videos posted to social media, the sheriff’s department said, adding that some of the participants openly displayed firearms in some of their posts. Authorities were able to identify one of the car club meetup locations as a private property in the city of Adelanto. Using evidence obtained through their investigation, deputies authored and served several search warrants in nearby Victorville which yielded stolen firearms and a stolen Dodge Hellcat. 

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BWC: Man Raises Loaded Crossbow At San Francisco Officers Before OIS

The San Francisco Police Department has released body camera footage of an officer-involved shooting of a man carrying a crossbow, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. A 911 caller reported that a man was walking around carrying an AK-47, according to the report. Officers responded and saw that the man had a crossbow, not a gun. Video shows officers giving repeated instructions to drop the weapon. They also fired two bean bag rounds as the suspect began to raise both arms. After the suspect ignored multiple commands, an officer fired a gunshot. The man fell to the ground. He was taken to a hospital with minor injuries sustained from the beanbag rounds, according to the report. He was not injured by the gunshot. Officers recovered the crossbow, which was loaded with a 15-inch bolt, according to the report.

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Assaults On Minnesota Officers Up 160% From Decade Ago As Attacks Against LEOs Rise

The fatal shooting of Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell on Thursday adds to a grim tally. Since 2021, the Minneapolis Police Department has counted about 200 assaults on its police force, according to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension — part of a rising trend in attacks in Minnesota and across the country that law enforcement leaders say is cause for alarm. “It’s beyond a level of violence I’ve ever seen in my entire career,” said Jim Mortenson, a retired St. Cloud police lieutenant who is now executive director of Law Enforcement Labor Services, a statewide union for emergency responders. Mitchell, 36, is the third law enforcement agent to be slain in Minnesota since Jan. 1. His killing follows that of two other officers — plus a firefighter-paramedic who tried to help render aid — in February during an hourslong standoff with a gunman in Burnsville. Minnesota has not seen three slayings of law enforcement officers in a single calendar year since the 1970s, a more violent era for police. And the year is not yet half over. Fatal attacks make up a small fraction of the overall violence against law enforcement, and Mitchell is only the third officer to be killed in an ambush in Minneapolis in more than 30 years. But across the state, reported assaults against officers are up 160% from a decade ago — a metric entailing everything from intimidation, kicking and punching to an assault with a deadly weapon — according to BCA data. This statistic includes two Hennepin County sheriff’s deputies who were injured during a shootout as they attempted to execute an arrest warrant related to a probation violation in April. Deputy Keith McNamara was hit with shrapnel, and multiple bullets struck deputy Christopher Heihn, who was treated and released from the hospital.

Star Tribune

LAFD Makes Quick Work Of Fire, Saves Pacific Palisades Home From Devastation

Firefighters protected a one-story house in Pacific Palisades today after a fire began right outside the structure, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. According to the department, crews were dispatched to the 16700 block of W Charmel Lane just before 5 a.m. Monday following a reported blaze. Once firefighters arrived, they found flames glowing right outside of the home, the LAFD said. It took 32 firefighters 16 minutes to extinguish the fire. Due to the department’s quick work, the home was not impacted by the blaze. It was unknown how the fire began, and no injuries were reported, according to the LAFD.

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Firefighters Airlift Man To Safety After Falling 30 Feet Down Seaside Cliff In San Pedro

Firefighters airlifted a man to safety after he fell dozens off feet down a seaside cliff in San Pedro late Sunday evening. The incident was reported at around 9:15 p.m. in the "Sunken City" area, located in the 4000 block of S. Bluff Place, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. They say that the 21-year-old man injured his back in the fall and he was unable to get back to safety on his own. Along with the helicopter. land and sea units were called to the area for the rescue. SkyCal was overhead as the man was hoisted into the LAFD rescue helicopter from the ground. The victim's condition is not immediately known as he was flown to a nearby hospital for further treatment. 

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