Sunday, August 21, 2011

Police seek gunman who fired at officers in Encino

Shoot-blog

Police are searching for a wanted murder suspect after he shot at officers near a supermarket in Encino.

LAPD detectives spotted a murder suspect at a Ralph's supermarket at Ventura Boulevard and Libbit Avenue about 9:30 p.m. Sunday, according to scanner reports. The suspect, wearing a wig, fired a few rounds at the officers and fled the scene on foot.

A perimeter has been set up in the area.

The suspect was later spotted near the Hayvenhurt Avenue exit on the 118 Freeway.

It is unknown if he was taken into custody.

Preliminary reports indicate the suspect may be Brent Zubeck, 43, who is wanted in connection with the murder of a Chatsworth couple found in their home Aug. 12.

No further information has been released.

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--KTLA

Photo: Police activity at the shooting scene. Credit: KTLA

 

Female worker stabbed at Santa Monica grocery

A female employee of an Albertsons market in Santa Monica was critically wounded Sunday by a man who stabbed her while she was working at a check-out stand, police said.

A Santa Monica Police Department spokesman said officers were looking for the victim's estranged husband, Kelvin Green, 52, as a person of interest in the investigation. Green was not identified as a suspect.

Police did not release the name of the woman, who was hospitalized with wounds to the head, neck and torso.

According to police, a man entered the store shortly before 3:30 p.m. and attacked the woman from behind, repeatedly hitting and stabbing her. He then fled the store, jumped into a car and drove south on Berkeley Street toward Wilshire Boulevard, police said.

They described the assailant as black, 6-feet-1 to 6-feet-3-inches tall, weighing at least 220 pounds and wearing a light gray sweatshirt with a hood. Police said his car was an older gold Cadillac.

They said anyone with information, including on Green's whereabouts, should call the Police Department at (310) 458-8495. Callers who wish to remain anonymous can phone the WeTip line at (800) 78-CRIME or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.

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El Cajon police officer is alert and stable after being shot

The El Cajon police officer shot Sunday afternoon while answering a domestic disturbance call is conscious and in stable condition at a local hospital, officials said.

Police have surrounded the home where the alleged gunman is believed to be barricaded. The home was set on fire, but firefighters have doused the flames.

Police are investigating initial indications that the gunman shot two other people, possibly family members, before the police officer came to the home about 5:30 p.m.

Dozens of officers from San Diego County agencies responded to the "officer down" call.

The officer's name is being withheld.

--Tony Perry in San Diego

Window Falls Remain a Childhood Hazard

Nearly 100,000 children, most of them under the age of 5, have been injured after falling from a window during the past two decades, new research shows.

Surprisingly, the risk of being injured after falling from a window wasn’t limited to children who live in high-rise apartment buildings. Falls from first or second floor windows accounted for 94 percent of the falls, according to data published today in the medical journal Pediatrics.

Although many cities, including New York, require protective guards to be placed on apartment windows, most owners of residential homes don’t take such precautions.

“This is actually a common injury,’’ said Dr. Gary A. Smith, senior author of the study and director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. “I just don’t think it’s on the radar screen of many parents. Not only are these injuries severe, but we know they are preventable.”

The findings are based on data collected from 6,100 hospital emergency rooms over a 19 year period ending in 2008. On average, nearly 5,200 children a year — about 14 a day — are admitted to hospital emergency rooms after falling from windows. Dr. Smith noted that the data collected for the study understate the real toll of window falls because they reflect only children injured and treated in emergency departments. Children who are seen by family doctors and those who die at the scene are not counted in the emergency room data, he said.

Risk for falling out a window peaks between the ages of 1 and 2. About two-thirds of the window falls involved children under 5.

“That’s the age group that are exploring,’’ said Dr. Smith. “They see the open window and don’t see the danger and out they go.’’

About 60 percent of the falls involved boys. One out of every four children involved in a window fall treated in an emergency department required admission to the hospital. Half the injuries were to the head and face.

“A typical admission rate for young children in the emergency department is about 5 percent; this is five times higher,’’ noted Dr. Smith. “These injuries are commonly severe and can lead to a lifetime of disability.”

Dr. Smith said the data should prompt parents to look anew at the windows in their homes — even those on the first floor — and take precautions to make sure children can’t fall out of them. One of the biggest mistakes parents make is to assume that a window with a screen is adequate to prevent a child from falling. In the study, 83 percent of the falls were from windows with screens.

