Los Angeles Homicides Increased in 2016: So far in 2016 compared to the same period last year, killings in Los Angeles have jumped by 27.5%, continuing the city's trend of rising violent crime. Kate Mather of the LA Times reports that along with the surge in homicides, Los Angeles has experienced an overall 12.7% rise in violent offenses, including double-digit increases in aggravated assaults and robberies. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck noted in his weekly report to the Police Commission that many of the shootings are gang-related; as of last week, over half of the city's 48 recorded homicides were believed to be related to gang activity.
Gunmen Ambush PA Party, Kill 5: A manhunt is underway for at least two gunmen who opened fire during a backyard party in suburban Pittsburgh, Pa., on Wednesday evening, killing five people and wounding three others. The AP reports that four women, one of them pregnant, and one man were gunned down when the two gunmen, "working as a team," ambushed the partygoers and fled on foot. Authorities say that one or two of the victims appeared to be targeted and drugs is being looked into as a possible motive. The tragedy unfolded in Wilkinsburg, a poor suburb east of Pittsburgh that has a reputation for drug trafficking and gun violence.
Latest DHS Push Yields Hundreds of Arrests: Since launching an effort on Jan. 23 to deport people living in the U.S. illegally, the Department of Homeland Security have arrested 336 illegal immigrants. Andrea Noble of the Washington Times reports that DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson issued a statement Wednesday which said that an immigrant must be sent home if they were apprehended at the border, ordered removed by an immigration court, has no pending appeals and does not meet the qualifications for asylum or other relief. Most of the 336 arrests for removal are young people who have been ordered deported after crossing the U.S. border without their parents over the course of the migration crisis, which began in 2014. Since October, immigration authorities have returned 28,808 Central Americans and about 128,000 Mexicans to their home countries.
Gunmen Ambush PA Party, Kill 5: A manhunt is underway for at least two gunmen who opened fire during a backyard party in suburban Pittsburgh, Pa., on Wednesday evening, killing five people and wounding three others. The AP reports that four women, one of them pregnant, and one man were gunned down when the two gunmen, "working as a team," ambushed the partygoers and fled on foot. Authorities say that one or two of the victims appeared to be targeted and drugs is being looked into as a possible motive. The tragedy unfolded in Wilkinsburg, a poor suburb east of Pittsburgh that has a reputation for drug trafficking and gun violence.
Latest DHS Push Yields Hundreds of Arrests: Since launching an effort on Jan. 23 to deport people living in the U.S. illegally, the Department of Homeland Security have arrested 336 illegal immigrants. Andrea Noble of the Washington Times reports that DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson issued a statement Wednesday which said that an immigrant must be sent home if they were apprehended at the border, ordered removed by an immigration court, has no pending appeals and does not meet the qualifications for asylum or other relief. Most of the 336 arrests for removal are young people who have been ordered deported after crossing the U.S. border without their parents over the course of the migration crisis, which began in 2014. Since October, immigration authorities have returned 28,808 Central Americans and about 128,000 Mexicans to their home countries.
Leave a comment