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Federal agents crash into vehicle, take man into custody in dramatic Boyle Heights arrest
Federal agents rammed and trapped a white sedan in Boyle Heights on Wednesday that contained a man, woman and child. Agents extracted the man, who was driving, before leaving behind the woman and child. The Los Angeles Police Department responded to the scene to investigate the traffic collision, said Officer Tony Im, a department spokesperson. He referred all other inquiries to the Department of Homeland Security. The agency addressed the incident through a social media post Wednesday afternoon. "This was no hit and run. This was a targeted arrest of a violent rioter who punched a CBP officer," the department posted on X, referring to Customs and Border Patrol. "When Homeland Security Investigations tried to arrest Christian Damian Cerno-Camacho for the assault, he attempted to flee. He was ultimately arrested and taken into custody." Authorities said the woman declined medical treatment after officers responded to the 3700 block of Whittier Boulevard on Wednesday morning. Video of the incident showed two sports utility vehicles trapping the Mercedes as it turned right, with the second vehicle pushing its bumper into the sedan before federal agents jumped out with guns drawn. Once the car was stopped and agents exited their vehicles, it appeared that some sort of chemical rounds were fired at the car, video showed. The driver then exited and went to the rear of one of the agent's vehicles and was taken into custody. Homeland Security said that officers were facing a dramatic spike in "assaults against them" and were risking their lives for the arrest of "murders, rapists, and gang members." "Secretary [Kristi] Noem's message to the LA rioters is clear," the post continued. "[Y]ou will not stop us or slow us down. ICE and our federal law enforcement partners will continue to enforce the law. And if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law." Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
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15-04-2025
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3 people shot near Exposition Park after weekend of violence in South L.A.
Three people were shot near a bus stop in Exposition Park on Monday afternoon on the heels of three separate shootings that occurred in South L.A. over the weekend. At 4:08 p.m Monday, the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a shooting at the corner of Vermont Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, according to Officer Tony Im. Authorities are searching for two teenage boys, who approached the area on foot, shot three people and then fled, Im said. Two 16-year-old boys were taken to a hospital and are stable. The third victim, a woman in her 50s, was taken to a hospital in critical condition. Investigators suspect the shooting is gang-related, Im said. The triple shooting follows a spate of violence that rattled South L.A. over the weekend. Two people were killed and a third was taken to a hospital in critical condition in three separate shootings that happened within a mile of one another in the Green Meadows neighborhood, police said. Im said he had no information to indicate whether any of the recent shootings are connected. Read more: Violent weekend in South L.A. leaves two dead, another injured A 13-year-old girl died at a hospital Sunday after being shot in the head inside her home in the 700 block of East 108th Street on Friday night, Im said. On Saturday afternoon, a woman in her 30s died at a hospital after being found with multiple gunshot wounds in the 10200 block of South San Pedro Street. At 4:15 a.m. Sunday, another person was taken to a hospital in critical condition after being wounded in a shooting at East 103rd Street and Avalon Boulevard, according to LAPD Officer Norma Eisenman. Times staff writers David Zahniser and Christopher Goffard contributed to this report. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
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14-04-2025
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Violent weekend in South L.A. leaves one dead, two others injured
Three people were shot, one of them fatally, during three incidents in the same part of South Los Angeles over the weekend, authorities said Sunday. A Los Angeles Police Department spokesman said the shootings were under investigation, but couldn't say whether the incidents, which took place within a mile of each other in the Green Meadows area, were related. On Friday, officers responded around 7:30 p.m. to the 700 block of East 108th Street, where a teenage girl was found shot, according to LAPD Officer Tony Im. Investigators told ABC7 that the girl — who was listed by police as approximately 13 years old — was shot in the head while inside her home. Police didn't have an update on her condition Sunday. ABC7 had previously reported that she was in "critical but stable" condition. A day later, a woman was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the 10200 block of South San Pedro Street, Im said. The woman, described as approximately 31 years old, was pronounced dead at the hospital, Im said. On Sunday morning, yet another person was shot, this time in the area of 103rd Street and Avalon Boulevard, according to police. During that incident, which was reported around 4:15 a.m., two men in a blue truck pulled up alongside a third person while he was sitting in his vehicle and opened fire, authorities said. The shooting victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition, said LAPD Officer Norma Eisenman. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
