AZUSA, Calif.—A man was shot dead and two other people were wounded during a gang-related shooting in front of an apartment complex in Azusa, authorities said June 10. Deputies responded at 11:01 p.m. Friday to the 200 block of East Newburgh Street, west of South Azusa Avenue, where they found a man in his 20s…

AZUSA, Calif.—One person remained missing March 14 after 11 others were rescued from a swollen San Gabriel River in Azusa, authorities said. Firefighters and rescue personnel from the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded at 6:09 p.m. Monday to North Todd and West Sierra Madre avenues near Encanto Park, where they learned the victims had…

AZUSA, Calif.—A driver in Azusa died Dec. 5 after getting shot, then crashing his car into a parked pickup truck in a residential neighborhood in Azusa. Azusa Police Department officers responded about 10 a.m. to a report of a crash in the 200 block of East Newburgh Street, near Azusa Avenue and Arrow Highway, according…

LOS ANGELES—A former Azusa resident is expected to be sentenced Dec. 21 for participating in the kidnapping of a Southern California luxury car dealer who was held for $2 million ransom, beaten, killed, and buried in the Mojave desert. Alexis Romero-Velez, 26, pleaded guilty last year to a federal kidnapping conspiracy charge, according to the…