All lanes of the southbound Ventura (101) Freeway are now re-opened following an overnight investigation in the aftermath of a man shot to death by Los Angeles police officers. more ›

Add the FBI to the list of agencies probing the fatal shooting of Kendrec McDade by Pasadena Police Department officers last month. McDade, 19, was fatally shot by police after they received a call from a man alleging—falsely, it turns out—that two men had stolen his backpack and laptop at gunpoint. more ›

The gunned-down suspect Kendrec McDade, 19, turned out not to be armed. Now in an unusual twist the caller Oscar Carrillo, 26, has been arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter. more ›

The family and friends of an unarmed man shot by Downey police this October were escorted out of a City Council meeting by police last night after they shut down the meeting. Friends, family and other activists have been showing up to city council meetings ever since Michael Nida was shot to death by police in Downey. more ›

More details are emerging about the man fatally shot by deputies last night in Lancaster. The sheriff's department said that the man was unarmed and that there was a warrant out for his arrest. more ›

Deputies fatally shot a man who tried to flee from them during a bicycle traffic stop in Lancaster last night. Christian Cobian, 26, was killed last night just before 11 pm when deputies tried to stop him for committing a traffic violation. more ›

The district attorney's office said today that it wasn't going to file any criminal charges against police who shot a Long Beach man who turned out to be "armed" only with a water nozzle. more ›

The man that Downey police shot and killed last night probably wasn't the armed robbers they were looking for, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department which is investigating the shooting. more ›

More details and video have emerged in the bizarre 4 a.m. machete attack on Friday night that involved a machete attack, a commandeered taco truck and a suspect immune to the effects of tasing. Police aren't sure what sparked the attack, but it began when a machete-wielding man got into an argument with a diner just outside a taco truck in Koreatown. more ›

Police shot a man wielding a machete around 4 a.m. last night, according to ABC 7. Police responded to a report that there was a robbery at Beverly Boulevard and Berendo Street. They found a suspect attacking another man with a machete. The suspect ignored commands to drop the machete, police said, and opened fire on him. more ›

The neighbor of a man who was shot to death by police in North Hollywood in front of his home this morning told reporters that he had reported himself to the police. The neighbor Miriam Barajas described a dramatic scene to ABC 7 that sounds as if the man were trying to commit "suicide by cop." more ›

Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell spoke at a news conference yesterday to publicize the autopsy report issued in the death of Douglas Zerby, a man fatally shot by LBPD officers in December when they mistook the garden nozzle he held for a weapon pointed at them. As part of an effort to "clarify outstanding issues," McDonnell "said a coroner's report showed that Douglas Zerby was hit 12 times with shotgun pellets and bullets from a handgun and was grazed three times," according to the LA Times. more ›

Another night, another protest in Westlake over the police shooting death of Manuel Jamines. But this one on Thursday, unlike other day, was truly peaceful, reported the LA Times. more ›

After two days of protests, the LAPD hopes to calm tensions by holding a meeting tonight to address Sunday's fatal police shooting that left a day laborer dead. Community members will be able to ask questions and hear speakers talk about incident, LAPD's Use of Force Policy and how it reviews use of force incidents. more ›

For a second consecutive night, protestors took to a street corner west of downtown where a man was shot and killed by police over the weekend. Four people were arrested Monday after rocks and bottles were thrown at LAPD officers clad in riot gear. Tonight, authorities declared an unlawful assembly after firing "at least two volleys of non-lethal projectiles" into the crowd at 6th and Union in Westlake, according to the LA Times. more ›

A peaceful demonstration west of downtown yesterday took a turn to the unruly side of things as the evening progressed. Dozens of people angered by an officer involved shooting that left 37-year-old Manuel Jamines dead on Sunday afternoon had gathered Monday at the scene to protest. Four people were arrested for inciting a riot when bottles and rocks were thrown at police, according to the LA Times. Some mattresses were also lit on fire. more ›

Outrage over a Sunday afternoon police shooting west of downtown that left a day laborer dead spilled out onto the streets Monday. The protest of about 50 people moved up and down 6th Street in Westlake, mainly at Union Avenue where the incident took place, and Valencia Street, outside LAPD's Rampart Division station. more ›

A deputy-involved shooting that left an 18-year-old dead has some questioning whether law enforcement should have used deadly force. On June 24th, plainsclothes officers from a multi-jurisdiction task force were meeting in a Studio City parking lot when they noticed a man apparently casing cars, including one of police's unmarked ones. more ›

