Christine Pelisek

The two men who were fatally shot in South Los Angeles April 3 have been identified as Yancy Cage, 39, and Reynaud Cage, Jr., 48. The two reputed East Coast Crips gang members were fatally shot Saturday afternoon near 162 E. 65th Street......

A man was fatally shot in his car in Wilmington April 4. According to police reports, 38-year-old Roberto Garcia-Gudino was driving with a passenger in his car southbound in the 1200 block of Frigate Avenue when a possible burgundy colored Toyota pulled up alongside his car around 1 a.m. and......

The four men who were killed in an assassination-style attack at a cafe in North Hollywood have been identified as Harut Baburyan, 28, Sarkis Karadjian, 26, Vardan Tofalyan, 31, and Hayk Yegnanyan, 25. Two other people were wounded in the April 3 attack that occurred around 4:30 p.m. at the......

A man was fatally shot near Leimert Park, and police are searching for two teenage boys who are believed to be responsible for the gang-related attack March 31. Billy Steward, 22, died at the scene. The attack took place shortly before 10 a.m. Wednesday in the 4100 block of Garthwaite......

A homicide investigation was under way in the Westlake District today following the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old man. The shooting death of 23-year-old Jose Saul Hernandez was reported around 8 p.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of Rampart Boulevard, near Second Street......

Los Angeles Police Department detectives are investigating the gang-related shooting of two men in the Montecito Heights area of Northeast Los Angeles March 29. Officers found Jose L. Castillo, 20, fatally wounded in the 2600 block of Sichel Street near East Avenue 26 around 8:40 p.m. Monday......

A 30-year-old man was shot as he was walking down the street in South Los Angeles March 29. Emanuel Dorsey was confronted by the gunmen in the 1400 block of West 83rd Street at 5:05 p.m. Monday......

(UPDATED after jump): An Orange County judge this morning sentenced convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala to death. Judge Francisco Briseno said the former Los Angeles Times typesetter had an "abnormal interest in young girls." The judge also said Alcala's testimony in court was not credible because of his numerous lies......

Los Angeles Police Department detectives are looking for the suspects responsible for killing a teenage girl and shooting her friend March 27. Kendall Williams,18, and a group of her friends, including a 22-year-old man, were talking on the sidewalk in the 900 block of West 68th Street when a black......

A man who was shot while he was seated in the passenger seat of his car March 27 has been identified as 21-year-old Kevin Bautista. Bautista was sitting in the passenger seat of his car at 6:15 p.m. Saturday in the 1600 block of West 84th Street when a man......