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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
March 21, 2016 |
South Carolina officer gunned down by gang member ID'd
An officer shot to death by a 17-year-old gang member was a father of two young boys with one more child on the way. 28-year-old Officer Allen Jacobs was an Iraq war veteran and leaves behind a pregnant wife in addition to his two sons, according to Greenville Online. The officer and his partner were on patrol when they spotted the suspect, Deontea Perry Mackey, and pulled over to conduct a field interview. Mackey fled and Jacobs gave chase. After a brief foot pursuit, Jacobs was shot multiple times by the suspect. Jacobs' service weapon was still holstered when he was struck by the gunfire.
Associated Press
1 Dead, 1 Wounded in Drive-by Shooting in South Los Angeles: LAPD
One person was killed and another was injured in a drive-by shooting in South Los Angeles early Saturday morning, LAPD officials said. The shooting occurred about 12:30 a.m. in the 1500 block of West 53rd Street, according to Sgt. Rogers of the Los Angeles Police Department's 77th Division. The location is in the Vermont Square neighborhood of South L.A. Few details were immediately provided about the shooting, but investigators believe a vehicle drove up and a person or people inside began firing. One man sustained a gunshot wound to the upper torso and another was hit in the leg, said LAPD Detective Refugio Garza.
KTLA 5
Homicide Investigation Underway After Part Of Human Skull Found On Griffith Park Trail
A homicide investigation was underway Sunday after parts of a human skull, thought to be several years old, were found by hikers on a trail in Griffith Park Saturday. The coroner's office was summoned a little after 3 p.m. Saturday, after the grisly find was made on the Brush Canyon Trail near Bronson Canyon, authorities said. KCAL9's Jennifer Kastner reported the hikers found the top of the skull to the nose. Parts of the park were expected to be closed on Sunday for the investigation. It's not the first time skeletal remains have been found in this area of the park. Kastner reported that a human skull was also found here in 2012. That finding later led to a homicide arrest.
CBS 2
Robbery Suspect Sought In East Hollywood Following Multi-Vehicle Crash
Officials Monday searched for a robbery suspect who evaded police following a multi-vehicle traffic collision in East Hollywood. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers began following a vehicle carrying three suspects around 11:45 p.m. Sunday after a street robbery took place at Normandie Avenue and Romaine Street. Authorities attempted to pull over the suspect vehicle, but they refused to stop. In the process of doing so, the suspect vehicle collided into three other cars in the intersection of Normandie and Melrose avenues.
CBS 2
How to help elementary school students feel safe after a stabbing on campus
Students in Boyle Heights are leaving for spring break on a heavy note, after reports that a fifth-grade student stabbed another student at Bridge Street Elementary School on Thursday morning. An 11-year-old boy has been charged with one count of attempted murder and one count of bringing or possessing a weapon on school grounds. The school sent parents a letter from the principle Thursday, saying that "one student injured another student" and that Los Angeles Unified School District is committed to maintaining a safe environment. Representatives from the district and the Los Angeles School Police Department declined to provide further details about what happened at the school.
Los Angeles Times
2 Possibly Kidnapped In East LA; Investigation Underway
Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives were investigating a possible kidnapping in East Los Angeles on Saturday. The call came in around 9:30 a.m. about the incident near the 300 block of N. Rowan Avenue, a press release from the LASD stated. Sheriff's Major Crimes detectives responded to the scene. One of two male victims was last seen being forced into a suspect's vehicle and driven away. In surveillance video captured at the scene, a suspect is shown holding a gun and hitting another man before they move off screen.
ABC 7
Woman in Wheelchair Critically Wounded in East LA Shooting
A disabled woman in a wheelchair was in critically wounded after she was shot early Saturday morning in East Los Angeles, authorities said. The shooting was reported just after 4:30 a.m. in the 4900 block of East Cesar Chavez Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The woman was found shot near a fire hydrant inside the grounds of the Maravilla Housing Project, still sitting in her wheelchair, the sheriff's department said. The victim was transported to a hospital in where she is in stable condition. Police initally said the suspected shooter was a woman, but later said a man was being sought.
NBC 4
Defense To Target DNA Evidence In ‘Grim Sleeper' Serial Killing Trial
The attorney for a man charged with killing nine women and a 15-year-old girl in the “Grim Sleeper” case in Los Angeles seeks to cast doubt in the minds of jurors Monday by focusing on DNA evidence found on the victims. Lonnie Franklin Jr., 63, has pleaded not guilty to 10 murders between 1985 and 2007 in one of the city's most notorious serial killer cases. The Grim Sleeper nickname was coined because of an apparent 14-year gap in the murders between 1988 and 2002. Police have dueling theories about the gap. Some think the killings stopped after one intended victim survived in 1988, scaring off the attacker. Other investigators believe there were more victims but their bodies just weren't found.
CBS 2
Drone Gets Dangerously Close To Lufthansa Jetliner Flying Into LAX
The pilot of a jetliner reported Friday that a drone passed about 200 feet above the aircraft as it approached Los Angeles International Airport. The Lufthansa A380 was at an altitude of about 5,000 feet at about 1:30 p.m. at the time of the close call, according to Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor. “The FAA immediately notified LAPD air support about the crew's report,” Gregor said. A Los Angeles police air unit in the area was notified, but did not spot a drone, a spokesman said.
KCAL 9
Second Inmate Housed in L.A. County Facility Dies This Weekend
An inmate died Sunday after possibly having a seizure, one day after the death of another inmate housed at a separate Los Angeles County facility was being investigated as “suspicious,” according to sheriff's officials. Inmates alerted deputies at the North County Correctional Facility — located at 29340 The Old Rd. in Castaic — that another inmate was having a seizure around 7:05 a.m. Sunday, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department news release stated. The inmate became unresponsive while being transported to the facility infirmary, and was pronounced dead at the scene by Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel.
KTLA 5
Who gets to see police body camera footage? State lawmakers may decide this year
With police departments across California continuing to equip their officers with body cameras, state lawmakers are trying again to set rules for their use, including one of the thorniest policy issues: who gets to see the footage and when. The debate will force legislators to weigh deep transparency and privacy concerns that don't have clear ideological answers, as is evidenced in the details that have emerged from two competing bills within the Democratic caucus.
Los Angeles Times
Crenshaw Residents Protest Dangerous Palm Fronds
When you think Southern California, you think palm trees. The staple of the Los Angeles skyline is worrying various South LA residents, however, as falling pieces of the trees are turning out to be dangerous. Fronds weighing up to two pounds and measuring up to six feet in length have been falling from palm trees both during and after storms. Two years ago, a man from East LA was killed by a falling frond. "I felt something hit me in the head and I was like, 'What happened?' It was the palm tree branch that flew off the tree," Geneshia Tillet said. Crenshaw District residents said they were taking matters into their own hands in hopes that no other bystanders or pedestrians could be hurt by the fronds.
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Report outlines L.A.'s options for funding fight against homelessness
Borrowing money or establishing a new tax would be the most effective ways for Los Angeles city officials to raise the money needed to carry out an ambitious plan for reducing homelessness, according to a report issued Friday by city analysts. The report from City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana and Chief Legislative Analyst Sharon Tso found that issuing a bond, increasing the sales tax or raising the documentary transfer tax would be the most lucrative measures the city could adopt to fund services and long-term housing for tens of thousands of homeless men and women.
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