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A suspect was arrested after a woman was found shot to death in South Los Angeles. The suspect was identified as Bryan Blackmon, 29, from Hawthorne, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. On March 19, police responded to reports of a victim down in the 5800 block of South Hoover Street in the Vermont-Slauson neighborhood at around 8:50 p.m. Arriving officers found the female victim, Gerardo Medina-Garcia, 24, also known as Meraxes, lying on the road with a gunshot wound. Authorities also found evidence that the woman had been struck by a vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect had fled the scene before officers could arrive. Loved ones remember victims killed in South L.A. DUI crash After identifying Blackmon as a suspect, he was arrested in Hawthorne on March 29. On April 2, murder charges were filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The motive behind the shooting remains unclear and it’s unknown whether the suspect and victim knew each other.  Anyone with additional information on the case is urged to call LAPD’s South Bureau Homicide Division detectives

New sonar images show sunken remains of Baltimore’s Key Bridge – CBS News Watch CBS News Crews in Baltimore opened a second, temporary channel Tuesday to help with wreckage removal and allow small boats to bypass the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse site. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave has the details. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Tesla stock falls 5% as quarterly sales drop – CBS News Watch CBS News Tesla has reclaimed the title of largest electric vehicle seller in the world, so why did its stock fall 5% on Tuesday? Rebecca Elliott, reporter for The Wall Street Journal, joins CBS News to discuss. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

A 29-year-old man suspected of a murder in the Vermont-Slauson area of Los Angeles has been taken into custody, police said Tuesday. The Los Angeles Police Department’s Gang and Narcotics Division, with the assistance of the FBI Fugitive Task Force, located Los Angeles resident Bryan Blackmon in Hawthorne at around 1:30 p.m. Friday, the LAPD reported. He was being held on $3 million bail, according to inmate records. On March 19, officers responded to the 5800 block of South Hoover Street, where 24-year-old Gerardo Medina-Garcia was suffering from a gunshot wound. Upon further investigation, detectives discovered that Garcia, who identified as a trans woman by the name of Meraxes, was also struck by a vehicle, police said. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics arrived at the location, where they pronounced the victim dead at the scene. The LAPD South Bureau Homicide Division responded to the scene to conduct an investigation. As of Tuesday, a GoFundMe page for the victim had generated over $1,800 for memorial funds. Anyone with information about the death was asked to contact LAPD South Bureau Homicide Division detectives at 323-786-5100. Calls during

A retired Orange County Superior Court judge criticized District Attorney Todd Spitzer Tuesday for recent public statements deriding the actions of judges who handled various cases against a 20-year-old man whose first brush with the law was the fatal stabbing of his mother when he was 13. Spitzer, however, defended his comments, calling the suspect in question a dangerous man who “keeps getting released.” The defendant, Ike Souzer, who was arrested last week in Rosarito, Mexico, appeared in a Santa Ana courtroom Tuesday for a probation violation hearing. Another hearing in the case was set for May 7. Souzer — who had already escaped from custody twice before — was convicted in October of making a shank while in the Central Men’s Jail in Santa Ana and sentenced to three years behind bars, but the sentence was structured so that he would be freed in a few months. However, Souzer ran afoul of the law again on Jan. 21 when he painted a mural on the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway underpass at 190 S. Yorba St. near Orange, his attorney, David Isaac Hammond of the

Over the last few weeks, a number of celestial phenomena have confused and delighted Southern Californians. Early Tuesday morning, night owls spotted streaks of light across the sky, with some assuming the event might be related to SpaceX’s Monday night satellite launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Another SpaceX launch a couple of weeks earlier had caused a stir with its eye-catching streak of light and contrail. The true cause, however, was less obvious and originated farther away. It was Chinese space junk. Though many assumed more mysterious sources — aliens, spy drones, unforeseen meteors — what onlookers saw at 1:40 a.m. was the expected “reentry of the Shenzhou 15 orbital module,” Smithsonian astronomer Jonathan McDowell wrote on X. Indeed, the American Meteor Society reported 85 sightings of the reentry from Sacramento to San Diego, with most concentrated in the Los Angeles area. On average, one piece of space junk falls into Earth’s atmosphere each day, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA estimates that there are more than 170 million pieces of space debris flying around the Earth, posing potential hazards for

There is something shocking about trying to save one species by killing nearly half a million of another species. That’s what the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed in a plan to save the spotted owls of the northwestern United States from extinction by shooting hundreds of thousands of barred owls over three decades. There’s no question the number of spotted owls is dwindling precipitously as barred owls have muscled into their territory in Washington, Oregon, and — to a lesser extent— Northern California over the last 50 years. This situation has pitted not just owl against owl, but also put animal welfare and conservation groups at odds with each other. In a letter to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland sent on behalf of 75 animal welfare and wildlife advocacy groups, Animal Wellness Action President Wayne Pacelle and Scott Edwards, general counsel for the Center for a Humane Economy, called the plan “a colossally reckless action” which would doom the government to perpetual killing to keep the number of barred owls down. On the other side, Kieran Suckling, the executive director of the

A 35-year-old man armed with a handgun and an axe was arrested after threatening deputies during an alleged home invasion robbery in San Bernardino County, authorities announced this week.   The March 30 incident unfolded just after midnight when deputies with the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department’s Fontana Station responded to the 17100 block of Gray Pine Place on reports of a “man with a gun,” according to an SBSD news release.  At the scene, authorities said the suspect, later identified as Rialto resident Christopher Ochoa, was knocking on the front door of the residence while armed with both a gun and an axe.   “Ochoa did not comply with commands, raised the axe at the deputy in a threatening manner and a lethal force encounter occurred,” the release stated.   While authorities said the 35-year-old was not struck by gunfire, he was taken into custody and transported to a nearby hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries.   After he was medically cleared, Ochoa was booked at the West Valley Detention Center on charges of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer and attempted

By S. Dev Updated on: April 2, 2024 / 8:10 PM EDT / CBS News Sean “Diddy” Combs lawyer slams raids Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyer slams raids at Los Angeles, Miami homes 03:22 Misa Hylton, the mother of Justin Combs and an ex-girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs, posted a video and a statement on Instagram Tuesday criticizing the “militarized force used” during last week’s law enforcement raid  of the music mogul’s Los Angeles mansion. “The over zealous and overtly militarized force used against my sons Justin and Christian is deplorable,” Hylton wrote. “If these were the sons of a non-Black celebrity, they would not have been handled with the same aggression. The attempt to humiliate and terrorize these innocent young BLACK MEN is despicable!” Sean Combs’ homes in Los Angeles and Miami were raided by Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement officers as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation, U.S. officials confirmed on March 25.  Hylton’s video showed three armored vehicles arriving at the hip-hop mogul’s residence and at least a dozen heavily armed officers entering the home. One officer appears to

Severe storms cut path through Ohio Valley – CBS News Watch CBS News Dangerous storms caused high winds, flooding and possible tornadoes across the Ohio Valley on Tuesday. That same system brought a tornado to Oklahoma Monday night. Justin Michaels and Omar Villafranca report. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

New York cafe hires and trains people with autism – CBS News Watch CBS News Cafe Joyeux in New York City is on a mission to hire and train people with autism, many of whom often have trouble getting jobs. Nikki Battiste has the story. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On