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WHITTIER - A man was fatally stabbed early Friday.
His name and city of residence were not immediately released.
Los Angeles County sheriff's officials released little information about the stabbing, which was reported about 3:50 a.m. in the 14300 block of Mulberry Drive in an unincorporated county area near Whittier.
Los Angeles County Fire officials said they were told by the sheriff's department about a stabbing and took one person to a hospital.
The man was pronounced dead at the hospital, according to Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Guillermina Saldana.
Sheriff's officials released no further information about the slaying Friday, and the handling homicide detectives could not be reached for comment.

Sheriff's homicide investigators are looking into the death of a man whose body was found early Friday.
The dead man's name was not released pending notification of his family members, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Lt. David Smith said. He was 54 years old.
He was pronounced dead after being discovered about 9:09 a.m. in his home in the 7000 block of Norwalk Boulevard, in an unincorporated county area near Whittier, Los Angeles County sheriff's and coroner's officials said.
"There were no signs of foul play," sheriff's Lt. Margarito Robles said, and detectives were called in because the man's cause of death was not immediately clear.
Coroner's officials will perform an autopsy to determined the man's officials cause of death.

WHITTIER -- A fire destroyed a garage in an unincorporated county area near Whittier Wednesday, authorities said.
The blaze was reported shortly before 2 p.m. in a garage to the rear of a home in the 7100 block of Norwalk Boulevard, Los Angeles County Fire Department Inspector Steve Zermeno said.
Firefighters found the garage "well-involved" with fire, but doused the flames in a matter of minutes, the inspector said.
The fire remained contained to the garage, which appeared to be a total loss, Los Angeles County Fire Department Capt. Rob Cendejas said. No injuries were reported.
The residents were not displaced from their house, he added.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.

WHITTIER -- At least three people were stabbed Saturday during a fight outside a Halloween party, police said.
The stabbings were reported about 11:15 p.m. in a residential neighborhood in the 7700 block of Comstock Avenue, Whittier police Sgt. Kevin Ramos said.
Three men found their own way to the hospital following the incident, and police were seeking a possible fourth stabbing victim who was unaccounted for, the sergeant said.
The conditions of the wounded men were not available, he said, however none of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening.
The stabbings were discovered after officers responded to a report of about 20 people fighting in the street, Ramos said.
The knife-wielding man was described as Latino, about 20 years old, about 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing about 150 pounds, officials said. He had black hair and wore a black hooded sweat shirt and checkered shorts.

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WHITTIER -- A man was shot and wounded late Friday in an apparently gang-related attack, police said.
The shooting occurred about 8:30 p.m. at Pioneer and Beverly boulevards, Whittier police Sgt. Tom Reed said.
Fire officials said the wounded man appeared to be about 25 years old.
He was believed to be an Eastside Duarte gang member, Whittier police Sgt. Kevin Ramos said.
Initial investigation indicated the man was walking down the street when he was shot by someone in a passing car, the sergeant said.
He was hit in the hip and taken to a trauma center, where he was expected to survive, Ramos said.
At least three people were inside the car, he said, which was described as a blue, late-model Chevrolet Impala with tinted windows and possibly Texas license plates.
The driver was a Latino man, about 5 feet 8 inches tall with a shaved head, police said. He wore a flannel shirt with a dark-colored t-shirt underneath and a black baseball cap.
It was not clear if the driver was also the shooter, Ramos said.

WHITTIER -- A woman was struck by a car and badly injured Friday in an unincorporated county area near Whittier, authorities said.
The crash occurred about 6:35 p.m. on Imperial Highway at Burgess Avenue, California Highway Patrol officer Francisco Villalobos said.
The woman, who was estimated to be in her 20s, was not breathing and had only a faint pulse when rescuers arrived, Los Angeles County Fire Department Capt. Tom Ray said.
Firefighters rushed her to Whittier Hospital with injuries the captain described as "grave."
The car involved remained at the scene and the driver was unhurt, officials said.
The cause of the crash was being investigated by the Santa Fe Springs office of the CHP.

