Border Patrol: surfers snagged trying to smuggle pot

From the Associated Press:

IMPERIAL BEACH — Border Patrol agents say two men on surfboards have been
arrested after they were found off of Imperial Beach towing another surfboard laden with marijuana.
Border Patrol spokesman Ralph DeSio says the men were arrested late Thursday. They were spotted about 200 yards offshore.
Agents towed them back to shore and turned the suspects over the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
DeSio says the men told agents they were Mexican citizens in the U.S. illegally.
The marijuana was tightly wrapped in bundles weighing 141 pounds and with an estimated street value of $84,600.

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Burning death of man in wheelchair may have been accident

From the Associated Press:

LOS ANGELES — Authorities say a homeless man found burned to death in his wheelchair may have accidentally set himself on fire at a Los Angeles strip mall.
Police say paramedics pronounced the man dead early Friday after a motorist reported seeing him engulfed in flames. Investigators found a small makeshift encampment in front of a restaurant, and a candle and some alcohol near his charred body.
Police say the 54-year-old’s death was likely an accident because there was no evidence of an assault or fire accelerants at the scene.
His name has not been released.

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Shooting range suicide

From the Burbank Leader

Police said a man apparently shot himself in the head Friday while at the
Firing Line Indoor Shooting Ranges on North Lake Street at about 12:50
p.m.

The man, whom Burbank Police did not identify, was dead on
arrival.

Police officers have closed the site at 1060 N. Lake St. to the
public as they investigate whether the shooting was an accident or suicide.

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Four shot in four hours in Valinda, West Valinda

VALINDA — One person was killed and another wounded in a shooting Thursday, authorities said.
It was the second double-shooting in the area in four hours.
The drive-by shooting occurred about 8:30 p.m. on Griffith Avenue near Fellowship Street, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Arthur Scott said.
Both victims were believed to be male, however their ages were not immediately known, the lieutenant said.
One was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other suffered an apparently non-life-threatening wound to his leg, Scott said.
The suspect vehicle was described only as a dark-colored compact car, he said.
No further details were available.
It was not immediately clear of the shooting was related to a another shooting earlier in the day in West Valinda that left two men wounded.
Two men were standing on Judith Street near Millbury Avenue about 4:30 p.m. when a dark-colored car with four young men inside stopped.
Someone in the car yelled “East Side Bolen” — the name of a local area street gang — before the front passenger opened fire nine times, authorities said.
A man in his 30s was shot in the torso and hospitalized in critical condition, officials said. The other victim, a man in his 50s, was shot in the leg and listed in stable condition.
The two attacks occurred less than three miles apart.

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Investigation continues in El Monte graduation party shooting

EL MONTE — More details emerged Thursday about a shooting at a graduation party that left a 20-year-old man dead.
The shooting was reported about 1 a.m. at the a house a the corner of Fairview Street Elrovia Avenue, officials said.
Lt. Dan Coleman of the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau said he estimated there were several dozen partygoers at the home prior to the shooting.
Three to four suspects described only as male Latinos tried to get into the party but were not allowed in, Coleman said.
Exactly what happened next remained under investigation Thursday, he said, and one or more of the suspects opened fire with two or three shots. It was not clear if there was a fight, and it was unknown if the dead man was targeted in the shooting.
“At this point in the investigation, we don’t know if he was the specific target or was struck by an errant bullet,” Coleman said.
Both the shooter or shooters and the dead man were believed to be out in front of the home when the shooting occurred, officials said.
The dead man did not live at the home, and his connection the the party remained under investigation, the lieutenant said.
The shooting did not appear to be gang-related, he added. “I think it was just related to the party.”
“It’s unfortunate,” Coleman said. “Another party that ends up tragic.”

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El Monte grad night party ends with slaying

Details still streaming in from this one. Essentially a 20-year-old man was shot to death early this morning outside a graduation party he was attending in El Monte. There is speculation at the scene that the man caught a bullet that wasn’t intended for him. 

No memorials have been established at the scene and Sheriff’s homicide investigators have yet to return calls. Here’s what we know now:

EL MONTE – A man was shot to death about 1 a.m. Thursday outside a graduation party, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials said.

The Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau is investigating the death of a 20-year-old man who was shot in the street at the corner of Fairview Street and Elrovia Avenue.

The victim was taken to USC-Medical Center and was pronounced dead at the hospital, officials said. 
Neighbors said the party started following Arroyo High School’s graduation. The school is at the other end of Fairview Street, just a block away.
Residents of the home hosting the party said no one in their family was harmed in the shooting.

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