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Los Angeles
Police Protective League
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the union that represents the
rank and file LAPD officers
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
September 19, 2019 |
Law Enforcement News
Two Dead, Two Injured In Wilmington Shooting, LAPD Says
Two people were killed and two other people were injured in a shooting in the city of Wilmington Wednesday, Los Angeles police told NBCLA. The shooting occurred in the 800 block of Bayview Avenue around 3:10 p.m., according to the Los Angles Fire Department. Two people were dead and two people suffered non-life threatening injuries, the LAPD told NBCLA. The genders were not immediately available. Initially, police said one woman in her 20s died and two people, one man and one woman, were taken to a nearby hospital. There was no immediate description of the shooter or shooters available.
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LAPD, SWAT Arrest Suspect Who Barricaded Himself Inside Mid-City Home
Officers negotiated with a suspect who was barricaded inside of a Mid City home Wednesday evening, eventually taking him into custody. The barricade began around 5:15 p.m. in the 2100 block of Orange Drive after Los Angeles police officers attempted to take Austin Navarro into custody. Navarro, who is accused in two separate shootings this month, refused to surrender to police and locked himself inside of the home. Views from SKY9 showed people being evacuated from the home. Around 9:15 p.m., SWAT officers shot tear gas into the home, forcing Navarro out.
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Officers Fire Less-Lethal Rounds To Take Down Armed Suspect Suffering Mental Issues, LAPD Says
A police investigation is underway in the Montecito Heights area of Los Angeles after officers fire less-lethal rounds to subdue an individual Wednesday night. The Los Angeles Police Department says they got a call reporting a man having mental issues in the 4500 block of North Figueroa Street. Officers located the suspect who was carrying a knife at the time, according to LAPD. Officers took down the suspect with less-lethal rounds and got him into custody. He was taken to a local hospital for a medical evaluation. Police did not release the suspect's identity. No police officers were injured.
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SUV Driver Sought In Hit-and-Run That Left 14-Year-Old Injured Near DTLA Fashion District
A 14-year-old girl was injured in a hit-and-run crash near the southern edge of the Fashion District of downtown Los Angeles last week, officials announced Wednesday. The incident occurred about 7:40 a.m. Sept. 12 when the victim was walking in a crosswalk at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Stanford Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The girl was struck by a tan-colored SUV, possibly a Toyota Highlander. The driver left the scene without stopping or rendering aid, police said. The victim was injured in the hip during the crash. She was taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life threatening. The driver was described as a black man who is about 30 years old. A $25,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the driver in this case. Anyone with information about the crash can call Detective Moses Castillo at 213-833-3713.
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Chatsworth Man Accused Of Killing 2 Peacocks With Pickup Pleads Not Guilty To Felony Charges
A Chatsworth man accused of intentionally killing two peacocks by running them over with his pickup truck pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony animal cruelty charges. The two counts against Floyd Michael Belton include an allegation that the 61-year-old defendant used his Ford F-150 truck as a deadly and dangerous weapon on July 25, according to Deputy District Attorney Bradley Lieberman. Belton was arrested Aug. 13 by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies and released later that evening after an $80,000 bond was posted. He could face up to five years in county jail if convicted as charged, according to the District Attorney's Office.
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Woman Charged With Murder In North Hills DUI Hit-and-Run That Left One Dead, 4 Seriously Injured
A woman was charged with murder in a DUI hit-and-run this summer in North Hills that left one dead and four seriously injured, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday. Maritza Lara, 27, of Van Nuys faces one felony count each of murder, hit-and-run driving resulting in death or serious injury to another person and driving under the influence of alcohol and a drug causing injury within 10 years of other DUI offense. Police said that on June 16, Lara ran a red light at Haskell Avenue and Parthenia Street and crashed into another vehicle. She then walked away from the two-vehicle crash, leaving the other driver dead and the four passengers in her vehicle seriously injured. Deputy District Attorney Casey Higgins said the charges include an allegation of causing great bodily injury to the four people in Lara's vehicle at the time of the crash.
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Man Pleads Not Guilty In Fatal Trader Joe's Shooting
A man accused of engaging in a gunfight with Los Angeles police at a Trader Joe's store in Silver Lake, leading to the fatal shooting of the assistant manager, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder and more than 50 other charges. Gene Evin Atkins, 29, is accused of setting off a chain of events on July 21, 2018, that led to the death of Melyda Maricela Corado, who was fatally shot by a police officer in front of the store in the 2700 block of Hyperion Avenue. Atkins was ordered Sept. 3 to stand trial on 51 counts, including murder, attempted murder, attempted murder of a peace officer, assault on a peace officer with a semiautomatic firearm, kidnapping, fleeing a pursuing peace officer's motor vehicle while driving recklessly, grand theft of an automobile, discharge of a firearm with gross negligence, shooting at an occupied motor vehicle, false imprisonment of a hostage and mayhem.
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Local Government News
LA Leaders Approve $62 Million For Several San Fernando Valley Projects To House Homeless People
Los Angeles leaders on Wednesday approved $62 million in funding for several supportive housing projects proposed for the San Fernando Valley, including the controversial Topanga Apartments projects in Chatsworth. The funding moved forward despite newly elected Los Angeles Councilman John Lee's request to postpone the committee's vote. The City Council's Homelessness and Poverty Committee approved funding from Proposition HHH toward more than 580 low-income units aimed at helping the homeless population in the San Fernando Valley find shelter. The projects — which still need to be approved in a separate vote by the L.A. City Council — are part of 34 housing developments with nearly 2,000 units planned across the city and are poised to house scores of homeless families, veterans, youth and domestic violence victims. The money will fund the building of more than 580 low-income units designed to shelter homeless individuals in the Valley.
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Worried About Rising Rents, An L.A. Councilman Calls For ‘Anti-Displacement' Zones
Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson called this week for the rejection of a proposed 577-unit housing project, saying the city should go further by establishing “anti-displacement zones” around certain market-rate housing developments. In a letter sent Tuesday to the South Los Angeles Area Planning Commission, Wesson said the six-story, market-rate project known as District Square would result in higher rents for the area's low-income households, displacing “lifelong community residents.” District Square was originally supposed to be a two-story shopping center with a Target and a Ralphs supermarket when it was approved in 2010, he said. “We voted as a council for a development that would improve, not displace, the community,” Wesson said. “We have no need for a six-story development consisting of 577 luxury apartments that will be unaffordable to most of the neighborhood's current residents.”
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