Valley shootings

LAPD Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese, at podium, takes questions Aug. 26 about the arrest of a suspect in a series of shootings across the L.A. area. Alex Hernandez, 34, has been charged with fatally shooting one person and trying to kill two others.   (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

A car is towed away after a woman was shot and killed on Filmore Street in Pacoima, one of three victims at three separate shootings in the Valley on Aug. 24.  (Christina House / For The Times)

Police investigate after a woman was fatally shot on Filmore Street in Pacoima.   (Christina House / For The Times)