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SANTA FE SPRINGS -- Three parolees arrested on suspicion of carrying out a car-to-car shooting that left one man dead and another seriously wounded last week have not been charged in connection with the slaying, officials said Thursday.
Jason Uzel, 37, of Whittier, Brian Recinos, 22, of Whittier and Frank Ramos, 45, of Eureka were arrested on suspicion of murder in the hours following the Jan. 2 shooting on Sorensen Avenue, just south of Washington Boulevard, Whittier police officials said.
While all three men remained behind bars on suspicion of violating their parole, police had not yet presented the murder case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, Whittier police Officer Bradley White said.
"There's no criminal filing at this time," he said. The investigation is still ongoing."
The shooting claimed the life of 18-year-old Mark Joseph Rodriguez of Whittier, and left a second man who was riding in a car with Rodriguez seriously wounded, according to police and coroner's officials.
The shooting is being investigated by the Whittier Police Department, which provides police services to Santa Fe Springs.
WHITTIER - Deputies are looking for a gunman who shot another man several times Tuesday night.
Sheriff's Sgt. Mike Mendoza said the injured man was in stable condition at a hospital.
The station received calls about multiple shots being heard about 8:50 p.m. at Laurel and Virginia avenues in an unincorporated county area near Whittier, he said. Deputies checking out the calls found the wounded man.
The gunman said nothing before opening fire, striking the victim, a 30-year-old man, several time in the stomach area, Sgt. James Franks said.
The shooting happened in an unincorporated county area near Whittier.
A relative was driving the man to the hospital but decided to let paramedics transport him, according to Mendoza. He said the relative pulled over in nearby Santa Fe Springs.
Witnesses saw a man fleeing from the scene after the shooting. Mendoza said the suspect was last seen running west through Amelia Mayberry County Park.
The suspect was described a Latino, 25, 5 feet 6 inches tall, between 150 to 160 pounds and wearing a black shirt and black pants.
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SANTA FE SPRINGS -- Three men have been jailed in connection with a fatal car-to-car shooting that left an 18-year-old Whittier man dead and another man critically wounded, authorities said.
Mark Joseph Rodriguez died at a hospital shorty after the shooting, which was reported about 6 p.m. Thursday on Sorensen Avenue, just south of Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Assistant Chief of Operations Ed Winter said.
Jason Uzel, 37, of Whittier, Brian Recinos, 22, of Whittier and Frank Ramos, 45, of Eureka, were booked on suspicion of murder, Whittier police Officer Bradley White said.
Rodriguez and the other shooting victim were in the back seat of a car when someone opened fire on them with .45-caliber handgun from a pearl-white compact car with aftermarket rims, Whittier police officials said.
Two other people in the car that was shot were not wounded, police said.
"A (sheriff's) deputy made a traffic stop on a vehicle (and), found a .45(-caliber) casing in the car," Whittier police Lt. Carlos Solorza said. The car matched the description of the one driven during the attack.
Two men inside the car -- later identified as Uzel and Recinos -- were found to be on parole, the lieutenant said. Officials searched a home connected to the men and seized a handgun of a similar caliber to the one used in the shooting, he added.
"It was good police work," Solorza said.
Continued investigation led to the arrest of Ramos about 12: 45 a.m. Friday, according to police and county booking records, however further details of his arrest were not available Friday.
The shooting took place on a commercial street lined with concrete warehouses and factories.
It was not clear if Thursday afternoon's shooting was related to another Santa Fe Springs shooting reported the previous night. In that incident, a 12-year-old boy was wounded in the leg while sleeping when bullets tore through his family's home in the 9300 block of Danby Avenue -- about two miles from the scene of Thursday's shooting.
Both shootings were described by police as being apparently gang-related.
According to county booking records, all three suspects were being held without bail pending their initial court appearances.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Whittier Police Department, which provides police services to Santa Fe Springs.
VAN NUYS -- A judge sentenced a man to 21 years in prison Thursday for the fatal shooting of a popular Pasadena professor, officials said.
Steven Ronald Honma, 56, of Westlake Village, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in November for the March 20, 2010 slaying of 50-year-old Norman Schureman of Altadena.
Schureman was a professor at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Honma received his sentence in Van Nuys Superior Court from Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Thomas Rubinson, Los Angeles County District Attorney's officials said in a written statement.
The shooting took place at a Persian New Year's Eve Party hosted by Schureman's mother-in-law in the 31700 block of Kentfield Court in Westlake Village, officials said.
"The defendant got into a fight and was asked to leave," according to the D.A.'s statement. "Honma left the party but returned with multiple concealed weapons, ammunition and a serrated knife."
Sheriff's officials said Honma had two guns with him at the time of the shooting, though only one was fired.
"When Honma was asked to leave a second time, a fight ensued and the defendant drew a handgun, fatally shooting Schureman," according to the statement.
Schureman taught product design at Art Center for nearly two decades.
He is survived by his wife and two young children. More than 1,000 mourners gathered for his memorial service at the school, and a scholarship has been established in his name.
