Results tagged “homeless” from Crime Scene

Van stolen from Union Station homeless shelter

By Frank Girardot on November 18, 2008 2:41 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

PASADENA -- Officials from Union Station Homeless Services are asking for the public's help in raising money for a new cargo van.

Their own van was stolen several weeks ago by an intruder who broke into the parking lot during the night and drove it away.

Homeless homicides

By Frank Girardot on November 3, 2008 4:10 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

Not a lot of new stuff to report in the Long Beach case of five people shot to death at a homeless encampment in Long Beach. Here's what LA homeless blog is reporting:

Just like the murder three weeks ago of a homeless man in the Rampart area of Los Angeles, the police have not figured out who murdered the five homeless persons in Long Beach, a large city just south of Los Angeles.
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Of course, having five people shot to death has rattled this local neighborhood.

KCBS2/KCAL9 has video from the crime scene here.

Here's the latest story from our sister paper the Long Beach Press-Telegram:

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