City News Service filed the news story this morning about a man who died after being tasered by law-enforcement officers on Vermont Avenue, by Oakwood Avenue, just north of the formal borders of Koreatown. According to the “official” version of what happened, cops went to the 400 block of North Vermont at around 11:20 pm […]
The first Koreatown homicide in months? At around 7:20 am Friday morning, a dead body was reportedly found in front of 747 South New Hampshire Avenue within the formal borders of Koreatown. Details are still sketchy, but residents say it was a 50-year-old heavyset Hispanic male, known in the neighborhood as an indigent drunk, who […]
A shooting occurred Wednesday night at approximately 7:12 pm on Normandie Avenue, south of 8th Street… The victim, an 18-year-old male, was found on James M. Wood and Irolo with a gunshot wound to his arm. He has been transported reportedly to USC Medical Center. The suspect is a male Hispanic about 30 years old […]
A man has been arrested for yesterday’s bomb threat targeting Wilshire Boulevard Temple, a drama that caused Harvard Boulevard, Hobart Boulevard, and Kingsley Drive between Wilshire Boulevard and 6th Street to be closed to traffic for several hours. Initial speculation among local bloggers was that a female convicted felon notorious in Venice for making fake […]
Traffic roadblocks started going up in the area of Hobart and Harvard between 6th and Wilshire at around 8:55 am this morning reportedly because of a phoned-in threat against Wilshire Boulevard Temple. LAPD’s bomb squad has been called in to examine one of the department’s decoy cars that was parked on Harvard. Police and news […]
A shooting occurred at approximately 9:50 pm Tuesday night in front of 240 South Catalina Street, by 3rd Street. A male passerby was shot in the leg as he was walking northbound on Catalina on the south side of 3rd. He has been taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. Suspects are three […]
Koreatown LA on Twitter started posting reports from approximately 10:38 pm Wednesday night that a white male wearing a blue shirt and allegedly armed with a knife was running behind houses between 124 N Kenmore and 119 N Catalina (north of 1st Street). Map shows approximate location: 121 N Catalina Street Police responded right away […]
KTLA breaks the news on the “Western Bandit” and his violent armed robbery spree along Western Avenue. According to the police, the suspect targets victims mostly along Western Avenue roughly from up north in Hollywood (Santa Monica Boulevard) to South LA (Florence Avenue)… and surrounding residential streets. The middle section of that area is Koreatown. […]
One person was shot at Wilshire and Vermont at around 1:05 AM on Tuesday… Witnesses say it was while waiting in line during the release of “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2” at the GameStop. The male victim was transported to the hospital… The gunman was immediately taken into custody… GameStop resumed operations and was […]
A shooting occurred at 3440 Wilshire Boulevard this afternoon, at around 3:45 PM. According to preliminary reports, a disgruntled employee of Venture Commercial Realty in Suite 480 of the building fired a gun at the head of his boss, rendering the victim unconscious and not breathing by the time LAPD arrived. The suspect is a […]
If there’s one thing we’ve always noted about the monthly Critical Mass, it’s that it starts at 7:30 pm sharp each and every time. In fact, the riders proudly say that they’re so organized that they start at 7:29 SHARP. Well, the Critical Mass Bike Ride of October 26th was uncharacteristically delayed by 10 minutes. […]
At 12:20 pm today, LAPD discovered the bodies of a white male and a white female in their 30s, as well as the corpse of a dog, shot dead inside a building on the 500 block of St. Andrews Place, by 5th Street. The officers had responded to the address on an issue regarding a […]