Suspected Car Thief Flees Officers, Wages Hours-Long Standoff In South LA Home
An early-morning pursuit of a stolen vehicle Saturday took an unexpected turn when the suspect ran into a home and waged a tense four-hour standoff in South LA.
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An early-morning pursuit of a stolen vehicle Saturday took an unexpected turn when the suspect ran into a home and waged a tense four-hour standoff in South LA.
The case was being investigated as an attempted murder-suicide, police said.
A man in a wheelchair was shot and killed in South Los Angeles, police said Friday.
Officers were dispatched to 88th Street and Vermont Avenue following a report of shots fired at approximately 3:50 p.m.
Authorities say one person has been killed in a house fire in South Los Angeles.
Authorities Sunday were investigating the shooting death of a man in an unincorporated area of South Los Angeles.
The accident occurred around 8:45 p.m. near 3150 Exposition Boulevard.
Relatives are asking for help locating 15-year-old Ashley Aleriano, who was last seen Wednesday leaving her home in South LA.
The man's wife and child were killed last week in a South LA garage fire that police have called suspicious. They're calling the fire a possible murder and case of arson.
The mother of two toddlers, who were found wandering on a South L.A. street last week, was under the direct supervision of Los Angeles County's child protective services agency.
A family says a pizza they were served at a local restaurant was laced with drugs and sent them to the emergency room.
Authorities are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the deaths of a woman and her 2-year-old son, whose bodies were recovered from a detached South Los Angeles garage this week.
"Inside the apartment, it was in deplorable conditions, not fit for a child," LAPD Capt. Lillian Caranza said.
A woman and her child were killed Wednesday in a South Los Angeles garage fire, officials said.
Police Tuesday continued to search for the parents of two young boys who were found wondering a busy street in South Los Angeles.
A driver was killed Friday morning when they lost control of their vehicle and crashed into a pole.
Detectives sought the public's help Monday for information leading the suspects responsible for the murder of a 26-year-old man.
LAPD officers say a woman was attacked while walking in the area of Normandie Avenue and 54th Street in the early hours of Tuesday morning, when she was kidnapped and forced into a blue 1990s compact car.
A 98-year-old woman reportedly died from smoke inhalation after being rescued Saturday from a house fire in South LA.
The suspect remains at large.
Detectives Thursday continued their investigation into a shooting that left one man dead and another injured outside a South Los Angeles church.
The shooting occurred in the 8800 block of S. Vermont, according to officials.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
The City Attorney's Office is suing an oil company in South LA for allegedly spewing noxious vapors that have sickened nearby residents.
A 23-year-old Los Angeles man accused of fatally stabbing his stepfather in the back on Christmas morning was arrested on suspicion of murder, police said.
