CORDELE, Ga.—A sheriff’s deputy in Georgia was shot and killed Wednesday and the suspect tried to flee in the deputy’s patrol car, authorities said. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said it is investigating the shooting, which left 26-year-old Deputy Tyee Browne dead. The suspect, 25-year-old Croshawn Cross, was charged with murder and other crimes. “A…

MISSION HILLS, Calif.—A suspected gunman, who may have shot and injured a man, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Mission Hills, authorities said July 4. Officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 14800 block of Brand Boulevard, near Arleta Avenue, around 7:55 p.m., where a man in his 40s was pronounced…

COSTA MESA, Calif.—Detectives arrested a 20-year-old man in the shooting death of a 38-year-old man in Costa Mesa, authorities said July 4. The Costa Mesa Police Department received calls of gunshots heard in the 2000 block of Sterling Alley, near Pomona Avenue, at about 10:45 p.m. Monday, police said. Arriving officers found the victim on…

Police believe a man critically wounded his roommate and then shot himself to death at the residential unit the two shared in Pasadena, authorities said July 1. Officers dispatched at about 1:50 p.m. on June 30 to a multi-unit residential complex in the 200 block of North Madison Avenue, regarding a “shots call” with a…

SAN DIEGO—Police were asking for help June 18 from anyone who witnessed a fight and a subsequent fatal shooting last night at a Juneteenth celebration at the sprawling Liberty Station complex in Point Loma. The shooting took place around 6:45 p.m. Saturday in NTC Park at 2455 Cushing Road in the Liberty Station neighborhood, according…

LOS ANGELES—A man was shot to death June 17 in the North Hills area of Los Angeles. The shooting was reported at 4:20 p.m. in the 8600 block of Parthenia Place, near Burnet Avenue, Los Angeles Police Department Officer Drake Madison told City News Service. The victim, a man in his 40s, was pronounced dead…

SAN DIEGO—A man who fatally shot a 15-year-old boy at Chicano Park was sentenced June 15 to 26 years in state prison. Bryant Ruiz, 33, pleaded guilty to a voluntary manslaughter charge in connection with the Oct. 23, 2020, shooting death of Brian Romo. Just before 10 p.m. that night, officers responded to a parking…

NORTHRIDGE, Calif.—A second victim in the April 15 shooting of men who had been hired to paint over gang graffiti on the wall of a Northridge business has died, police said June 12. The name of the victim was withheld pending notification of next of kin. Jamal Jackson, 24, of Panorma City, was arrested April…

LOS ANGELES—A man shot to death in a parking lot in a drive-by shooting in North Hollywood was publicly identified June 12. Dashaun Berry was 20 years old, according to the coroner’s office. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) North Hollywood Division were called at 1:30 a.m. Saturday to 10923 Magnolia Boulevard, near…

LOS ANGELES—A 16-year-old boy was shot to death in South Los Angeles, authorities said June 11. Officers responding to a shots-fired call about 11:50 p.m. Saturday in the area of 74th Street and Western Avenue located Quincy Reese, a star athlete at Crenshaw High School, suffering from at least one gunshot wound, according to the…