San Fernando man arrested for shooting five people and firing at LAPD helicopter
Investigators are working to determine a motive for the shooting, that ended in five people hospitalized late Saturday evening.
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Investigators are working to determine a motive for the shooting, that ended in five people hospitalized late Saturday evening.
Investigators believe that the driver, a juvenile, was under the influence when they crashed a stolen car into three others cars at the end of a pursuit in Garden Grove late Saturday evening.
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Police say the girl, a pedestrian, was struck and killed by a car near E. Balboa Boulevard and Palm Street at around 6:45 p.m. on Saturday.
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The brief chase came to an abrupt ending when the driver jumped a curb on E. 23rd Street and slammed into an apartment building, sparking a fire that took 20 minutes to put out.
Investigators say they arrived to find the man lying on the sidewalk in the 12600 block of Westminster Avenue suffering from a gunshot wound early Saturday morning.
Investigators believe that the shooting may have been gang-related.
Video from the scene shows as a group of people kick and punch the patrol car, and at one point even tried to "overtake the deputy," according to a statement from investigators.
Police say that they were called to the scene of a domestic disturbance involving a woman armed with a knife before the shooting happened on Thursday.
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It's not exactly clear how the chase began.