D4vd hearing begins as prosecutors call witnesses, show graphic photo evidence
The multi-day preliminary hearing in the murder case against D4vd began on Tuesday with prosecutors calling their first witnesses and presenting gruesome photos.
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The multi-day preliminary hearing in the murder case against D4vd began on Tuesday with prosecutors calling their first witnesses and presenting gruesome photos.
The preliminary hearing is set to begin on Tuesday in the murder case against singer and songwriter D4vd, who is facing first-degree murder charges in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
The victim was identified as 20-year-old Maria Barrios Ventura.
The shooting was reported at about 12:32 a.m.
The shooting was reported at about 4:35 a.m. Sunday.
The vehicle was found crashed into a planter and an electrical box.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power didn't provide an estimated time of reopening for closed streets.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said the individual lives in the Antelope Valley.
The developer of the site confirmed later in the day that it was a construction worker who died in an equipment-related incident.
It's the county's second earthquake of a magnitude greater than 4.0 in two days.
CBS LA has issued a Next Weather Alert due to high heat, humidity and chances for thunderstorms.
The blaze was 15% contained as of Sunday afternoon.
CBS LA has issued a NEXT Weather Alert through Tuesday due to heat, humidity and chances for monsoonal thunderstorms.
The USGS says the quake hit near Frazier Park in the Tejon Pass at about 3:38 a.m.
The blaze covered nearly 2,700 acres as of Saturday morning.