Man Shot, Killed In East LA
The shooting may be gang-related, authorities said.
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The shooting may be gang-related, authorities said.
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No deputies were injured.
Los Angeles County authorities say a 27-year-old man faces an attempted murder charge after attacking his mother with a hammer as she slept in her bed.
The attack was reported around 2:30 a.m. at a home located in the 3700 block of Whiteside Street.
According to deputies, two male suspects are wanted in connection with the deadly shooting.
A $15,000 reward was approved Tuesday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person behind "brutal" hammer attacks on two people in East Los Angeles.
The suspect was last seen wearing a hat, sunglasses, a blue windbreaker, brown cargo shorts and white shoes.
Sheriff's investigators continue to work Friday to track down a man who used a hammer-like weapon to seriously injure two people in separate unprovoked attacks within a few blocks and hours of one another in East Los Angeles.
A big rig wreck in the East Los Angeles freeway interchange has snarled commuter traffic.
Deputies are hoping a composite drawing circulated Wednesday will lead to the tattooed man who accosted two sisters in East Los Angeles' Salazar Park, but one girl fought back and her mother chased the suspect out of the park.
Officials said the woman was not being cooperative in the investigation.
San Gabriel Valley and East LA motorists be advised – the Long Beach (710) Freeway in the Monterey Park area will be shut down all weekend for road work.
A manhunt was underway Tuesday for the gunman who shot two brothers of a Compton city councilman in East Los Angeles.
Los Angeles County sheriff's officials say a deputy shot and killed an armed man who struggled with them during a traffic stop.
The investigation is ongoing as the motive for the shooting remains unclear.
The death is being investigated as a homicide.
Paramedics pronounced the victim dead at the scene. His identity is being withheld pending family notification.
A 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death in East Los Angeles, sheriff's deputies said Saturday.
Upon their arrival, authorities learned a vehicle crashed into Red Berry Frozen Yogurt.
Deputies sought the public's help Monday to identify a masked robbery suspect who targeted several businesses in the East Los Angeles area.
One such gem: "Accidentally buy the potato chips your spouse doesn't like so you don't have to share."
Upon their arrival, firefighters located heavy fire and smoke showing from inside the building.
Ricardo Avalos was sentenced Tuesday after pleading no contest to felony hit-and-run driving causing death and a misdemeanor charge of vehicular manslaughter.
Authorities circulated security video Friday of a pickup truck that plowed into a bicyclist in an East Los Angeles crosswalk and never stopped.
