Los Angeles Violent Crime

Shooting At Seal Beach: 8 Confirmed Dead, 1 Critically Wounded

AP | AMY TAXIN and JOHN ROGERS | Posted 12.12.2011

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SEAL BEACH, Calif. — Scott Dekraai's neighbors considered him one of the friendliest guys on the block, a man who invited them over for pool par...

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Murder Over A Parking Spot At Chuck E. Cheese

Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Chuck E. Cheese, Video, Los Angeles Violent Crime, Death in Parking Lots, Downtown La, Chuck E. Cheese Shootings, Robert Herrera, Los Angeles News

Authorities have identified and are searching for the suspect in a fatal shooting at a Chuck E. Cheese parking lot in downtown LA, reports the Daily B...

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2 High School Students Dead After Venice Park Shooting

Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Venice Shooting, Rose and Penmar, Los Angeles Violent Crime, Venice Violent Crime, Los Angeles News

Correction: School staff sent a memo to the LA Times, clarifying that the students killed at Penmar Park were sophomores from Venice High School and V...

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Jury Wants Death Sentence For Man Who Killed Wife With Hitmen

Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: James Fayed Hitmen, Century City Stabbing, Los Angeles Violent Crime, James Fayed, Pamela Fayed, Pamela Fayed Stabbing, Los Angeles News

Jurors recommend the death penalty for James Fayed, the Century City man convicted of hiring hitmen to kill his wife, reports ABC7 in a tweet. Faye...

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MTV Music Coordinator Shot Execution-Style In Mid-Wilshire

| KTLA News | Posted 07.09.2011

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MID CITY (KTLA) -- Authorities have identified a man found dead by a dog walker in the Mid-City area of Los Angeles. Residents reported hearing wha...

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Gruesome Murder-Suicide Leaves Two Children Dead

AP | Posted 07.08.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- A man shot and killed his girlfriend and two 5-year-old twins before turning the gun on himself in a murder-suicide inside an SUV that ...

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ELIMINATED: LAPD's Rape Kit Backlog

| Alice M. Walton | Posted 06.28.2011

Read More: Lapd Rape Kit Backlog, Rape, Los Angeles Violent Crime, Los Angeles Rape Kits, Rape Kit Backlog, Los Angeles News

Story comes courtesy of The City Maven. By Alice M. Walton The Los Angeles Police Department’s backlog of 6,132 untested sexual assault eviden...

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'Grim Sleeper' Killer Could Be Linked To Eight More Women

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 06.05.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles detectives said Tuesday they believe the suspect in the "Grim Sleeper" serial killings could be responsible for up to ...

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Teens Plead 'Not Guilty' In Gang Rape Of 11-Yr Old

AP | By GILLIAN FLACCUS | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Violent Crime, Juvenile Court, Moreno Valley Gang Rape, Gang Rape, Victoriano-Park, Moreno Valley, Los Angeles News

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A juvenile court judge deciding if four teenage boys should be tried as adults in the gang rape of an 11-year-old girl who was lu...

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'Westside Rapist' Gets Life For 7 Murders, Could Be Responsible For 30

AP | Rjfonprvsdn | Posted 06.01.2011

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LOS ANGELES — A former state insurance adjuster dubbed the "Westside Rapist" by police was sentenced to life in prison Friday for murdering seve...

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One Boy Dead, Mother And Siblings Injured In Shocking Attack

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arden Wilshire, San Bernardino Home Attack, Los Angeles Violent Crime, San Bernardino, Los Angeles News

Updated -- The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports that Ian Anthony Rodriquez has pleaded not guilty to the San Bernardino County Superior Court in con...

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NBC Executive's Death Switched From Accident To Homicide

ktla.com | KTLA News | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- The coroner's office is now calling the shooting death of an NBC Universal executive a case of murder. NBC executive Brian Ru...

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