COMPTON – A person was struck by a Metro Blue (A) Line train in Compton Monday, temporarily suspending rail services in the area. The person was hit about 2:35 p.m. as a northbound train was approaching the Artesia station located in the 100 block of West Artesia Boulevard, according to a Metro representative. Details on the person’s condition were not immediately available. Rail services between the Artesia and Compton Metro stations were suspended for an unknown duration as authorities investigated the collision. Bus shuttles were available for riders traveling between the Artesia and Compton stations.
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LOS ANGELES – Two gang members were each sentenced Monday to a dozen years behind bars for carrying out an armed robbery at a Beverly Hills restaurant, where one customer was struck by gunfire and a $500,000 watch was stolen from another diner. Khai McGhee, 18, and Malik L. Powell, 21, pleaded guilty in September to federal charges of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, interference with commerce by robbery, and using and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. A third man, 41-year-old Marquise Anthony Gardon, also a documented gang member from South Los Angeles, pleaded guilty…
LOS ANGELES – A judge Monday delayed until later this month a decision on Los Angeles County’s request for a court order preventing arbitration from moving forward in a law firm’s compensation request for representing L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva in his failed attempt to reinstate a fired deputy, saying she wanted to rule on a related matter at the same time. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Holly J. Fujie issued a tentative ruling Friday granting Los Angeles County’s request for a preliminary injunction staying arbitration, which began with the selection of a panel in December, until a decision is…
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Rams are going to have something the Dodgers and Lakers didn’t get — a victory parade. Rams Chief Operating Officer Kevin Demoff said Monday a Super Bowl victory parade will be held Wednesday, although a time has not yet been determined. Demoff said the parade will originate from the Shrine Auditorium and end a relatively short distance away at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, where a rally will be held in the peristyle-end plaza outside the stadium. The Rams played at the Coliseum from 2016-19 while SoFi Stadium was being built. The exact route of…
LOS ANGELES – A 25-year-old man was critically wounded after a verbal argument led to a shooting in Koreatown, authorities said Monday. The shooting was reported at 10:40 p.m. Sunday at Sixth and Catalina streets, according to a desk officer at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations Center. The victim got into an argument with a male who produced a handgun and shot the victim before running away, the officer said. Paramedics rushed the victim to a hospital where he was in critical condition, he said. Copyright 2022, City News Service, Inc.
LOS ANGELES – A 13-year-old girl was wounded when she approached a vehicle that slowed down on a Lake View Terrace street and a male inside shot her, authorities said Monday. The shooting occurred about 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the 11700 block of Kagel Canyon Street, said a desk officer at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations Center. The vehicle drove away from the scene following the shooting, he said. The girl was taken by paramedics to a hospital where she had fatal vital signs, the officer said.
LOS ANGELES – The driver of one vehicle was killed in a three- vehicle crash in South Los Angeles, authorities said Monday. The crash was reported at 5:27 a.m. Sunday on Vernon Avenue at Avalon Boulevard, said Officer Rosario Cervantes of the Los Angeles Police Department Media Relations Section. The driver was taken by paramedics to a hospital and pronounced dead, Cervantes said. The driver’s age, gender and name were not available as well as whether anyone else was injured in the crash.
LOS ANGELES – Adrian Peterson, former NFL MVP and current free agent was arrested Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport after an alleged domestic violence incident on board a jet. The incident prompted a departing flight to return to LAX, according to ABC7 News. About 8:30 a.m., Los Angeles Airport police responded to the plane that had left for Houston, the station reported. The problem was an alleged verbal and physical altercation between a man and a woman, according to a statement released by the airport police and cited by ABC7. Peterson, 36, was taken into custody and booked at…
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LOS ANGELES – The coroner’s office Sunday released the name of a man gunned down in the south Los Angeles area. Alejandro Magana was 31-years-old, according to the coroner’s office. His city of residence was not available. The shooting was reported about 6:20 a.m. Friday in the 1300 block of East 103rd Street, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported. Magana died at the scene. No arrests were reported. Anyone with information on the case was urged to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500, or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS.