LOS ANGELES - Four people were shot dead and two were wounded on Thursday in a shooting spree that spread across several Los Angeles neighborhoods and touched off a 12-hour manhunt before police tackled and arrested an armed suspect. A Los Angeles police spokesperson identified the suspect as Gerry Zaragoza, 26, and said he was held on pending murder charges in the shooting deaths of his father and brother, and the wounding of his mother with a gunshot. The spokesperson did not identify the victims. The shooting spree started at an apartment the suspect shared with his parents at about 2 a.m. on Thursday in LA's Canoga Park, police said. Police said the suspect also allegedly shot and killed a woman he knew at a gas station in North Hollywood about 45 minutes later, but did not characterize their relationship. Some media referred to her as a former girlfriend, others as an acquaintance. At the same time, he allegedly shot and wounded a gas station clerk. The man was shot five times and … [Read more...] about 4 dead, 2 wounded in Los Angeles shooting spree
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Suspect arrested in Los Angeles deadly shooting rampage
LOS ANGELES: A gunman, accused of killing four persons and injuring two others in a series of shooting from Thursday morning to afternoon, was taken into custody, Xinhua news agency reported the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has having confirmed the development. “We can confirm Gerry Dean Zaragoza, the suspect believed to be connected to 4 homicides in the San Fernando Valley, has been taken into custody.” the LAPD tweeted about 3pm local time, three hours after the latest shooting made by the 26-year-old man on a bus platform in Van Nuys, a neighbourhood of Los Angeles located 30km west of LA downtown. Besides the fatal shooting on the bus platform, Zaragoza is suspected of killing his father and brother and wounding his mother in Canoga Park Thursday morning, then shooting a woman to death at a gas station and injuring a man outside a bank in North Hollywood when he attempted to rob the victim. Canoga Park, North Hollywood and Van Nuys are all communities in the … [Read more...] about Suspect arrested in Los Angeles deadly shooting rampage
News Filipino priest ordained Los Angeles Bishop
Filipino priest Alejandro Aclan has been ordained as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on Thursday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in California. “I would like to thank in a special way our Blessed Mother who has never left me unaided in all of my years since childhood. And of course, I would like to thank in the most special way our God, the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit,” a tearful Aclan said. In the presence of thousands including Holy men, friends, family members and many of his past parishioners, Aclan took his vows to become the second Filipino American bishop after his close friend, Salt Lake City Bishop Oscar Solis. “I would like to thank Him for bringing me to this moment that is causing me so much joy to everyone I’ve come in contact with in my life and many others whom I have yet to meet. So to God, let us all give glory and praise,” he said. Solis was among those who was on the altar during the ceremony … [Read more...] about News Filipino priest ordained Los Angeles Bishop
Los Angeles renames street ‘Obama Boulevard’
Los Angeles has renamed a stretch of road to honor former United States president Barack Obama. The nearly 4-mile strip, previously named Rodeo Road, is now called “Obama Boulevard”, as reported by CNN. Obama’s first rally in Los Angeles was held at Rancho Cienega Park on Feb. 20, 2007. It is situated on Rodeo Road, across from W. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. “For every child who will drive down this street and see the name of the first Black President of our country, this boulevard will serve as a physical reminder that no goal is out of reach and that no dream is too big,” said city council president Herb Wesson on Twitter. Read also: Obamas top the Trumps as America's most admired people The motion to rename the stretch of road was first made in 2017. It was approved in August 2018, 10 years after Obama officially became the Democratic Party’s first African-American presidential nominee in August 2008. The district where the road … [Read more...] about Los Angeles renames street ‘Obama Boulevard’
More than 1,000 guns seized in Los Angeles raid
LOS ANGELES: More than 1,000 handguns and rifles have been seized in a raid on a mansion in an upscale neighbourhood in the US city of Los Angeles, law enforcement authorities said.The weapons seizure came following an anonymous tip that firearms were being sold illegally out of the home, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) said.The house, which is mostly hidden from the street by high hedges, is located in the exclusive Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles, near the famed Playboy Mansion and less than a mile from the home of power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce.The Los Angeles Times said the home belongs to Cynthia Beck, who has three children with Gordon Getty, the son of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty.Video footage taken by local television stations showed Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers and ATF agents inspecting enormous piles of handguns and rifles on grey tarpaulins outside the home."Pursuant to an anonymous tip, ATF and LAPD became aware of an individual conducting … [Read more...] about More than 1,000 guns seized in Los Angeles raid