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View Larger Map UPDATE: The man stabbed to death on August 13, following an alleged gang-related scuffle in South Los Angeles has been identified as 49-year-old Joseph Martinez. The incident happened at 12004 South Figueroa Street at about 12.30 a.m. Officers at the scene found Martinez with slash wounds to......

Daquan Allen, 13, was shot to death August 16 in South Los Angeles.View Larger Map The shooting happened in the 8800 block of South Broadway at 12:15 p.m. According to preliminary reports the teenager was shot while he was walking down the street with another person. There was no confirmed......

A 22-year-old man was fatally shot August 15 in South Los Angeles. View Larger Map The shooting occurred on East 52nd Street near Avalon Boulevard around 4 a.m., Saturday morning. According to police reports, two men walked up to the victim while he was talking to a woman. The suspects......

A man was stabbed to death August 13, following an alleged gang-related scuffle in South Los Angeles. View Larger Map According to LAPD reports, police responded to a battery call in the 12000 block of South Figueroa Street, near 120th Street, at about 12:30 a.m. Officers at the scene found......

UPDATE: Oran Eugene Douglas, 37, was fatally shot at 5:30 p.m. August 9. The incident happened near Vermont Avenue at 919 West 68th Street.View Larger Map According to police reports Officer Gabriel Holguin, with the LAPD's gang unit, was driving with his partner in the area, responding to a backup......

UPDATE: Los Angeles Police officials today released additional information about the shooting incident in which 19-year-old Jessie Long was killed.View Larger Map According to reports, Detectives Donald Walthers and Jeff Nolte were part of a surveillance team monitoring a cell phone store in the 5500 block of South Central Avenue......

Sergio Ramirez, 19, was fatally wounded August 11, in a shooting at a gas station convenience store in North Hollywood. View Larger MapThe incident happened at an AM/PM store located in the 6700 block of Laurel Canyon Boulevard, near Vanowen Street, about 8:50 p.m. Tuesday, police said. According to a......

A man was shot to death in South Los Angeles on August 10. View Larger MapAccording to police, the shooting occurred in the 600 block of West 81st Street, between Figueroa and Hoover streets. The victim, Cesar Garcia, 20, was riding a bicycle when he was shot in the head......

View Larger MapThe man suspected in a series of stabbings in the Hollywood area that left two dead and two others injured was charged today in court with murder and attempted murder in connection with the attacks. Domingo Linares Rodas, 53, was earlier incorrectly identified by officials as 54-year-old Damian......

View Larger Map A 37-year-old African American man was killed by a Los Angeles Police Department officer during an exchange of fire with an on-duty cop on August 9 in South Los Angeles, law enforcement officials say. According to preliminary reports, Oran Douglas III fired at the officer and was......