Koreatown Shooting: Teen Sitting In Car's Passenger Seat Killed

Police responding to a shooting in Koreatown Tuesday night later found a car that fled the scene in Westlake. A 16-year-old boy in the car was declared dead. An unidentified 16-year-old boy was sitting in a car with another person near 7th Street and New Hampshire Avenue in Koreatown Tuesday night when an unknown male walked up to the vehicle and demanded property, according to the Los Angeles Police Dept. The other person in the car drove the vehicle, a Nissan Altima, away and the suspect fired a gun, striking the 16-year-old passenger. Police responded to the shooting at about 10:30 p.m. and found the vehicle at Olympic Blvd. and Burlington Ave. in Westlake about a mile and a half away from the scene of the shooting. The 16-year-old boy was declared dead at the scene. No suspect description was released.

CBS 2

Probation Officer Stabbed In Neck, Face At Troubled L.A. County Juvenile Hall

A probation officer was stabbed in the neck in one of Los Angeles County’s long-troubled probation halls Monday night, just days before a state oversight board is expected to vote to shut down the facility. The officer, described as a supervisor, was cut across the face and neck sometime after 9 p.m. while working in the Secure Youth Track Facility of Barry J. Nidorf Hall, according to several law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the situation. The youth track facility houses youths accused of serious crimes including murder and manslaughter. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case. The Probation Department did not respond to a request for comment. The supervisor was taken to an area hospital and received stitches for what one official described as a “deep cut to side of face.” It was not immediately clear what led to the attack, but the incident marked the third time an officer or youth was slashed inside the Secure Youth Track Facility unit since late February.

Los Angeles Times

Suspect Arrested In Boyle Heights Hit-and-Run Crash That Left 13-Year-Old Boy Without Leg

A suspect was arrested in a hit-and-run crash in Boyle Heights that led to a 13-year-old boy losing his leg, police said Tuesday. The Los Angeles Police Department said Banning police arrested the suspect, identified as Erwin Majano. Further details about the suspect or how the arrest happened were not released. Joshua Mora, 13, was crossing Whittier Boulevard at Orme Avenue in a crosswalk March 30 when a motorcyclist struck him, LAPD said in its initial news release about the crash. The teen was on his way to get a haircut when the crash happened. Footage released by LAPD shows the motorcyclist getting up and fleeing the scene. Protesters over the weekend gathered to demand safer streets and justice for Joshua in the aftermath of the crash.

ABC 7

Suspect Arrested In Hate Crime Vandalism At Islamic Center's Koreatown Building

A suspect was arrested early Tuesday morning in a hate crime investigation launched after someone vandalized the Islamic Center of Southern California's Koreatown building with anti-Islamic words. Carlos Moran, 43, who is homeless, was booked on suspicion of church vandalism with a hate crime enhancement, and on a misdemeanor warrant. He was held on $85,000 bail, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Moran had a black Sharpie marker on him when he was arrested, police said. It was not immediately clear whether he has an attorney. "Olympic patrol officers were directed to the 500 block of Shatto Place, where they identified an individual matching the description of the hate crime suspect, who appeared to wearing the same clothing with the exception of a T-shirt from the night of the incident,'' LAPD Chief Michel Moore told the city Police Commission on Tuesday morning. 

NBC 4

Authorities Searching For Inmate Who Ran Away From Los Angeles Facility

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced that officials are looking for an inmate who walked away from the Male Community Reentry Program in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Jovany Ojeda, who was incarcerated in a minimum-security facility, was last seen running away from it at 7:24 a.m. The 33-year-old is 5 feet and 7 inches tall, weighs 142 pounds and has brown eyes and black hair. After officials initiated an emergency count, confirming that Ojeda was missing, CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety agents were dispatched to find Ojeda. A notification was also sent out to local law enforcement about Ojeda’s disappearance. “Ojeda was admitted from Los Angeles County on Nov. 3, 2021, to serve six years from grand theft auto, second-degree robbery and possession of a firearm by a felon as a second striker,” a news release said.

KTLA 5

LA Man Admits To Helping Make, Sell Fake Basquiat Paintings

A former auctioneer admitted to federal authorities Tuesday that he and another man created paintings that the two passed off as being made by famous artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Michael Barzman of, North Hollywood, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about where the artwork came from during an interview in 2022. In the plea agreement, Barzman admitted that he and a second man, identified only as "J.F." hatched a plan to sell the fraudulent artwork. Back then, Barzman ran an auction business that bought and sold the contents of unpaid storage units. Barzman admitted Tuesday that "J.F. spent a maximum of 30 minutes on each image and as little as five minutes on others," before giving them to Barzman to sell on eBay, according to the plea agreement. The two then split the money they made from selling between 20 and 30 fake Basquiat works. Barzman even admitted to creating a fake paper trail for the artwork, according to the Department of Justice, claiming that the art had been found in an unpaid storage unit that a famous screenwriter had rented.

