Matthew Ormseth is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Before joining The Times in 2018, he covered city news and state politics at the Hartford Courant.
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The man accused of fatally shooting two people including a Baldwin Park officer and wounding another has been identified, law enforcement sources told The Times.
Slain Baldwin Park Police Officer Samuel Riveros, 35, was an avid Dodgers fan and snowboarder. A second officer was injured. The suspect, accused of killing another man, is in custody.
‘It’s extremely tragic to have to deal with this,’ said Baldwin Park Police Chief Robert A. López as he fought back tears after the death of Officer Sam Riveros.
Justin Facey led an unremarkable law practice in Anchorage — until he took on what he called ‘the cartel’ as a client.
A teen showed wounds to her face and chin from an encounter with a San Bernardino police officer. Officials said the officer performed a ‘take-down maneuver.’
Dozens of people blocked a Metro train, spray-painting it inside and out before vandalizing nearby businesses.
A father and his 14-year-old son are accused of killing a man in a shooting that followed a graffiti spree in the Pico-Union neighborhood.
Prosecutors say John Stinson, Kenneth Johnson and Francis Clement will probably spend the rest of their lives in federal prison after being convicted of orchestrating murders and racketeering schemes from California lockups.
Members of the MS-13 gang in Los Angeles are accused of killing one of their own — a member who worked as FBI informant, according to charges filed Friday by federal prosecutors.
Ray ‘August 08’ Jacobs, a South L.A. singer and songwriter who penned hits for Justin Bieber and DJ Khaled, was shot to death in 2023, allegedly by two gang members who targeted him because of his hat.