“Screens just pop right out, and that’s not enough to keep a child in,’’ said Dr. Smith.

Homes with small children or those who have friends or family members with small children who might visit should equip windows with window guards. Parents should also move furniture away from window areas. In the study, many children climbed on furniture to gain access to a window, Dr. Smith said.

To see a fact sheet and video developed to inform parents about window falls, go to the Center for Injury Research and Policy Web site at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

El Cajon police officer shot while answering disturbance call [Updated]

An El Cajon police officer was shot Sunday afternoon after responding to a domestic violence report, officials said.

The officer was taken to a local hospital. His condition was unknown.

The alleged shooter apparently set fire to a home and was still at large. Dozens of police officers and firefighters were on the scene in the eastern San Diego County suburb.

The wounded officer's name was not released, and police had no further details about the shooting.

[UPDATED AT 8PM: Police believe the gunman may have shot two other people, possibly family members, before setting fire to the home.]

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El Cajon police officer shot while answering disturbance call

An El Cajon police officer was shot Sunday afternoon after responding to a domestic violence report, officials said.

The officer was taken to a local hospital. His condition was unknown.

The alleged shooter apparently set fire to a home and was still at large. Dozens of police officers and firefighters were on the scene in the eastern San Diego County suburb.

The wounded officer's name was not released, and police had no further details about the shooting.

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Snowboarding in August: Women compete in Supergirl Jam at Venice Beach

The weather on Venice Beach was typical for a Sunday afternoon in August: The sun was out, there was a slight breeze, the thermometer registered 74 degrees. So, naturally, it was the perfect day for snowboarding.

In a patch on the boardwalk amid wandering tourists and crispy beach bums, a snow-capped mountain had been erected out of scaffolding, plywood and massive bricks of ice chipped into a wintry powder. It was built just for the day for the Supergirl Jam, a women’s competition in snowboarding, skateboarding and surfing.

Athletes came from throughout Southern California and as far away as the Czech Republic for the fifth annual event, which is designed to help close the gender gap in action sports long dominated by men.

"The girls were always peripheral to the overall experience," said Rick Bratman, chief executive of ASA Entertainment, the company that produces the contests.

"It was time to have a platform for the girls that was all about them."

Most of the two dozen who took part were actually women in their 20s, not girls.

They flew down the two-story-high slope (which didn’t take long to resemble a Slurpee). On the skateboard course, they ollied, they grinded, they did moves that could make a mother cringe. This was their chance to show off what they could do, and perhaps inspire some of the younger girls in the audience.

--Rick Rojas

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El Cajon police officer is shot while answering disturbance call

Reader photos: Southern California Moments, Day 233

Click through for more photos of Southern California Moments.Ghost dancers: Damian Gadal used a slow shutter speed to capture the ghostly forms of dancers in Santa Barbara on Aug. 2. 

Every day of 2011, we're featuring reader-submitted photos of Southern California Moments. Follow us on Twitter and visit the Southern California Moments homepage for more on this series.

Deputies shoot man suspected of carrying a gun

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies shot a man who they said was carrying a gun Saturday in East Los Angeles, sending the man to the hospital in critical condition.

The deputy-involved shooting in the 1400 block of South Downey Road occurred about 8:30 p.m. Saturday, when two deputies assigned to the East Los Angeles station saw two men walking, one of them allegedly with a pistol, Deputy Tony Moore of the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau said.

The shooting occured when the deputies ordered the suspects to show their hands, Moore said. The deputies fired twice at the suspect who was allegedly holding the handgun. 

The wounded man was hospitalized in critical condition, Moore said, and the second  man was arrested.  Deputies withheld both men's names.

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Racist, anti-Semitic graffiti in Pasadena prompt call for unity

Community meeting

In the wake of two incidents of racist graffiti in Pasadena, city leaders, police and residents met at the Rose Bowl on Saturday to share information and reduce tension in the community.

With about 50 people attending the meeting in the stadium's home-team locker room, the discussion trended focused not only on the graffiti incidents but also on fostering unity, as members of local community outreach groups spoke to the crowd.

In the latest incident, on Aug. 8, 22 properties on Washington Boulevard from Lincoln Avenue to past  Los Robles Avenue were tagged with swastikas and a variety of racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic statements.

Pasadena Police Commander Darryl Qualls said it was important for the community to foster a sense of connection between all groups. “People think these incidents are because our cultures and our races don't get along,” Qualls said.