A group of local police and federal agents gathered in a Studio City parking lot Thursday evening were involved in a shooting that left one man dead and another arrested. A multi-jurisdiction task force made up of LAPD officers, L.A. County Sheriff's Deputies and agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration were conducting a warrant service debriefing around 9:30 p.m. in a parking lot off Ventura Boulevard when they noticed a man casing the area, possibly to break into cars. One of those cars was reportedly owned by a task force member (unconfirmed reports suggest the officers were not in uniform or driving official vehicles). more ›

Police incidents shut down two important arteries Monday morning, hindering rush hour traffic as investigations occurred. On the 101 freeway, a police pursuit came to the end in Sherman Oaks on the 101 Freeway when a suspect crashed his car near Van Nuys Blvd. In Hollywood, part of its namesake boulevard was closed after shots were reported at the restaurant Musso and Franks. more ›

More details are coming out about the unfortunate murder in Mid-City last night in which a woman was murdered by her estranged boyfriend. According to an LAPD statement, 30-year-old Flor Medrano flagged down officers on patrol yesterday evening after she was threatened and assaulted the day before. more ›

In an unusual and unfortuante story, a woman who arrived at police station around midnight to file a domestic violence report died soon after officers gave her a ride home, says the LA Times. After dropping her off at her apartment, near Pico and Cochran in Mid-City, officers stayed outside filling out a crime report inside their patrol car. At the same time, the woman was attacked by the man inside the apartment. Screams were heard and someone ran outside to inform police of the attack. Once inside, officers found the man stabbing the woman and shot him. Both were taken to the hospital where they died. Update: The Times follows up, exploring "how woman under police protection was slain with officers nearby." more ›

It was February 19th when 38-year-old Pasadena resident Leroy Barnes was sitting in the passenger seat of a car that was pulled over. As officers approached the car, Barnes put his hands into his backpack, which led to a series of events ending in his death, after 11 bullets, seven in his back, reports the Pasadena Star News. more ›

If you were wondering why helicopters hovered above West LA for hours last night, they were assisting police on the ground after a man was shot and killed by an officer. The incident happened around 11:40 p.m. on the 13000 block of Iowa Avenue. Few details are available on what led up to the shooting. more ›

Not a good day for use of force reports in Long Beach. In two separate incidents, Long Beach police used their guns injuring four suspects with one officer also being shot. In the first incident, Long Beach undercover detectives witnessed a drive by shooting in Compton and pursued the vehicle onto the 710 freeway. It ended in a shootout: three suspects hit and one officer. Later, an officer responding to a vandalism call led to the suspect being shot when he tried to grab the officer's baton. more ›

Pasadena police have released the "blue book" report on the controversial officer involved shooting of parolee Leroy Jones earlier this year. Jones was killed in the back of his car with 11 bullets, seven of them in his back after two officers pulled him over and a struggle with a gun ensued, according to the Pasadena Star News. The report clears the officers saying the shooting was warranted. But Jones' family and civil rights leaders are disappointed in the report, citing the police still haven't released the video of the incident caught on the patrol car's dashboard camera and the police haven't addressed the contradicting statements made by the department after the incident. But taking it a step further, Pasadena's chief of police said that "in view of the concerns expressed by some in our community regarding the need for an independent review of this matter and in the interest of continuing to demonstrate full transparency, I have asked the Los Angeles County Office of Independent Review to take this matter under consideration." more ›

Last Thursday afternoon, Leroy Barnes, 38, was apparently driving on the wrong side of the road when Pasadena officers pulled him over. They originally said Barnes, a long time criminal, shot at them--they returned fire killing him. Now they say that story is wrong. more ›

A 21-year-old shot and killed by police during a Sunday shootout at a Chino Papa John's Pizza was identified as a bystander and not a suspect as originally thought. The announcement came yesterday afternoon after going over witness and officer statements. When police arrived the two 28-year-old robbers, Edward Cisneros of La Mirada and Joel Anthony Jaquez of Hacienda Heights, allegedly opened fire hitting one of the officers. Both suspects and the officer are in the hospital. Daniel Baledran, 21, of Rubidoux was nearby when police took him for one of the suspects. more ›

Not that an 18-year-old male suspect who allegedly tried to rob two on-duty undercover officers in South LA last night should have known that they were cops. But really, crime can be a lottery. "The two officers each fired multiple rounds striking the suspect. The officers were not injured," an LAPD statement reads. "The suspect was transported by ambulance to the California Hospital where he underwent emergency surgery for multiple gunshot wounds to his torso. His condition is described as serious but stable." An internal division will conduct an investigation into the use of force by the officers. more ›

The Inglewood Police are keeping silent about their city council's revelation yesterday that an August 31 incident involving officers fatally shooting a homeless man was recorded on tape and in the hands of the City. According to cbs2.com, the council released a written statement regarding the video, which allegedly shows "seven officers [who] fired a combined 47 times" at "a homeless man carrying a toy gun." more ›