Funeral to honor San Bernardino County deputy killed in line of duty

Family, friends and law enforcement colleagues will gather Tuesday to remember a San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy who was shot and killed when he responded to a domestic violence call. A funeral for Deputy Andrew Nunez, a six-year department veteran, is scheduled for 11 a.m. at Toyota Arena in Ontario. The private service will be began after a freeway procession. The service is not open to the public, but will be live streamed here. Nunez was responding Oct. 27 to a domestic violence call involving a man with a gun when he was shot. Nunez died at a hospital. He survived by his wife, 2-year-old daughter, his mother as well as four brothers and sisters. Nunez and his wife were expected a child. "Deputy Nunez served with unwavering commitment, courage, and deep compassion for the community he vowed to protect," the department said in a statement. "His bravery and sacrifice reflect a life dedicated to safeguarding others, even at the greatest cost. Such devotion will remain forever etched in our hearts." The suspect later led authorities on motorcycle chase that end when he collided with another car on a freeway in Upland. The 47-year-old man faces 10 charges, including a count of murder.

NBC 4

19-year-old killed in Boyle Heights shooting

Detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department are investigating after a man was killed in an overnight shooting in Boyle Heights. LAPD officials said the shooting happened at 1:25 a.m. in the 2900 block of Marengo Street at Evergreen Avenue. When first responders arrived, the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim was identified by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner as 19-year-old Oscar Medina. Information about a possible suspect was not released. The circumstances leading up to the shooting are under investigation.

FOX 11

Man who stabbed woman in the throat as they rode L.A. Metro is found guilty of murder

A 45-year-old man who was banned from L.A. Metro trains for past violent acts was convicted Monday in the 2024 stabbing death of a woman on a B Line train who was on her way home from an overnight shift. Elliot Tramel Nowden offered no reaction as the jury in downtown L.A. found him guilty of murder and robbery in the killing of Mirna Soza Arauz, 67, at the Universal City station in April 2024. Since the jury found Nowden killed Soza Arauz while committing a felony, he will face life in state prison without the possibility of parole when he is sentenced next month. Soza Arauz was working nights as she saved up money to buy a home in her native Nicaragua. She was on her way home from a shift as a security guard at an Original Tommy’s hamburger restaurant in North Hills when Nowden approached her with two knives, stabbed her in the throat and stole her bag, authorities said. Video from the scene showed Nowden board the train at the Universal City stop and ride it to the next and last station, North Hollywood, where Soza Arauz entered, according to L.A. County Deputy Dist. Atty. Alexander Bott, who tried the case. As the train returned to the Universal City stop, Nowden attacked with a pair of serrated kitchen knives, Bott said.

Los Angeles Times

Suspect arrested after deadly South Los Angeles crash

An allegedly intoxicated driver was involved in a crash in South Los Angeles on Monday night that left a man dead, according to authorities. The Los Angeles Police Department said the collision occurred around 10:30 p.m. in the intersection of West 76th Street and Broadway. A 66-year-old man was approaching a green light on 76th when he was hit by another driver who was going southbound on Broadway, the LAPD said. Police didn't immediately clarify if the suspect ran a red light. The man, who remains unidentified publicly, was transported to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. The suspect remained at the scene, police said. They were arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. They remain unidentified. No additional details were immediately made available.

CBS 2

Double stabbing in North Hills leaves man and woman hospitalized, LAPD says

A man and a woman were hospitalized after being stabbed Monday night inside an apartment building in North Hills, and the suspect was at large, authorities said. Officers responded at 9:50 p.m. to reports of a stabbing in the 8900 block of Orion Avenue and Rayen Street, just east of the 405 Freeway, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department said. News video from the scene showed paramedics placing the victims, each of whom was on a stretcher, into an ambulance. The injured man and woman were both listed in stable condition at a hospital. A description of the suspect was not immediately available. Whether the victims knew the assailant was unclear, the LAPD spokesperson said. The motive for the stabbings was under investigation.

