4 Killed, 1 Wounded in Weekend Violence

Three men were shot to death, another was fatally stabbed, and four teen-agers were arrested in what authorities described as a “mini-disturbance” at the Beverly Center on Los Angeles’ Westside.

In Lynwood, sheriff’s deputies said two men were killed and one injured in a shooting Saturday night at an apartment in the 11000 block of Wright Road. The dead were identified as Jaime Lopez and Mario Saldierna, both 32. A third man, Simon Gonzalez, 25, remained hospitalized.

Deputy Angie McLaughlin said shots were heard in the apartment after the three victims entered with three other men. Sheriff’s deputies have not established a motive for the slayings and no arrests have been made.

Members of a Latino gang were suspects in a shooting at Miramar Street and Burlington Avenue, east of MacArthur Park, early Saturday. A 30-year-old man was standing on a street corner when he was shot and killed by two men “wearing bandannas on their faces like in the Old West,” said Los Angeles Police Sgt. Paul von Lutzow. No suspects are in custody.

In Tujunga, a 70-year-old man was found stabbed to death in his bed Sunday, police said. The body of Morris Boches was discovered shortly before noon by a friend who had stopped to visit the man at his home in the 10600 block of Redmont Avenue, detectives said.

There was no sign of forced entry or theft, police said. Boches was last seen alive Friday afternoon, police said.

At the Beverly Center, four teen-agers were arrested after an overflow crowd of about 250 youths was denied entrance to a party, officials said.

Uzi Ben Dor, manager of Starky’s Deli, said the restaurant invited youths from the West Hollywood-Beverly Hills-Century City area to a Saturday night pizza and soft drink party that featured a disc jockey and dancing.

About 250 were allowed inside, but another 250 to 300 were kept out to avoid overcrowding, Ben Dor said. Shortly after midnight, a group barred from the party overturned trash cans and broke a window in one of the mall shops, he said.

Three teen-agers were arrested on charges of burglary and one on a vandalism charge, said Sgt. R. Velasquez. “A group of kids got a little out of control,” he said.