WHITTIER -- A man died Thursday after he fell from a patio roof and struck his head on on the cement below, police said.
The incident was reported shortly before 4 p.m. in the 13500 block of Via Del Palma Avenue, Whittier police Lt. Wyatt Powell said.
Coroner's officials did not release his name late Thursday pending notification of family members.
After responding to a call for help, "We found a 47-year-old resident of San Fernando on the ground, suffering from severe head wounds," Powell said.
He was apparently on top of a patio at the home doing work for some relatives when he slipped off, he said.
"Our investigation revealed no evidence of foul play," Powell added.

WHITTIER -- A 45-year-old man was shot to death in broad daylight Sunday in an unincorporated county area near Whittier, officials said.
Authorities responded to a report of "shots fired, person down," about 2:30 p.m. in the 11200 block of Rivera Road, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Jeff Gordon said in a written statement.
"They arrived to find the male victim lying in a driveway apron suffering from an apparent gunshot wound," the statement said.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene, Gordon said. A motive in the attack was not known.
Sheriff's homicide detectives handling the case could not be reached for comment Sunday.
Coroner's officials did not release the dead man's name Sunday, however Eddie Cabrera, 50, of unincorporated Whittier said the victim was his brother, 45-year-old Kenny Cabrera, and lived in the neighborhood where he was killed.
"He had just come back from church with (our) mom," Eddie Cabrera said.
He was waiting for friends to pick him up and give him a ride to a Los Angeles homeless shelter where he volunteered when he was shot, Eddie Cabrera said.
People in the neighborhood heard about four gunshots, he said.
Eddie Cabrera said his brother was not involved in gangs, and he didn't know of any enemies his brother had.
"He had no problems with anybody," he said. "He had a good heart. If anybody needed help, he was there. He was always looking after my mom."
A crowd of friends and family members gathered at the scene of the shooting late Sunday to light candles and lay flowers in his honor.
Kenny Cabrera was a lifelong Whittier-area resident who attended Pioneer High school, his brother said. He was single and had no children.
Eddie Cabrera said his brother had always been "mechanically inclined," and could work on anything from cars to lawn mowers.
"He liked to work on the computer," he said, and was often fixing broken computers for friends.
"He was very loving of animals too," the brother said, and had a Chihuahua mix.
Eddie Cabrera said his brother is survived by his mother, a twin brother, three older brothers and an older sister.

Three robbery suspects barricaded themselves inside a Whittier home Saturday, authorities said, leading deputies to a small marijuana grow and additional arrests.
The three suspected robbers were arrested, along with five other adults who were at the home, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Aura Sierra said in a written statement.
A 6-year-old boy was inside the home during the incident, Sierra said.
"The child was removed from the home unharmed and placed in protective custody with the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services," according to the written statement.
Phillip Patron, 22, of Whittier, Raymond Sanchez, 27, of Whittier and Angela Delgado, 25, of Pasadena were booked on suspicion of robbery, sheriff's Lt. Margarito Robles said.
Five others at the home -- two men and three women -- were arrested on suspicion of various charges, however sheriff's officials refused Saturday to release their names or say what those charges were.
The incident began about 12:45 a.m. when a man was robbed of his wallet at gunpoint by two men near Amistad and Harold streets in Pico Rivera, sheriff's Sgt. Joe Van Damme said.
Patron and Sanchez are believed to have carried out the robbery, officials said, while Delgado is accused of acting as a getaway driver.
The arrests were made at a home in the 12500 block of Pasadena Street in Whittier as the result of some good information from a witness, Sierra said.
"Witnesses of the armed robbery provided deputies with a license plate number of the suspect vehicle," Sierra said in the statement. "Pico Rivera station deputies responded to the registered owner's address in the City of Whittier."
Several adults obeyed the orders of deputies to come out of the house, Van Damme said, and one of them told authorities her sleeping 6-year-old child was still inside.
Deputies sent in a police dog, which found the remaining suspects and bit one of them, Van Damme said.
The suspect who was bitten was hospitalized for treatment of his injury, he added.
The remaining suspects and the child were then removed from the house, Van Damme said. The child's mother was among those arrested at the home.
While inside the house, deputies discovered a small marijuana growing operation of about three plants, he said.
According to court records, the three robbery suspects are due for arraignment in Whittier Superior Court Tuesday.