WHITTIER -- A sheriff's SWAT team, with the help of a K-9, found and arrested a West Covina parolee Friday who barricaded himself in a Whittier garage for more than 10 hours after shooting at police, authorities said Saturday.
Matthew Cloutman, 36, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of a peace officer and a parole warrant, Whittier police officials said in a written statement.
He was found hiding in a crawl space and bitten by a sheriff's K-9 shortly before 11 p.m. in the garage in the 6200 block of Washington Avenue where he had remained barricaded since about 12:30 p.m., according to Los Angeles County sheriff's Capt. Mike Parker.
A gun was found during Cloutman's arrest, Parker added.
He was being treated at a hospital for dog bite wounds before being booked into jail, Whittier police Lt. Carlos Solorza said.
U.S. Marshals Service, California Department of Corrections, West Covina police and Whittier police officials joined in an operation to apprehend Cloutman, a parolee who is suspected in a West Covina carjacking, Whittier police spokesman Officer Bradley White said.
The carjacking was believed to have taken place in December, however further details were not available.
As the team of lawmen moved in on the home, Cloutman ran from the main house to a garage in the rear while firing six to seven shots at the marshals. None were hit, and authorities did not return fire.
Other people emerged from the home on the orders of police, officials said, however Cloutman refused, prompting a tense stand-off ensued for the next 10 and a half hours.
LA HABRA -- Two La Habra men died late Thursday after being shot in a residential neighborhood, authorities said.
Nick Burresch, 24, and Phillip Reinig, 30, were pronounced dead at a hospital shortly after the 7:15 p.m. shooting in the 500 block of South Clifton Avenue, La Habra police officials said in a written statement.
Detectives were left with few clues in the double-slaying.
"The La Habra Police Department received calls of shots fired," according to the police statement. "When officers arrived on scene, they found two gunshot victims outside a residence."
No information regarding the circumstances of the shooting or any suspect description was available early Friday.
Anyone with information is asked to call La Habra Police at 562-905-9750. Tips can be left anonymously by dialing 562-905-9611.
ALHAMBRA -- Trial began Thursday for an alleged Duarte gang member accused shooting and paralyzing a then-16-year-old boy in 2008, officials said.
Jimmy Santana, 23, is charged with attempted murder for shooting a 16-year-old boy has he rode his bicycle in the 2500 block of Peck Road, in an unincorporated county area near Monrovia, on Jan. 29, 2008.
Investigators have described the wounded teen as an innocent young man who got caught in the crossfire of a feud between black and Latino gangs in the area in late 2007 and early 2008.
After a jury was selected in for the case in Alhambra Superior Court, opening arguments were heard Thursday and the alleged victim took the stand to testify, court officials said.
At a hearing 2 months after the shooting, the young man described how he was riding home from a dairy when a car approached and a gunman, later identified as Santana, opened fire while shouting gang slogans.
According to county booking records, Santana is being held in lieu of $2 million bail.
LA HABRA HEIGHTS -- Deputies investigated Tuesday after a La Habra Heights man heard a noise and found a hole in his garage, leading him to believe a shooting may have taken place, authorities said.
A resident of the 1300 block of East Road heard a bang about noon, Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Raymond Enriquez said.
When the man went outside, he noticed a hole in his garage which he did not believe had been there before, the lieutenant said.
No further information was available.
PASADENA -- Two alleged gang members are in custody in connection with the murder of an 18-year-old Alhambra man last year.
Pasadena police officials announced the arrests of Steven Fleming, 19, of Pasadena and Scott King, 19, of Palmdale Friday after charges were filed against the men in Pasadena Superior Court.
The men are accused of fatally shooting 18-year-old Marvin Laguan as he talked with a friend on the evening of Aug. 22, 2011 in the 400 block of North Mar Vista Avenue, Pasadena police officials said in a written statement.
"On (Wednesday), Pasadena police detectives and law enforcement personnel from the Unites States Marshals Fugitive Unit, California State Parol and the Glendale Police Department arrested (King and Fleming) for Laguan's murder," the statement said. "Both suspects have gang associations and the assault is believed gang-related."
Laguan himself was also believed to have gang ties, according to Pasadena police Lt. Tracey Ibarra.
In addition to Laguan's killing, the two men were charged with the attempted murder of the friend Laguan was speaking with when the gunman opened fire with six to eight shots, wounding Laguan in the neck, investigators said. The friend was not wounded.
Both men were also accused of the special allegation of committing the crime for the benefit of a criminal street gang, and King was additionally charged with being an ex-felon in possession of a firearm, police said.
Both men entered not guilty pleads to all charges, court officials said.
The arrest in this case is another example of the diligent work conducted by the Pasadena Police Homicide Detectives," Police Chief Philip Sanchez said. "This case was very complex and required a great deal of investigation savvy, patience and determination."
Laguan's killing sparked concerns the in local community, where police held a community meeting in the days following the killing to discuss the investigation.
Sanchez pointed out that Pasadena's homicide detectives have an impressive track record.
The city saw seven homicides last year, police said. And other than the Dec. 27 fatal shooting of an Altadena man in the 100 block of Dearborn Street, which remains under investigation, all have been solved.