-- Daniel Siegel, Times Community News

Photo: Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez watches as businesswoman Debera Penman speaks at a meeting about recent racist graffiti in Pasadena. Credit: Raul Roa / Times Community News

Emergency landing at LAX ends safely

An American Airlines flight touched down safely at Los Angeles International Airport early Sunday morning despite an unplanned stop and concerns about possible mechanical issues that turned the trip into a nearly 11-hour ordeal.

The flight, which took off Saturday evening from Boston with 187 passengers aboard, had to make an unscheduled landing shortly in Louisville, Ky., for an ill passenger to receive medical attention, said Rhonda Rathje, a spokeswoman for American Airlines.

After the flight resumed, the pilot learned of a possible problem with the airplane’s landing gear, and alerted authorities, Rathje said. Firefighters were on scene at LAX in case of as a precaution, but the plane landed at about 2:30 a.m. without incident, authorities said.

The flight normally takes about five and a half hours.

-- Rick Rojas

Mother and teenage daughter shot in gang crossfire

A woman and her teenage daughter were wounded by gang-related crossfire Saturday night as their family returned home from a wedding, police reported.

At least two cars were circling the 2200 block of East of 108th Street, police said, and opened fire at each other about 11:40 p.m. The family was getting out of a car in front of their home when the shooting began. Authorities said the family was not the target of the shooting.

The woman was shot in the arm and her 14-year-old daughter was shot in the torso, according to Sgt. Duane Kelliher, who did not identify the victims. He said the girl was in critical condition at a local hospital and the mother was in stable condition.

Kelliher said investigators were looking for two white vehicles, a compact car and a sport utility vehicle.

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Skateboarder sought in L.A. subway stabbing

Victim Identified in Deadly Stabbing on Metro Red Line in Hollywood

Authorities are looking for a stakeboarder who fatally stabbed a passenger of the Red Line subway Friday evening.

The suspect was described as Asian in his 20s with an acne-scarred face, wearing a blue T-shirt. He was carrying two skateboards, authorities said.

Sheriff's Lt. John Hocking said it was too early in the investigation to say whether the stabbing was in self-defense, as witnesses say the suspect claimed.

"Investigators want to talk to anybody who witnessed the stabbing or can help with the investigation in any way," Hocking said. Anyone with information is asked to contact the homicide bureau at (323) 890-5500.

Burbank man arrested for hazardous pigeon feeding, police say

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Police on Friday arrested a Burbank man who allegedly refused to stop feeding pigeons despite being told his behavior posed a safety threat to planes at Bob Hope Airport.

Charles Douglas, 59-year-old owner of Precise Roofing Co. in Burbank, has been feeding flocks of pigeons since at least September 2010, officials say, which — beyond violating municipal code — has created a major safety hazard for jet airplanes using the nearby airport as the birds' numbers have grown into the hundreds.

On average, airport police Cmdr. Allen Schmitt said, planes at Bob Hope Airport strike a bird once every two months. But the rate of strikes has increased recently to five incidents in July alone, he said.

In July, a Southwest Airlines flight was diverted to Los Angeles/Ontario Internationl Airport after it flew into 20 to 30 pigeons during takeoff, he told the Burbank Leader.

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Photo: Bob Hope Airport. Credit: L.A. Times

Candlestick Park violence echoes Bryan Stow beating

Los Angeles police officers make their way through Dodger Stadium.
The violence at Candlestick Park on Saturday night in which two men were shot and a third was beaten comes nearly five months after an assault at Dodgers Stadium shocked the sports world.

The attack on Bryan Stow -- who suffered brain damage and remains hospitalized -- focused attention on team rivalries.

It remains unclear whether team preferences played a role in the incidents at Saturday's San Francisco 49ers-Oakland Raiders game at Candlestick Park.

A man wearing a shirt cursing the 49ers was shot and critically wounded in the Candlestick Park parking lot. Police detained a suspect but said he was wearing Raiders apparel, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. A second man was shot elsewhere in the parking lot and a third man was severely beaten in a stadium restroom. Police didn't offer motives for any of the attacks.

KPIX-TV showed video of a fight in the stands during the game that had to be broken up by police. The station said there were at least three fights in the stands Saturday night.

The Stow beating occurred after the Dodgers' home opener against the San Francisco Giants on March 31. Stow, a Bay Area paramedic, was a Giants fan. The suspects were Dodgers fans, and authorities believe those team affinities played a role.

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