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Disturbing details emerged Wednesday about the gunman accused of hijacking a Los Angeles Metro bus and fatally shooting passengers and a police lead. The chase ended in a dramatic pre-dawn standoff with SWAT officers downtown.For more than an hour, a cavalry of police vehicles pursued the bus as it slowly moved from Vermont Knolls in South Los Angeles to downtown, where police used spike strips to puncture the tires and eventually destroy the bus. It was stopped. 51-year-old Lamont Campbell was taken into custody on suspicion of murder after a SWAT team deployed a flash grenade and attacked a bus.…

Six people were shot Wednesday afternoon in South Los Angeles, all of whom appear to have been unintended targets, authorities said. Police are searching for three suspects who fled the scene after the shooting. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, around 3:15 p.m., three male suspects drove up to the intersection of 74th Street and Figueroa Avenue and opened fire, striking six victims. Five of the victims were women, four were between the ages of 39 and 63, and one was a 36-year-old man, according to a Los Angeles Police Department report. The age of one female victim is…

The man is accused of seizing a Los Angeles Metro bus at gunpoint in South Los Angeles, taking the driver and passenger hostage and killing another passenger, and was previously charged with transporting or selling a controlled substance. He was serving time in state prison, records and officials confirmed Thursday. Lamont A. Campbell was arrested Wednesday by LAPD SWAT officers after an overnight standoff and pursuit in which a bus passenger was shot multiple times by Campbell, police said. Campbell was being held without bail and was scheduled to make an initial court appearance Monday, according to jail records. As…

Los Angeles police are searching for three suspects who opened fire and killed six people during a drive-by shooting along a south Los Angeles street Wednesday.The crime occurred just before 3:15 p.m. near a homeless camp in Florence, Los Angeles police said.Officers responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon and found six people shot to death, according to a news release.Police said four women, ranging in age from 40 to 62, were shot and a 36-year-old man was also shot. A fifth woman, whose age was not disclosed, was also shot.All six victims were shot in…

LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Local mpox infections are surging in Los Angeles County, health officials announced Monday, urging people in high-risk groups to get vaccinated.According to the county Department of Public Health, 52 mpox cases have been reported in the county over the past four weeks, more than double the 24 cases reported in the previous four weeks. Health officials said about 70% of recent infections are among unvaccinated people.Health officials encouraged people at high risk of infection to get vaccinated.– Men or transgender people who have sex with men or transgender people.– People of any gender or sexual orientation…

Boyle Heights-raised rapper will.i.am announced Monday that the Black Eyed Peas will return as a performer at this year’s East L.A. Classic at SoFi Stadium.The 49-year-old star broke the news in a video message to students during morning assembly at Roosevelt High School. School officials confirmed that a performance by Boyle Heights Beat was planned. “How many of you remember the East LA Classic when we were at the Coliseum? If you do, it must have been an epic event,” he said in a video shared with Boyle Heights Beat. spoke. “My heart was filled with joy…remembering my childhood and…

Los Angeles health officials issued a warning Wednesday after seeing a notable increase in dengue cases.Three people in the Baldwin Park neighborhood were infected this month with no history of travel outside the United States.Other localized cases have been traced to Pasadena and Long Beach.”This is an unprecedented cluster of locally transmitted dengue in an area where dengue has not previously been transmitted by mosquitoes,” said Barbara Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.This case occurred just one year after the first case of locally transmitted dengue fever was reported in California.Dengue fever is usually spread…

California health officials announced Wednesday that they are investigating two additional locally transmitted dengue cases. Photo courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sept. 19 (UPI) — Los Angeles health officials say they are investigating several locally transmitted dengue cases in the city of Baldwin Park. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced the two cases Wednesday, more than a week after the county confirmed its first case of the year. The two additional infected people had no history of travel to areas where the disease is endemic before they developed symptoms. County health officials said the…

Stay up to date with LAist. If you liked this article, you’ll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Start your morning in under 3 minutes with the 5 most pressing news stories every weekday. Over the past few decades, heart researchers have followed hundreds of older Chinese American immigrants living in Los Angeles and Chicago as part of a study examining the link between immigration and cardiovascular disease.As the years passed, some of the participants, who were on average 62 years old at the start of the study, became ill from heart disease and some died. And a trend…

The California Highway Patrol is investigating a crash that caused a Metro E Line train to derail early Wednesday morning, authorities said. The accident was reported at 9:20 a.m. at the intersection of South Rowan Avenue and East 3rd Street near Our Lady of Lourdes Church, disrupting traffic between East L.A.’s Maravilla and Indiana stations.A Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesperson said authorities found a vehicle that had been hit by a train, with the driver trapped inside. The driver was taken to the hospital, where he was found to be unconscious and in critical condition.The cause of the crash…