89-year-old fatally stabbed by her grandson
Barricaded in home
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—An 89-year-old woman was fatally stabbed this afternoon, allegedly by her grandson, who barricaded himself in a home, police said.
Paramedics and police were called to the 900 block of West 41st Street in South Los Angeles at 2:10 p.m., said Los Angeles Police Department Officer Karen Rayner.
The victim, whose name was not immediately released, was pronounced dead at a hospital, Rayner said. She identified the woman’s unidentified grandson as the lone suspect and said he was believed to be barricaded at the home where the stabbing occurred.
A special weapons team was summoned, Rayner said.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A man was hospitalized this morning with multiple stab wounds and a Los Angeles Police Department SWAT team arrested the stabbing suspect after making a forced entry into a South Los Angeles house where he was barricaded, a police sergeant said.
The unidentified victim, in his 20s, was stabbed around 2 a.m. on the northeast corner of Cimarron Street and Manchester Avenue, said Sgt. Dave Craig a watch commander at the LAPD’s 77th Street Station.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Police were looking today for the driver of a dark-colored or black sports utility vehicle with front-end damage that struck and killed a 6-year-old girl in South Los Angeles.
The hit-and-run happened at about 9:25 p.m. Tuesday in the 600 block of West 49th Place, west of Figueroa Street, Officer Karen Rayner of Los Angeles Police Department said.
Los Angeles police say two suspects have been arrested for the murder of 5-year-old Aaron Shannon, and are being held without bail. Leonard Hall Jr., 21, was taken into custody today (Friday) about at 2:10 a.m. at an apartment in the 200 block of West. 27th Str. Marcus Denson, 18, was arrested Thursday evening by Sheriff’s deputies in the 1100 block of East 83rd Street. Law enforcement officials say both suspects are active gang members.
A South Los Angeles man has pleaded not guilty to murdering his 87-year-old grandmother at the home they shared.
Brent Lamont Thomas, 43, was charged in the Nov. 29 slaying of Ethel Porter, who was apparently stabbed to death with a broom handle.
A vigil was planned for Tuesday, Dec. 6, for Porter at the scene of her death at 911 W. 41st St. to support the family, remember the victim, and “bring attention and awareness to the ill effects of drugs and pain in our communities.”
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A man pleaded not guilty today to murdering his 87-year-old grandmother at the South Los Angeles home he shared with her.
Brent Lamont Thomas, 43, is charged in Tuesday's slaying of Ethel Porter.
The criminal complaint alleges that Thomas used a deadly and dangerous weapon—a broomstick—in the commission of the crime.
He is also charged with one count of assault with a deadly weapon against his mother.
