A gunman opened fire this afternoon at an office building in Irwindale which houses offices of Southern California Edison. According to reports from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the gunman wounded a man and a woman, and there may be more victims. more ›

The gunman who unleashed his rage in Hollywood on Friday morning, killing music producer John Atterberry and then losing his own life to the guns of police, was reportedly a drug user and suffering from depression. more ›

A young man suspected of carrying a gun and threatening to use it on the California State University, Northridge campus has been identified as 22-year-old Gahren Moradian of Burbank. Moradian, a CSUN philosophy student, surrendered to the police at approximately 8 p.m. Tuesday, according to a campus spokesperson. more ›

A man California State University, Northridge campus police spent much of Tuesday searching for turned himself in late in the evening yesterday. Following reports of a man with a gun in the school's Oviatt Library yesterday, authorities launched a manhunt that they ultimately called off around dinnertime after the suspect and his alleged weapon did not turn up. more ›

Police on the campus of California State University, Northridge, have called off a manhunt for an alleged gunman reportedly spotted at the school's central library. more ›

An investigation is underway at California State University, Northridge, following reports there was a man with a gun inside the campus library. "No weapon was actually seen, although witnesses said the man threatened to take people out, said CSUN spokesperson Shante Morgan," reports NBC Los Angeles. more ›

After receiving a report of a gunman on campus, school officials at Santa Monica College locked down the campus, including the KCRW studios, for about one hour on Tuesday, according to NBC LA. more ›

Eagle Rock residents and people on the Occidental College campus are advised to stay inside while an LAPD helicopter circles above in search of a reported man with a gun. A perimeter has been established along Avenue 47, Alumni and Campus Roads along the southeast edge of Occidental, according to LAPD's Northeast Division. more ›

Some criminals can't help but to return to the scene of their crime. In San Diego's Hillcrest neighborhood yesterday, the man suspected of attempting to rob a Jack in the Box the day before came back to where the failed heist almost went down. Why? He was hungry. Bonus: The cops were already there. more ›

According to NPR, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head and at least 10 other people, including members of her staff, were injured outside a grocery store in Tucson while holding a public event, reports Arizona Public Media. more ›

*UPDATE 9:16AM: "The suspect is wanted for questioning in a deadly shooting in Panorama City around 9:30 p.m. Sunday," says KTLA, adding: "It's believed the victim, who died at a hospital, was the suspect's stepson." The Los Angeles Police Department SWAT officers are assisting the Long Beach Police Department at a standoff with a suspected gunman who has barricaded himself inside a motel room since early this morning, according to KTLA. more ›

An armed gunman forced his way into a couple's Koreatown apartment on the 700 block of Kingsley Drive early Monday morning where he received $120 from the woman's wallet and two blunt force blows to the head from her golf club. Which subsequently broke in half. And caused brain swelling and bleeding that sent the burglar to the hospital. Koreatown is already on crime watch with 50 reported property crimes in the seven days ending Oct. 4. more ›

Reports of a hostage-taking gunman entering the Discovery Channel's Silver Spring, Maryland headquarters began to hit the newswaves around midday Eastern time. The suspect, soon to be determined to be 43-year-old James Jay Lee, was rumored to be carrying an explosive device. The premises were evacuated, and negotiators worked with Lee for over two hours; reports indicate he was shot outside the building and that his explosives went off, and just after 5 PM EST he was confirmed dead. more ›

An early morning shooting in Hawaiian Gardens has left 2 people dead and 3 more injured, according to LA Now. The as-yet unidentified suspect was wielding an AK-47, and appeared to have been targeting his fiancée and her family, after he entered her home and shot first her parents, and then her and her teenage brother. more ›

A bizarre standoff took place overnight at a home in Arcadia located in the 1700 block of Mayflower Ave. as local authorities responded to a 911 call regarding an armed suspect who had allegedly barricaded himself in the house with hostages. The caller identified himself as someone who had fled the home, according to cbs2. "Arcadia police Captain Gene Gioia said previously a police SWAT team and sheriff's negotiators have been trying for hours without success Monday to communicate with the man." more ›

A man dressed in a business suit entered the Pizza Hut at 1261 S. Central Ave. in Glendale on Sunday at 11:10 a.m. He produced a gun and crossed over the counter, demanding money from the 18-year-old female shift manager, who was working alone. "He confronted the young woman in the back of the building and, at gunpoint, demanded money from the safe. After getting some cash, he turned around, shot the victim in the shoulder and also took her purse," explains cbs2, adding that the investigation authorities "say they believe he meant to kill her." The restaurant has released surveillance video showing the heist and shooting; the employee was wounded, but is expected to survive. The crime netted the robber "several hundred dollars," according to an abc7 video report. more ›

"The reason appears to be anti-war, but I don't know the specifics," Sgt. Lorenzo Duarte. Duarte said of the masked gunman that stopped 101 Freeway traffic for hours starting this morning around 7:10 a.m. more ›