ABC 7

Dog in intensive care after being set on fire in South LA

A South Los Angeles dog is recovering from severe burns and tissue damage it suffered after being set on fire on Halloween. Sandra Viveros found the dog, Luke, after she saw a post from a neighbor saying they had seen him running away from a homeless encampment and that Luke appeared to be on fire. When Viveros, founder of the dog shelter Compton Paw Patrol, showed up to the encampment to get Luke from its owner, she said they were reluctant at first and weren’t taking the situation seriously. “They downplayed the severity of what he had going on,” Viveros said. “They said it was just his fur was burned a little bit and he could just dust that off.” Luke was first taken to a veterinarian, who then got in touch with Dr. Hernandez Merino at California Animal Rehabilitation and Emergency Surgery, or CARES. The dog has been under intensive care at CARES since. “One of the rescues already knew about us and reached out,” Merino said. “We were happy to help.” Merino and Dr. Mishka Williams, chief of surgery at CARES, have been treating Luke, whose burns cover nearly 30% of his body. The doctors said that when they shaved off nearly half of his hair, they realized that the damage was much more serious. “At that point, we also noticed that he had an infection,” Merino said. “The dead skin stayed on top, and that infection went right underneath. He had an infection in several areas of his burnt skin.”

NBC 4

Los Angeles man sentenced to prison for attempting to pimp woman along Figueroa Corridor

A 21-year-old Los Angeles man was sentenced Friday to 16 months in state prison for attempting to coerce a woman into sex work along the Figueroa Corridor last December, a punishment that will be served consecutively with a prior three-year sentence for an unrelated crime, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The defendant, Fabian Gilbert, pleaded no contest on Nov. 4 to one felony count of pandering by encouraging another person to engage in prostitution, the DA’s office said. Just two days later, he was sentenced to three years in prison for a February 2024 carjacking case, bringing his total prison time to more than four years. Authorities said Gilbert was arrested on Dec. 27, 2024, after police observed him following a woman near 104th Street on Figueroa Street in Los Angeles and aggressively encouraging her to perform commercial sex for him. In a statement, District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman emphasized the office’s commitment to combat human trafficking. “This sentence demonstrates my office’s commitment to do everything possible to eradicate human trafficking, a multi-billion-dollar business that is essentially modern-day slavery,” Hochman said.

KTLA 5

NYPD officer shot in the face with birdshot by murder suspect

An NYPD cop was shot and wounded in the face early Monday by a gunman who had just murdered a Brooklyn neighbor, police said. Officers responding to a 5:57 a.m. 911 found 41-year-old Leroy Wallace dead from a gunshot wound to the chest on the sidewalk near Hegeman Ave. and Thomas S. Boyland St. in Brownsville, cops said. Wallace was shot inside his apartment building and then stumbled outside and collapsed. About two hours later, Officer Sharjeel Waris, 25, was guarding a shell casing marked as evidence in the building’s vestibule when the killer suddenly opened his first-floor apartment door and fired a shotgun at close range at the four-year NYPD veteran, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. Waris was shot in the left side of his face. His birdshot pellet wound was minor and he was released from Brookdale University Hospital about noon, wheeled out in a wheelchair to cheers from fellow officers, with his family by his side. He is good spirits,” Tisch said. “But make no mistake, this could have ended very differently. What happened this morning is a reminder of how quickly danger finds the men and women who protect this city. They stood their ground, they did their jobs and they kept people safe. And once again they reminded us all what it means to put on that uniform.”

New York Daily News

Man slips, gets trapped under Los Angeles’ 6th Street Bridge

A man who may have been trying to spray paint on Los Angeles’ 6th Street Bridge got stuck on the supports below the roadway after slipping early Tuesday morning. Rescue crews were called to the bridge that connects the downtown L.A. and Boyle Heights neighborhoods after receiving a trapped person call shortly after 1 a.m.“That person got to a certain point, to the apex, and actually slid and became stuck where the two high points meet just below our feet,” Los Angeles Fire Department Battalion Chief Rico Gross told KTLA. Urban Search and Rescue crews used a rope system to reach the trapped person, who was stranded approximately 20 to 30 feet below the roadway. “We were able to do a technical rescue to keep them from going down any further and bring them back up to the bridge safely,” Gross said. Video showed the man, who Gross said was not injured, being assessed by firefighters at the scene.

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