BRIEFLY : EXPLOSION PROMPTS EVACUATION OF PARK.LANCASTER - A city park was evacuated e·vac·u·ate v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v.tr. 1. a. To empty or remove the contents of. b. To create a vacuum in. 2. Monday evening after a homemade home·made adj. 1. Made or prepared in the home: homemade pie. 2. Made by oneself. 3. Crudely or simply made. Adj. 1. bomb exploded in a portable restroom, sheriff's officials said. Skytower Park at 3158 E. Ave. K-4 was evacuated around 4 p.m. after several parkgoers heard an explosion and notified authorities. Officials later found what they described as a ``destructive device'' submerged in a portable restroom. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. Arson/Explosives officials rendered the device safe. No one was injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. . - Daily News Neighbor arrested in man's shooting LANCASTER - A 25-year-old man was arrested Monday after shooting a neighbor through a screen door following an argument, sheriff's officials said. Edward Lara, 25, of Lancaster is suspected of shooting Duke Torres, 32, as Torres stood in the doorway of his home in the 44700 block of 26th Street East shortly after 5:20 p.m., sheriff's officials said. ``(Lara) challenged (Torres) to a fight, because the victim had been saying things about him,'' said Deputy Theresa Dawson of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Deputies said Lara left the home following the shooting but was found by deputies near 40th Street East and Avenue J. He was being held at the Lancaster sheriff's station in lieu of $500,000 bail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. . Torres remained hospitalized at Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital. - Daily News |
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