"I am most proud that the Pasadena Police Department has such a high solvability rate. This ensures that criminals who pose a threats to the safety of this community are taken off streets," Sanchez said.
King was being held in lieu of $4.1 million bail, and Fleming was being held in lieu of $3.04 million bail, officials said.
Both suspects were ordered to return to Pasadena Superior Court Feb. 29 for a hearing.
WHITTIER -- Homicide detectives are seeking a gunman who shot and killed a 17-year-old boy late Thursday in an unincorporated county area west of Whittier.
Authorities withheld the name of the victim Friday pending confirmation that his family had been notified, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Chief of Operations Craig Harvey said.
The shooting was first reported about 10:15 p.m. in an alley behind the 8300 block Norwalk Boulevard, Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said in a written statement.
"Upon their arrival, (deputies) discovered the 17-year-old male Hispanic juvenile lying in the alley," Deputy Benjamin Grubb said. "The victim sustained a single gunshot wound to the upper torso and was pronounced dead at the scene."
The victim was believed to be in an alley behind a friend's home when shot, investigators said.
The initial investigation indicated the shooter was male, Latino and wearing gang attire, officials said. He fled the area in a dark gray compact car, possibly a Nissan.
No further information was released Friday.
Anyone with information was asked to call the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.
WHITTIER -- A man showed up at a hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg, but did not appear to be cooperating with police in regard to how he received the wound, authorities said.
Officials received word that a man had arrived at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital with a small-caliber gunshot wound to his leg just before noon, Whittier police Lt. Randy Inman said.
The wounded man, who was in his late 20s, did not want to make a report, did not fully cooperate with investigators, Inman said.
He reluctantly told police he was shot in the early-morning hours on Colima Road, north of Mar Vista Street, the lieutenant said.
The victim said he only went the hospital later in the day after the wound appeared to worsen, police added.
Further details were not available.
<USDEFAULT>ARCADIA -- A Lynwood man accused of shooting two Good Samaritans during a botched robbery, including one who stabbed him in the neck, was arrested Monday after arriving at the Methodist Hospital in Arcadia seeking treatment, officials said.
Alleged gunman Kyle Henderson, 30, of Lynwood, is being detained at the hospital in connection with the shooting and failed robbery and being held at the hospital, according to sheriff's officials and county booking records.
Terrance Fair, 47, of Lynwood was also arrested on suspicion of driving the getaway van that dropped Henderson at the hospital, as well as Ischa Criner, 42, of Lynwood, on suspicion of taking part in the attempted robbery, sheriff's Sgt. Pauline Panis said in a written statement.
The incident began shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday when Henderson entered a meat market in the 11800 block of Atlantic Avenue in Lynwood but was confronted by two good Samaritans -- one armed with a kitchen knife, Lt. Dave Dolson said.
The witness with the knife stabbed Henderson in the neck before Henderson shot both of them and fled in a white van, investigators said.
One of them men was no expected to survive his wounds, officials said. The other suffered a gunshot wound to the hand that was not believed to be life-threatening.
Detectives arrested Henderson Tuesday morning after tracking him down at the Arcadia hospital, Panis said. The investigation then quickly led to the arrests of Fair and Criner.
Henderson and Fair, who were already on parole, were being held without bail, according to county booking records. Criner was being held in lieu of $1 million bail.
All three were due for arraignment Wednesday in Compton Superior Court.
WHITTIER -- A young man was wounded in a shooting early Saturday on a residential street in Uptown Whittier, police said.
Whittier police officials received numerous 9-1-1 calls reporting gunshots about 3:25 a.m. in the 12400 block of Pasadena Street, Lt. Carlos Solorza said.
The shots appeared to have come from a large group of people that had been gathered in the street, the lieutenant said.
Officers found no victims or suspects when they arrived, however they did discover bullet casings in the street, he said.
About half an hour later, Solorza said, officials at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital notified police that a gunshot victim had arrived at the emergency room.
The victim, an 18-year-old Whittier residents, had been shot several times and suffered a collapsed lung but was expected to survive, police said.
The wounded man was not cooperating with investigators, Solorza added, and a description of the attacker was not available.
Police suspected the shooting may have been gang-related, however the investigation was ongoing.
WEST VALINDA -- A self-proclaimed gang member shot and wounded a man in a residential neighborhood Friday, officials said.
The shooting took place about 9:45 a.m. in the 1000 block of Le Borgne Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Victor Sotelo said.
The victim, a 23-year-old man, was standing in the area when a gray Nissan Altima passed by and made a U-turn, the lieutenant said.
A Latino man in his mid 30s with a shaved head and a mustache declared he was from the El Monte Flores street gang and asked the victim if he was a gang member, investigators said.
The victim responded that he was not in a gang, and the gunman demanded the victim lift his shirt to prove he had no gang tatoos, Sotelo said.
The victim complied, he said, but the attacker opened fire anyway, striking the victim in the arm. The wounded man was hospitalized with an injury not believed to be life-threatening.
The investigation was ongoing, and anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's Industry Station.
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