LOS ANGELES—A man in his 20s was rushed to a hospital after he suffered an injury south of Koreatown—reportedly losing part of a hand while lighting fireworks on July 4. Firefighters and paramedics were dispatched at 11:25 p.m. Tuesday to the 2600 block of South Catalina Street in the Adams-Normandie neighborhood, according to Nicholas Prange…

LOS ANGELES—A gunman who fatally shot a 17-year-old boy during a failed robbery attempt in the Koreatown area remained at large April 12. According to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), the teen was sitting in the passenger seat of a car parked on 7th Street near Berendo Street at around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday when…

LOS ANGELES—A man was arrested April 11 for allegedly scrawling anti-Islamic hate words on the Islamic Center of Southern California’s Koreatown building over the weekend. Carlos Moran, 43, was booked on suspicion of vandalism, with a “hate crime enhancement” in connection with the crime, which occurred about 12:40 a.m. Sunday at 434 S. Vermont Ave.,…

LOS ANGELES—A Woodland Hills man was arrested March 16 on federal charges alleging he was extorting protection money from Koreatown businesses, sometimes using violence against those who refused to pay. Daekun Cho, 38, was arrested by special agents from Homeland Security Investigations and officers from the Los Angeles Police Department pursuant to a federal criminal…

LOS ANGELES— A 64-year-old man who was fatally shot in a parking lot in the Koreatown area was identified Feb. 25. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office identified the victim as Gregory Hall. Hall was wounded about 7 p.m. Feb. 23 near Vermont Avenue and Sixth Street and died at the scene, the Los Angeles…

LOS ANGELES—Two children at a Koreatown-area school were taken to a hospital Jan. 5 for “minor medical complaints” possibly caused by edible marijuana. Paramedics responded at about 11:30 a.m. to the school in the 100 block of North Vermont Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The initial call indicated that four juveniles had…

LOS ANGELES—Two children at a Koreatown-area school were taken to a hospital Jan. 5 for “minor medical complaints” possibly caused by edible marijuana. Paramedics responded at about 11:30 a.m. to the school in the 100 block of North Vermont Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The initial call indicated that four juveniles had…

LOS ANGELES—A man was hospitalized in critical condition Nov. 19 after he was wounded by two armed suspects who snatched three gold chains and a Rolex watch from him outside an apartment complex a few blocks west of MacArthur Park. Officers sent to a robbery call in the 2800 block of Sunset Place—near Wilshire Boulevard…

A suspect has been arrested in connection with a shooting that wounded three women in a hair salon in the city’s Koreatown that authorities have said might have been a hate crime, police said early Tuesday. The suspect was being interviewed and processed, the Dallas Police Department said, and Chief Eddie Garcia was expected to…

LOS ANGELES—Firefighters rescued a woman who was trapped in a concrete trash chute about 20 feet down from the roof of a four-story apartment building in Koreatown, authorities said Wednesday. Firefighters went to the 800 block of South Hobart Boulevard at about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. An Urban Search and…