Fatal Shooting

Oct 1 2012

man fatally shot in South Los Angeles.

Authorities today identified a man who was fatally shot in South Los Angeles.
Ever Marroquin, 21, of Los Angeles died at a hospital a short time after the shooting, which occurred about 6:20 p.m. Sunday near 75th and Main streets, said coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter. No arrests were reported, and no suspect description was available,
police said.
 

Sep 25 2012

Multiple gunshot wounds

PALMDALE, Calif.—A shooting in Palmdale that took the life of a 17-year-old boy stemmed from a feud between neighbors, a sheriff's deputy said today.

The shooting was reported around 9 p.m. Monday in the 38100 block of Boxthorn Street, said Deputy Irys Alvarez of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau.

Deputies responding to a call reporting an assault with a deadly weapon found the victim, whose name was not released, with multiple gunshot wounds, Alvarez said. He was pronounced dead at a hospital, she said.

Sep 24 2012

George Zimmerman awaiting trial for second-degree murder

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Robert Zimmerman, whose brother, George, is awaiting trial on a charge of second-degree murder in the shooting death of African American teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, told a Southland television station today that his family is not racist.

“I’m trying to re-introduce our family in the right light,” Zimmerman said in an interview on Fox 11.

George Zimmerman, 28, is free on bail and awaiting trial in the Feb. 26 shooting death. He has acknowledged shooting Martin but maintains he acted in self defense.

Aug 20 2012

Shot multiple times

COMPTON, Calif.—Authorities today released the name of a man shot to death in East Compton.

Cory Dontay Ferguson, 28, of Compton, was shot multiple times in the upper body in the 14500 block of South Harris Avenue and pronounced dead at the scene by Compton firefighters around 6 p.m. Saturday, said coroner's Lt. Joe Bale. An autopsy was pending.

A man was seen leaving the scene, said Deputy Kim Manattof the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau. A motive for the shooting was not known.

Jul 30 2012

Out looking for vandals

INGLEWOOD, Calif.—A man who was out looking for the people who had vandalized his Inglewood home was shot to death in a nearby driveway, police said today.

Sergio Velez, 48, who was wheelchair-bound, was looking for whoever had thrown flower pots through the windows of the home he shared with his wife, sons and grandchildren, his widow told KCAL9. The vandals had also slashed their car tires and left graffiti on the walls.

Velez was found three blocks from his home around 2:20 a.m. Sunday, having been shot in the head and the chest, police said.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.