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SANTA FE SPRINGS -- Three men were shot and wounded early Saturday following a car crash, police said.
The incident occurred about 1:40 a.m. in the 12900 block of Los Nietos Road, Whittier police Lt. Carlos Solorza said.
The victims were leaving Señor Charlie's Sports Bar near Santa Fe Springs and Los Nietos roads when they crashed their sedan into a gray, full-sized pickup truck, the lieutenant said.
The men in the car drove away from the crash scene, Solorza said, and were followed by the pickup truck.
"When they noticed the truck was following them, they pulled over," he said. "One of the occupants confronted the driver of the pickup, who produced a handgun and started firing."
The man who got out to confront the pickup truck driver, as well as two people who were still inside the sedan were shot and wounded, Solorza said. A fourth man inside the sedan escaped injury.
Police described the victims as Whittier-area men in their 20s. None of the wounds were believed to be life-threatening.
A description of the pickup truck driver was not available Saturday.

Firefighters discovered the body of a woman, apparently bound by electrical cord in a Santa Fe Springs trash bin, officials said Tuesday.

At left is Susan Bendigo, also known as Susan Lim. She's a federal fugitive in a 42-defendant case involving shady nurses operating out of Santa Fe Springs. 

Whittier area police are seeking information in three homicides that occurred over the weekend. One, which occurred in Montebello, was discovered after firefighters were called to a blaze in the 900 block of Lincoln Avenue.

When they arrived authorities discovered a man's body burning. Here's the top of our stories on the various incidents:

Authorities are asking for the public's help on separate shootings in Montebello, Norwalk and Santa Fe Springs that left three men dead.

The Norwalk fatality was identified today as Hugo Gutierrez of Norwalk. Coroner's officials didn't release the names of the two other victims because their relatives haven't been identified.

The first victim was found 4:30 a.m., Sunday by Montebello firefighters and police officers who responded to a possible fire in the 900 block of Lincoln Avenue, near the Whittier Narrows Dam.

"A passerby drove by, saw what they thought was a brush fire so they called 9-1-1. They had no idea what it was," said Montebello Sgt. Luis Lopez.

It turned out to be the body of a man who had been shot in the head and set ablaze.

Ed Winter, assistant chief of operations for the Los Angeles County Department of the Coroner said the victim was a 37-year-old Latino and the autopsy will be done today.

The second fatality was in front of an apartment complex in the 12700 block of Pioneer Boulevard in Norwalk. Deputies got a call of shots being fired in the area about 9:30 p.m., Sunday and discovered a man shot several times.

The victim was originally reported to be a teen.

Sheriff's Homicide Detective Lt. Dave Dolson said Hugo Gutierrez was 26. He said Gutierrez didn't live at the apartment but was a Norwalk resident.

 

SANTA FE SPRINGS -- Authorities released the name Saturday of a 50-year-old Santa Fe Springs man who was run over and killed by a driver-less big rig.

Fernando V. Lara died at the scene of the incident, which was reported about 2:20 a.m. Friday on Pioneer Boulevard, just north of Slauson Avenue in an unincorporated county area near Santa Fe Springs.

A sheriff's deputy who happened to be patrolling in the area apparently witnessed the crash.

CHP officials believe Lara was underneath his truck doing some sort of inspection when, for unknown reasons, the truck moved forward, crushing Lara.

 

SANTA FE SPRINGS -- A person was hospitalized with burns Sunday after a propane tank fire, according to police, however few details are available as the fire department did not provide any information.

The incident was reported about 3:30 p.m. in the 10900 block of Gard Avenue, Whittier police Lt. Steve Dean said.

The injured person was believed to be trying to put out the fire, he said.

Several nearby homes were evacuated as firefighters worked on the blaze, Dean said.

A dispatcher at the Santa Fe Springs Fire Department refused to give out a direct phone number to the handling station, or even to pass along a reporter's phone number to fire officials. She also said the department has no public information officer, and that there was simply no way for the department to release information on the incident Sunday.

What happens in Santa Fe Springs stays in Santa Fe Springs, I guess.

Over the weekend there were five homicides and one suicide recorded in local cities. The first incident involved a man who shot and killed his girlfriend before killing himself on the 605 near Telegraph Road Saturday afternoon.

Later on, four San Gabriel Valley homicides occurred within a six-hour window.

Here's a timeline and brief description of each:

VIOLENCE TIMELINE:

1. Saturday, 9:11 p.m.: ROWLAND HEIGHTS -- Harrison Alexander Smith II, 33, of Rowland Heights was fatally shot while standing in front of a friend's house. Smith, who was at the home to celebrate a 1-year-old boy's birthday party, was pronounced dead at the scene in the 1400 block of Calcarlos Avenue. Witnesses said Smith was beckoned from the home by a woman he'd been dating, then shot by the woman's ex-husband.

2. Saturday, 11:45 p.m.: MONTEBELLO -- Juan Alberto Garcia, 44, of Perris, and his son, Albert Anthony Garcia, 12, of Hemet died at a local hospital shortly after they were shot while attending a high school graduation party for a blind girl. As about 70 revelers danced in a backyard in the 100 block of East Madison Avenue, someone openened fire on the group, killing the Garcias and wounding two others.

3. Sunday, 3:00 a.m.: AZUSA -- Willie Flores, 22, of Baldwin Park was shot with a shotgun in the 5600 block of Fenimore Avenue. The shooting occurred near where a party had been held earlier in the evening, but detective were not certain Monday whether the shooting and party were related.

 

 

LAPD chased this guy into Santa Fe Springs, Pico Rivera and Whittier before he was caught. Apprently the suspect was wanted for a DUI.