Shooting outside Cali Swag District concert
Police searching for driver of a Ford Mustang
LOS ANGELES - A man was wounded today in an outbreak of gun violence outside a Hollywood night club, police said.
The 25-year-old man was shot in the back as he walked near Cahuenga Boulevard and Yucca Street, said Los Angeles police Officer Gregory Baek.
He was transported to a hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, Baek said.
Police were seeking the shooter, described only as man in his early 20s who fled in a vehicle, Baek said.
The shooting occurred outside Wonderland near Franklin Avenue and Cahuenga Boulevard around 1:45 a.m. following a concert by Compton rapper``Problem'' and Inglewood hip hop group``Cali Swag District,'' witnesses told news camera crews at the scene.
Some words were exchanged between audience members, and people started rushing for the doors, they said, adding that during the ensuing chaos outside, two shots were fired, and a road crew member for one of the acts was struck in the upper back.
The shooter fled in a Ford Mustang, according to reports from the scene.
As schools nationwide struggle with shrinking budgets and injecting academic rigor into curriculums, California’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson last week announced that 387 exemplary public schools were named 2012 Distinguished schools for their innovative education programs that both encourage students to learn and help close the achievement gap.
Six of the awardees this year are local schools from the Compton, Inglewood, Hawthorne and Los Angeles unified school districts.
INGLEWOOD, Calif.—A $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the gunman who shot and killed Cali Swag District dancer Monte Ray Talbert is being offered by the Inglewood Police Department, lieutenant said.
Relatives of Talbert, also known as “M-Bone,” and Inglewood police officers will distribute fliers Friday in an effort to solicit information about the May 21 shooting, Lt. James D. Madia said.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Police shot and killed a suspect who was firing at vehicles in Hollywood, and at least one other person was wounded.
Officers were sent to the area of Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street about 10:20 a.m., said Los Angeles Police Officer Cleon Joseph of the Media Relations office. The suspect, who was not immediately identified, died at the scene.
Continuing the national call for more green urban landscapes, a unique recreation center in South Los Angeles will open soon with hopes of capturing the natural beauty of the Southland’s numerous watersheds. The nine-acre South Los Angeles Wetlands Park at the former Metropolitan Transit Association bus yard at 54th Street and Avalon Boulevard is scheduled to open at the end of the year and, said Los Angeles City Councilwoman Jan Perry, and will be a “transformative project” combining wildlife, park space and educational facilities.
INGLEWOOD, Calif.—A half-dozen people were in custody today as investigators tried to determine who wounded two young men in a gang-related shooting in Inglewood, police said.
The shooting occurred around 9:10 p.m. Monday near the intersection of 84th Street and 2nd Avenue, Inglewood police Sgt. Greg Held said.