FOX 11

NOPD Officer Dies From Wounds Sustained In 2020 Ambush; DA Looks At New Charges

A New Orleans police officer shot in the head in the line of duty more than two years ago died Sunday from that injury, the St. Tammany Parish coroner confirmed. Trevor Abney, 34, died Sunday night in his Slidell-area home of complications from the cerebral gunshot wound. For more than two years, the decorated police officer, firefighter, Army veteran, husband and father lived with a .40-caliber, full metal jacket bullet lodged in his brain. "That's not just pure luck," Abney told WWL-TV in 2021. "For it to wiggle its way around all that and not cause massive hemorrhaging, there's something else going on there. So I've definitely been doing a lot more praying that I did before." 

The New Orleans Advocate

Wisconsin Communities, Families Mourn Officers Fatally Shot During Traffic Stop

Police officers and family members from Chetek and Cameron gathered early Monday to pay their respects as the bodies of their fallen colleagues were transported from Barron County to Minnesota for autopsies. On Saturday, Chetek Police Department officer Emily Breidenbach and Cameron Police Department officer Hunter Scheel were killed during a traffic stop that escalated into a shootout. The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, which is investigating the incident, identified the driver of the vehicle as Glenn D. Perry, 50. Perry was transported from the scene by ambulance to a hospital where he later died. The bodies of Breidenbach and Sheel were taken to Minnesota for autopsies as part of the ongoing investigation into the incident. Camryn Gosdeck shared on Facebook: "It is with a heavy heart to share that my love, my soulmate, and my best friend made the ultimate sacrifice doing exactly what he was meant to do, help others. Hunter Timothy Scheel meant so much to so many people and left anyone he encountered with a laugh and a smile."

The Chippewa Herald

LA City Council Votes To Appoint Heather Hutt To Fill Mark Ridley-Thomas' Seat For Remainder Of Term

The City Council Tuesday voted to appoint Heather Hutt as councilwoman for the 10th District to fill out the remainder of former Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas' term, following Ridley-Thomas' recent conviction on federal corruption charges. Hutt, who received a burst of applause from supporters in the council chambers when her appointment was finalized on an 11-1 vote, was immediately sworn into her new role. She then gave brief, emotional remarks, saying, "It is an honor for me to serve the people of the 10th District.'' "I just want to take a moment to thank my colleagues, council president and my friends and family, my staff and the constituents of the 10th District,'' Hutt said, fighting back tears. Of the 10th District, she said, "It is not an easy place to be, but with all the support that we get here, I'll continue to do the work. I signed up to do the work and my mom raised us to work for our people. I just want to say thank you."

ABC 7

LA City Council Advances Catalytic Converter Ordinance

The Los Angeles City Council directed the city attorney Tuesday to draft an ordinance prohibiting the unlawful possession of catalytic converters in the city in an effort to counter a five-year rise in thefts. "It's a crime happening to the constituents in our community that's hurting people and one that we are allowing, we are failing to act on, if we do not pass this today," said Councilman John Lee, who co-presented the motion. According to the motion, approved in an 8-to-4 vote, 972 catalytic converters were reported stolen across the city in 2018. In 2022, the city reported almost 8,000 catalytic converter thefts, a nearly 728% increase just within the last five years. "This is a common-sense measure that simply provides law enforcement with an additional tool that will protect our communities from rampant and damaging theft," Lee said.

CBS 2

Councilwoman Traci Park Seeks Continued Operations Of Venice Bridge To Home

A motion seeking a lease extension with Metro and a sublease extension with service providers for the continued operation of A Bridge Home in Venice was introduced Tuesday by Councilwoman Traci Park. According to the motion, current agreements are set to expire June 30. Lease extensions are necessary for the continued operations of the temporary housing facility at 100 Sunset Ave., between Pacific Avenue and Main Street, in Council District 11, though some of Park's constituents have voiced their concerns regarding safety and problems with homeless individuals at the facility. The site is owned by Metro and needs the location vacated for development by 2025. "Our city is amidst an unprecedented humanitarian crisis for which there is no simple solution," Park said in a statement. "Beds in interim housing like the Venice Bridge Home are essential to getting people off the streets and onto a path of permanent housing."

Westside Current

LA City Councilman Wants $25 Minimum Wage For LAX And Tourism Workers

Los Angeles City Councilman Curren Price announced Monday he will introduce a motion this week that would raise the minimum wage to $25 an hour for tourism workers and fix loopholes in current policies in an effort to keep workers healthy and housed. Price, along with SEIU United Service Workers West and Unite Here Local 11, the unions representing tourism workers, will hold a news conference at 9 a.m. Wednesday to discuss the motion. More than 100 tourism workers, specifically hotel and Los Angeles International Airport workers who would be impacted by the proposal, are expected to join the councilman and speak to the difficulty of surviving on the current wage. According to a statement from Price's office, the motion will ensure the future growth of the tourism industry as it gears up to host global events like the 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Olympic Games.

FOX 11

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