It took LAPD 23 years to identify one of their own as the culprit in this fatal love triangle

Was it tunnel vision? An attempted cover-up? Questions linger about why it took the LAPD decades to arrest Det. Stephanie Lazarus in the 1986 murder of Sherri Rasmussen, who married a man Lazarus wanted for herself.

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Teen charged in ‘senseless’ fatal shooting of 7-year-old boy in Chicago: Police

The victim, Jai’mani Amir Rivera, was shot in the chest on the sidewalk on Tuesday after leaving his apartment, police said.
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Authorities investigate two fatal shootings by police in L.A. County

A Huntington Park police officer shot a woman after she reportedly chased a man with scissors; and LAPD officers shot an armed man in South L.A.

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L.A. County fire captain’s family awarded $2.7 million in lawsuit over fatal off-duty crash

A jury found the late firefighter and Caltrans equally at fault in the fatal 2019 collision on the 14 Freeway in Santa Clarita.

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Suspect arrested in fatal shooting of South L.A. Taco Bell worker

The suspect, 39-year-old Jonathan Madden, was arrested Monday, police said. The shooting came after a dispute over a counterfeit bill.

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L.A. County sheriff’s deputy charged with murder in fatal off-duty crash

A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy is charged with murder in connection with an off-duty crash that left his 23-year-old passenger dead.

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Fatal stabbing attack in Melbourne street was linked to terrorism, Australian police say

A knife-wielding man stabbed three people, one fatally, in Australia’s second-largest city on Friday in an attack police linked to terrorism.

The attack during the afternoon rush hour brought central Melbourne to a standstill. Hundreds of people watched from behind barricades as police tried to…

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Fatal police shooting in Los Angeles sparks small protest

Officers shot and killed a man in south Los Angeles at the end of a car chase on Saturday, sparking protest by several dozen people frustrated by another fatal police shooting of a black man
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Man pleads not guilty in fatal shootings at house party

A 19-year-old man accused of shooting three former classmates to death at a house party in suburban Seattle has pleaded not guilty to murder charges
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