Crime and Public Safety

LAPD officers conducted a floor-by-floor search of a downtown apartment building following early morning reports of a woman with a gun and shots fired.

A suspect swinging a metal chain at passing vehicles in Watts was shot and killed by police, the Los Angeles Police Department said.

“I knew that if I didn't take care of him, I had no clue what he was going to do or was capable of doing," 79-year-old George Karkoc said from his hospital bed.

The victim who died after a fight stemming from an alleged road rage crash in Castro Valley over the weekend was identified as a father of nine.

Cal State Fullerton women's soccer player Lauren Turner died Friday from injuries sustained in a September accident when she and a teammate were struck by a truck while riding electric scooters in Fullerton.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has received more than 200,000 job applications.

Alex Mercado was allegedly attacked in the exercise yard of Calipatria State Prison by other two inmates - Eric Gonzalez and Javier Torres.

The incident began as a pursuit for reckless driving.

Walter Larin, Edwin Martinez, Roberto Alejandro Ortiz, Bryan Alexander Arias, and Erick Eduardo Arias were found guilty of carrying out grisly murders to advance their status in the MS-13 gang.

The search continues for 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard who was last seen with her mother on October 9.

An ICE agent pulled a gun on a woman in Santa Ana.