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Authorities are investigating the death of Inglewood rapper Half Ounce. According to FOX LA, the 32-year-old artist—legal name Latauriisha O’Brien—was fatally shot Monday night while walking with a friend in Los Angeles’ Koreatown. Police say that the two were traveling near New Hampshire Avenue at 11:30 p.m. when a gunman pulled up in a dark SUV and […]
The attorney for LAPD Officer Houston Tipping, who died in May in what police claim was a training accident, believes his client was targeted for being a whistleblower. As reported by CBS Los Angeles, Bradley Gage, the lawyer representing Tipping’s family in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the city in June, claims Tipping’s death occurred while Houston […]
Sometimes it really is a “Doggy Dogg World.” Cordell Broadus, Snoop Dogg’s 25-year-old son, saw that first-hand this week when his car was stolen on Wednesday, per TMZ. The entrepreneur’s 2022 BMW X6 was swiped, but not for long, because a tracking company narrowed down the search and passed information over to the Los Angeles Police […]
Police intentionally “blindsided” ASAP Rocky with their Wednesday arrest of the Testing artist at LAX, per a new report. TMZ, which was among the outlets initially reporting on the arrest, said Thursday that both Rocky and Rihanna were returning from Barbados at the time of the arrest. “At least” 10 officers were waiting for Rocky when […]
The Los Angeles crime surge has made its way to wealthy and predominately white neighborhoods. An LAPD task force say they’ve identified at least 17 gangs in connection to a string of robberies over the past seven months. Authorities tell the Los Angeles Times that a significant portion of these crimes were categorized as “follow-home” or “follow-off” robberies, […]
The body of a missing hiker was found in a Los Angeles-area park with his dog by his side, ABC News reports. Oscar Alejandro Hernandez, 29, was first reported missing on March 16 before his body was discovered in Griffith Park with his dog King still alive beside him on Thursday. Hernandez’s cousin told KNBC-TV that the […]
Will Smith could’ve ended Hollywood’s biggest night in police custody. While speaking to Good Morning America, Oscars producer Will Packer opened up about Smith’s onstage attack of Chris Rock during the 94th Academy Awards. Packer told GMA’s T.J. Holmes that he did not speak to Smith on the night of the incident, but confirmed he had communicated with both Rock and the Los Angeles Police […]
An investigation into “deputy gangs” in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department will be launched following “numerous reports” of the existence of such gangs, CNN reports. The 6-month investigation announced by the Los Angeles County Civilian Oversight Commission, conducted by pro bono lawyers, will allow investigators to see if and how many gangs are operating, and how the sheriff’s department’s current […]
A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy knelt on an inmate’s head for three minutes in March of 2021, and department officials reportedly covered the incident up, per the Los Angeles Times. Commander Allen Castellano reportedly wrote in an internal force review that the department was worried about potential optics given the incident’s “nature and its similarities to widely […]
As viral footage of the moment in question continues to circulate, police in Los Angeles have kicked off a hit-and-run investigation in connection with a Tesla driver’s airborne stunt. Clips shared to social media over the weekend (including by Ben Baller) show the driver of what’s since been confirmed as a rented Tesla briefly taking […]