There's three swastikas painted on the side of the Temple Beth Shalom, but the cops don't think its a hate crime:

WHITTIER - Vandals painted graffiti - including a swastika - on the main building at Temple Beth Shalom over the weekend, officials said Monday.

At this point in the investigation, the incident is not being labeled a hate crime, said Sgt. Craig Harman of the Norwalk Sheriff's Station.

"Not to diminish the painting of a swastika on the synagogue, but it looks like it was just some punk kids who did this," he said.

Herb Sussman, Beth Shalom boardmember agreed, saying he thinks it was gangs and not anti-semitic.

"Graffiti has popped up here before, and it's been gang-related," he said.  

WHITTIER -- A Whittier police officer driving through an intersection with his emergency lights and sirens on collided with another vehicle in an intersection late Saturday, officials said.
The crash occurred about 11:15 p.m. at Philadelphia Street and Washington Avenue.
The police car was driving west on Philadelphia Street and proceeding through a red light in response to a report of a fight involving weapons when he collided with another vehicle that was southbound on Washington Avenue, Whittier police Lt. Carlos Solorza said.
No one was injured in the crash, which knocked down a traffic signal, he said.
The Santa Fe Springs Office of the California Highway Patrol was investigating the cause of the crash.

WHITTIER -- Deputies arrested two men while searching a home Wednesday where they discovered guns, a silencer, drugs and cash, authorities said.
Marcos Sida, 23, of Whittier and Jeremy Hoy, 28, of Whittier were each being held in lieu of $50,000 bail, according to sheriff's booking records.
The search took place about 11 a.m. in the 10700 block of Carmenita Road in an unincorporated county area near Whittier, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Jim McGee said in a written statement.
Officials were seeking a Chivas gang member from Artesia when they visited the home on Carmenita Road, McGee said.
Though no one from Artesia was arrested, officials said, deputies seized several pounds of marijuana, smaller amounts of methamphetamine and cocaine, two handguns, a shotgun, a silencer and unknown amount of cash.
Officials said they also seized two trucks that were at the home.
No information was available Wednesday regarding Sida and Hoy's initial court appearance.

WHITTIER -- Police arrested a man Wednesday on suspicion of robbing a bank, authorities said.
Joe Ornelas, 29, of Norwalk was booked on suspicion of robbery, Whittier police officials said in a written statement.
Two other people described as "associates" of Ornelas were also being detained and questioned late Wednesday, Whittier police Cpl. Chris Silva said.
Police responded to reports of a robbery about 5:15 p.m. at Chase bank, 15625 E. Whittier Blvd., Silva said.
Ornelas demanded money from a bank teller and received about $2,000 before fleeing in a gold-colored Chevrolet Tahoe, police said. No weapon was seen.
Witnesses were able to give police a good description of the Tahoe, officials said, and an officer located the SUV driving on Slauson Avenue near Painter Avenue.
After police pulled the car over, Ornelas surrendered without further incident, Silva said. The allegedly stolen money was recovered from him.
Information on Ornelas' bail amount and initial court appearance was not available late Wednesday.

WHITTIER -- Deputies jailed a suspected burglar Wednesday after a person arrived home and found him inside, authorities said.
The incident occurred shortly before 1 p.m. in the 1500 block of Dunton Drive, in an unincorporated county area near Whittier, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Robert Renteria said.
A homeowner called police to report coming home and seeing someone inside the house, the sergeant said.
Deputies surrounded the house, and the suspect fled from the back of the home and tried to run away, Renteria said.
The suspect was captured several houses down from where the burglary was reported, he added. Property from the apparently burgled home was recovered.
Officials were still working to positively identify the man, who was believed to be 26, Wednesday.