A series of fights involving students from Santa Monica High School has resulted in suspensions and a stepped-up police presence near campus, officials say. The conflict began Jan. 5 after the school day ended, said Sgt. Richard Lewis, a spokesperson for the Santa Monica Police Department. An argument broke into a fight, and one participant [...]
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Five people were arrested in the shooting death of Morgan Hill resident Tara Romero, 14, a victim of an apparent drive-by attack Friday night. Romero was one of four teenage shooting victims who were walking through the neighborhood near Village Avante apartments when gunshots rang out through the sprawling residential complex. Other victims include a [...]
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The family of a Catholic University student who was gunned down in Petworth is suing the District for $20 million in a wrongful-death suit. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in D.C., alleges that the accused shooter was a juvenile criminal offender who was in the custody of the city’s Department of Youth Rehabilitation [...]
On Tuesday, September 20 at 12:11 PM Officer Scott Adams and other Blythe Police officers responded to the Palo Verde High School regarding a large fight with subjects armed with bats and crowbars. A Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy was already on scene and was requesting assistance. On arrival over one hundred students were in the [...]
Parents in Delft have started waiting outside a local high school to walk their children home each day, saying they are terrified that the youngsters will get caught in the crossfire of vicious gang fights. Even the safety officers who patrol Leiden High School carry iron rods and sticks in case of attack, and during [...]
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The San Benito County Sheriff’s Office released information Monday about a gang fight following a football game at San Benito High School on Friday, September 9th. When San Benito County Sheriff’s Deputies arrived on scene, several suspects ran from the area, three of which were apprehended shortly after. The three suspects, all juveniles, were positively [...]
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The head coach for the Jefferson High School football team says one of his players was shot Friday night while waiting at a bus stop in North Portland. Anthony Stoudamire says he got a phone call from an assistant coach 10 minutes after Portland Police said two shooters ambushed and shot junior linebacker BJ Henderson [...]
Dozens of parents attended a town hall meeting Thursday to discuss a recent rash of gang-related shootings near an elementary school within the past month. Heritage Elementary Principal Maria Cervantes called the meeting to seek solutions for the violence that has had parents and students on edge since the school year began. A bullet hole [...]
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A group of four boys have been charged with attacking and attempting to rob a male bicyclist riding along a bike path along Lake Shore Drive on the city’s Near South Side around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday evening. The 37-year-old victim said the boys hit him with a replica wooden rifle, a blow which knocked him [...]
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