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Women are less likely than men to be killed in a shooting, but more likely to be beaten, stabbed or strangled. Female homicide victims also tend to be older, with a median age of 35, compared with 31 years old for men.
The death of Nipsey Hussle in March in front of Slauson Avenue storefront stirred an outpouring of grief worldwide. But he was one among 29 victims, mostly black and male, struck down in South L.A. homicides so far this year.
The men arrived in twos and threes, Crips and Bloods, young and middle-aged, gathering around a picnic table in a Compton park to confront their sworn enemies. After two hours of negotiations on a chilly, overcast Saturday in April, they came to an agreement - not a truce, exactly, but a tentative cease-fire.
Since 2009, authorities have made arrests in more than half of cases where street racing was a suspected factor in a car crash where someone died. Those arrests rarely lead to significant jail time, according to a Times analysis of law enforcement and court records.
The case of Cameron Terrell grabbed headlines after the white, affluent teen from Palos Verdes Estates was charged in a South L.A. gang killing and again in July when a jury acquitted him of all charges. Was it an instance of the advantages of race and wealth or prosecutorial overreach?
John Weber had a list of questions for authorities after his 16-year-old son was killed by sheriff's deputies during a February encounter. What exactly happened in the moments before Anthony Weber was shot in a South L.A. apartment courtyard? Was he wounded in the back as he was running away?
On Saturday, March 2, 2019, the Sacramento District Attorney announced that the two police officers who shot Clark would not face criminal charges. Stephon Clark has become a social media hashtag, the latest inspiration for a national movement and the subject of numerous protests that have shut down freeways and interrupted NBA games.
After her 15-year-old son was shot and killed nine years ago, Barbara Pritchett-Hughes thought she would never experience such crippling grief again. But in July, the unthinkable happened. Her oldest son was shot in front of their Watts home. Pritchett-Hughes rushed to the emergency room at St.
On the day Tyrone Koger was born in 1989, his father's casket was lowered into the ground at the Inglewood Park Cemetery. He had been shot to death in a car in South L.A. Dominique Austin was born five days after Tyrone.
Whenever clergy from Asia, South America or Europe visit Roman Catholic Bishop Tod Brown in Orange County, they all want to see one church, but not one of Brown's. They want to see the Crystal Cathedral. For decades, the architectural landmark - famous for its 10,000 panes of glass and 236-foot bell tower - has been synonymous with the Rev.