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Tear gas and rubber bullets have been fired at demonstrators in Los Angeles in ugly clashes during a 'No Kings' protest
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Los Angeles Times
4 hours ago
- Los Angeles Times
Man who allegedly struck woman at Riverside ‘No Kings' protest is arrested
Police on Monday arrested a man accused of driving an SUV that struck a 21-year-old woman marching at a 'No Kings' protest in Riverside. She remains hospitalized in critical condition. Russell Prentice, 58, of Riverside was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and hit-and-run causing injury, the Riverside Police Department said Tuesday. He was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside. Candase Wenzel was also arrested. The 39-year-old Riverside woman is accused of having a role in taking the SUV more than 30 miles away to the remote unincorporated area of Phelan in the Mojave Desert, 'intentionally destroying and concealing evidence,' the Police Department said. Prentice allegedly fled after driving a black SUV toward a crowd of protesters marching along University Avenue, between Orange and Main streets, and striking the woman at around 9:10 p.m. Saturday. Police haven't identified the victim, but a woman who called herself a friend and created a GoFundMe page identified her as Alexa Carrasco. 'She was rushed to the hospital' and was in intensive care with 'life-threatening injuries,' wrote the friend, Leslie Hernandez. Hernandez told The Times on Monday that Carrasco was in critical condition in the intensive care unit but was stable. Carrasco's friends told KCAL-TV that she suffered severe skull injuries as well as a cracked rib, punctured lung and broken leg. After police issued a plea to the community for tips to identify and locate the suspect, officers were able to find the SUV's license plate number. Detectives were then able to identify the suspect, police said, and made an arrest in Riverside. Riverside Police Chief Larry Gonzalez expressed his thanks for the tips that people sent to police.'We're grateful for the information they provided,' the chief said in a statement. Anyone else who has information on the hit-and-run is asked to contact Riverside Police Det. Mike Smith at MikeSmith@ or (951) 353-7103, or Det. Nic Cantino at NCantino@ or (951) 353-7104. Times staff writer Ruben Vives contributed to this report.
Los Angeles Times
6 hours ago
- Los Angeles Times
Huntington Beach religious leaders host interfaith prayer vigil at Central Park
Greater Huntington Beach Interfaith Council President Jynene Johnson told her family that she knew Monday evening's interfaith prayer vigil would be a success. 'If 10 people come, or 100, it's a win,' Johnson said. 'We are showing that we're doing something. We're going to stand together no matter what.' A number much closer to the latter figure than the former showed up at the Central Park Amphitheater in Huntington Beach for the vigil, hosted by the Interfaith Council, to hear prayers and words of encouragement from religious leaders around the area. Strife has not been in short supply lately. Huntington Beach held a contentious election that wrapped up last week, days before thousands converged on the pier and other Orange County locales for a 'No Kings' rally. The region has also seen Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids recently, while internationally, Israel and Iran escalate attacks. 'We do a lot of interfaith gatherings, and we do the good times and the bad times,' said Cantor Jenna Sagan of the Jewish Congregation B'nai Tzedek in Fountain Valley, an Interfaith Council board member. 'You can't just come together on Thanksgiving and to bless the waves. You also have to come together when there are times when we're hurting. When we're hurting, we have to be in community, so this was really special for that.' Sagan led the crowd in a singing of a popular Jewish tune, with words that felt prescient. 'Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow,' the song goes. 'Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend, and together we will walk in the ways of HaShem.' Sagan's 8-year-old daughter, Lianna, later read a short poem of peace. Mark Currie of the local Baha'i community led a prayer of togetherness. Bishop Kurt Rieck of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who represents a Latino community in northern Huntington Beach and Westminster, told vigil attendees that now was a time to remember things that we have in common. 'As a young man, I lived in Mexico for a few years,' Rieck said. 'Growing up in Irvine, a privileged background, I arrived in Mexico thinking I was perhaps better than those around me because of the resources and education available to me coming from this country. Since then, I have been humbled. I have learned that it's not about the resources that we have that defines our value, but rather how we use the resources that we do have to bring joy and peace to those around us.' Maneck Bhujwala of the Zoroastrian community, Pastor James Pike of Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Emrah Erduran of the Muslim community and Pastor George Hooper of Community United Methodist Church of Huntington Beach also shared remarks and prayers. Johnson also gave attendees a chance to pray together. 'I'd like you to specifically think of how you can generate more peace, how you can lay down a weapon and be more kind, more giving,' she said. 'Even if it's just using your blinker better when you drive.' Conversations sprung up after the hour-long vigil. 'If we would just do unto others as we would have others do unto us, we would be in fine shape,' remarked prayer vigil attendee Kay Goddard after the ceremony. Added Hooper: 'But today, that's been turned into, do unto others before they do unto you. Do unto others as you're afraid they'll do unto you.' Goddard nodded in agreement. 'It's being warped,' she said.
Yahoo
6 hours ago
- Yahoo
How Minnesota shooting suspect was found
The suspect wanted for killing a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband and shooting another state senator and his wife was arrested late Sunday night after a manhunt spanning two days and involving nearly 200 law enforcement officers. Vance Boelter was arrested near his farm in Green Isle, Minn., late Sunday night. The 57-year-old is accused of killing Minnesota state House member Melissa Hortman (D), who formerly served as Minnesota state Speaker, and her husband, Mark, at their home while posing as a police officer. State Sen. John Hoffman (D) and his wife, Yvette, were also shot at their home. They underwent surgery and are receiving care, Gov. Tim Walz (D) said. He called the attacks 'politically motivated.' The search for Boelter was renewed early Sunday morning after authorities found his car and cowboy hat not far from his residence. But even after speaking with his wife and relatives, investigators could not find more on him for more than 10 hours. After an officer spotted a man running into the woods, authorities confirmed Boelter's presence in the area using an image from a trail camera. Law enforcement set up a perimeter and closed the distance to him in about 90 minutes using a helicopter, then used a drone to track him as he crawled through thick shrubs before being arrested, Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley said at a press conference Sunday night. Boelter worked for a local security company called Praetorian Guard Security Services and claimed to have an extensive resume in several countries, including Eastern Europe, Africa, and parts of the Middle East, including the West Bank and Gaza. More recently, he worked for two funeral homes in the Minneapolis area before going back to Africa. After he returned, he worked a job 'extracting eyeballs from cadavers so they could be used for organ donation,' a roommate told The Washington Post. Boelter had ties to several religious groups and worked in Africa and the Palestinian territories to spread Christianity to 'militant Islamists.' A video on YouTube shows him preaching to a large church in Congo in 2022. His roommate told local news that Boelter had voted for President Trump and was 'a strong [Trump] supporter' but called him a 'very good guy.' Law enforcement said Saturday it found in Boelter's car a list of individuals — including Hortman, Hoffman and Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) — as well as flyers for the anti-Trump 'No Kings' protests. All coordinated 'No Kings' protests in Minnesota were canceled after state officials urged residents to avoid the demonstrations in the wake of the shooting. Thousands attended peacefully anyway. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
