Category: LAPD

Over $200,000 Raised to Find Suspect Who Killed UCLA Grad Student at Furniture Store

January 18, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Koretz asked city leaders on Jan. 18 to add $50,000 to the more than $200,000 from private donations raised for a reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of a man who fatally stabbed a 24-year-old UCLA graduate student in the Hancock Park boutique furniture store where…

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LA District Attorney Not Consulted in LAPD Officer Shooting Case: Advisor

January 14, 2022
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Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón’s office claims it was not consulted by the sheriff’s department before federal charges were filed in the robbery and shooting death of an LA police officer this week. The Los Angeles County sheriff filed federal racketeering charges Jan. 13 in the death of Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)…

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2 Tourists Robbed at Gunpoint in Beverly Grove

January 14, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Authorities were seeking two suspects in an armed robbery on Jan. 14 that targeted a pair of British tourists in the Beverly Grove area. The crime occurred about 2:40 a.m. Friday at La Cienega Boulevard and Romaine Street, and was being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Robbery-Homicide Division, according to the…

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Crime Up in LA, Including Killings

January 13, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles saw spikes in select categories of crime in 2021, most notably a nearly 12 percent year-over-year climb in homicides. Mayor Eric Garcetti noted that the pace of homicides was stemmed in the second half of the year. “To put that in context, I remember the first half of this past year, when…

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Four Arrested in Connection With Fatal Shooting of Off-Duty LAPD Officer

January 12, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Four people have now been arrested in connection with the shooting death of an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer, authorities said Jan. 12. The officer, 27-year-old Fernando Arroyos, a three-year veteran of the LAPD, was shot about 9:15 p.m. Monday in an apparent exchange of gunfire with as many as three armed…

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Off-Duty LAPD Officer Shot and Killed in Street Robbery

January 11, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—An off-duty Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer was killed in an apparent exchange of gunfire with three armed robbery suspects in the unincorporated Firestone-Florence neighborhood, and authorities are seeking public help on Jan. 11 to solve the crime. Sheriff’s deputies responded about 9:15 p.m. Monday to the 8700 block of Beach Street, west of South Gate, where…

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Bodycam Shows LAPD Officers Freeing Pilot Trapped in Plane Crashed on Railway Moments Before Train Hits

January 11, 2022
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Like a scene from a Hollywood action film, police pulled a pilot from a wrecked plane that crash-landed on the train tracks in a Los Angeles neighborhood just seconds before a train smashed though the crumpled metal remains. This was no Hollywood movie—but a rescue that unfolded on Sunday afternoon, captured on the bodycam of…

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LA Police Captain Sues City Over Gun Search

January 8, 2022
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A high-ranking police captain claims in a lawsuit Jan. 4 against the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and a city-affiliated gun store that he and his family suffered trauma during a search of his home. LAPD Capt. Jonathan Tom, of the West LA Division, also alleges in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court…

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Los Angeles Police Captain Sues City Over Gun Search

January 8, 2022
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A high-ranking police captain claims in a lawsuit Jan. 4 against the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and a city-affiliated gun store that he and his family suffered trauma during a search of his home. LAPD Capt. Jonathan Tom, of the West LA Division, also alleges in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court…

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Union Says LAPD Officer Followed Training in Incident That Resulted in Fatal Shooting of Teen

January 2, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The police officer who inadvertently shot a 14-year-old girl to death while confronting a suspect at a Burlington store in North Hollywood had recently completed a course on how to handle an active shooter situation and was properly following his training, the officer’s union told City News Service on Jan. 2. Officer William Jones,…

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