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LA Officer Accused of Shooting Himself, Filing False Report

LOS ANGELES -- A school police officer who reported getting shot in the chest -- prompting the lock-down of 9,000 students during a dragnet -- shot himself and has been arrested for filing a false report, authorities said. During a hastily called news conference, LA Police Chief Charlie Beck said investigators processed...

LAPD Releases 180 Photos in 'Grim Sleeper' Case

(Dec. 16) -- Authorities in California are hoping the release of nearly 200 photos found in the possession of a suspected serial killer will prompt people to come forward with information. The photos are among thousands that police recovered from the home of Lonnie Franklin Jr., a 57-year-old retired auto mechanic who was...

LAPD Pleads for Calm as Protesters Egg Station

LOS ANGELES (Sept. 8) -- Police Chief Charlie Beck pleaded for calm and vowed his department would conduct an exhaustive investigation into a bicycle officer's fatal shooting of a drunken day laborer with a knife. But his words did little to dissuade demonstrators, who spilled into the streets for a second straight night...

Suspect Nabbed in LA's 'Grim Sleeper' Murders

LOS ANGELES (July 7) -- He was called the "Grim Sleeper" for committing a string of murders between 1985 and 1988, then taking a 13-year rest before continuing on with his gruesome work in 2001. Today Los Angeles police detectives put a name and a face to the suspect who had bedeviled them for 25 years: Lonnie David...

Recent Killings End Downward Trend in LA Homicides

LOS ANGELES (March 30) -- A recent spate of killings has all but wiped out a double-digit dip in Los Angeles homicides this year, the police chief told the City Council today, placing some of the blame on budget cuts that make it hard to redeploy police officers to counter crime sprees. Police Chief Charlie Beck, who took...

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05/26/12 Police arrest two in USC shooting of Chinese students Source: Northwest Asian Weekly - Seattle WA Anson Cheung says the shooting deaths of two international graduate students near the University of Southern California made headlines back home in Hong Kong, unnerving his parents.
05/25/12 Report: LAPD seeks Manson family member recordings Source: Austin American-Statesman Los Angeles police want to review audio recordings of conversations between a Manson family member and his attorney to see if they contain information about unsolved killings.
05/22/12 Arlington Hts. panel announces photo contest winner Source: Daily Herald - Arlington Heights IL The Arlington Heights Arts Commission has announced the photo by local photographer Nevin Nelson is this years winner of the commissions photo contest.
05/22/12 Suspects Due For Arraignment In USC Shootings Source: The Huffington Post - Local Two men suspected of killing two University of Southern California graduate students from China are expected to be arraigned on murder charges.
05/20/12 2 arrests made in student shooting Source: Concord Monitor - Concord NH The police arrested two young men in the shooting deaths of two graduate students from China last month near the University of Southern California, an attack that stunned a school that has more international students than any other U.S. university.