BRIEFLY HOSTAGE-TAKER DIED IN HOSPITAL.A Canoga Park man shot in the head by police as he held a Mexican consulate employee hostage has died, officials said Saturday. Manuel Jubenal Ortiz-Gonzalez, 19, was pronounced dead at 2 p.m. Wednesday after his family decided to take him off life support, said Mario Sainz, an investigator with the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County coroner's office. Ortiz-Gonzalez, originally of Jalisco, Mexico, entered the consulate Tuesday with what appeared to be a pistol and demanded attention from the news media. Later, he left the building with a pregnant clerk. TV cameras rolled as Ortiz-Gonzalez held a gun to the woman's head and kept his other arm around her throat. The woman escaped unharmed after a police officer shot Ortiz-Gonzalez in the head. The gun Ortiz-Gonzalez was holding turned out to be a starter pistol. Police said the motive for the incident remained unclear. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Man clears Union Station with hoax An Iranian man who told a security guard at Union Station that he had a bomb in a duffel bag was booked Saturday on suspicion of making a false bomb threat. Behnam Heidari Hesari was arrested shortly after 11 p.m. Friday when he told a security guard that he had a bomb and his friend was going to detonate det·o·nate intr. & tr.v. det·o·nat·ed, det·o·nat·ing, det·o·nates To explode or cause to explode. [Latin d it via a cellular telephone, said Los Angeles police Sgt. Mike Richardson The name Mike Richardson may refer to:
The train station at 800 N. Alameda St. was evacuated until about 2 a.m. Saturday, he said. Incoming trains were halted until police determined the threat was a hoax; only clothing and videotapes were found in the bag, Richardson said. - City News Service Boy, 17, dies after hitting parked car A 17-year-old Los Angeles boy was fatally injured when the motorized scooter A motorized scooter is vehicle consisting of a footboard mounted on two wheels and a long steering handle, propelled by a 50cc gas motor, such as a Segway, GoPed or BladeZ, or even Xtreme Scooters. A motorized kick scooter may have an electric or a gas motor. he was riding struck the rear of a parked vehicle, the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. reported Saturday. The crash occurred shortly before 10 p.m. Friday on Crockett Boulevard near 76th Place in Walnut Park, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan statement. The teen was thrown from the scooter and he was pronounced dead at a hospital at 10:21 p.m., according to the statement. - City News Service Blake lawyer, D.A. to quiz juror juror n. any person who actually serves on a jury. Lists of potential jurors are chosen from various sources such as registered voters, automobile registration or telephone directories. pool VAN NUYS - Prospective jurors for Robert Blake's murder trial are due in Van Nuys court on Monday for questioning by attorneys. The jury-selection process began weeks ago with preliminary questioning by a judge. Hundreds of potential panelists were asked if serving on a jury in a trial expected to last months would be a financial hardship. On Monday, the would-be jurors face more questions from Deputy District Attorney Shellie Samuels and Blake's lawyer, M. Gerald Schwartzbach. Blake, 71, is charged with murder in the May 4, 2001, shooting death of his wife, Bonny Bonny (bŏn`ē), town, SE Nigeria, in the Niger River delta, on the Bight of Biafra. In the 18th and 19th cent., Bonny was the center of a powerful trading state, and in the 19th cent. it became the leading site for slave exportation in W Africa. Lee Bakley. Bakley, the 44-year-old mother of Blake's youngest daughter, Rosie, was killed while sitting in her husband's car after dining with him at a Studio City restaurant a couple of blocks away. - City News Service Mom, boyfriend held in girl's death CASTAIC - The Van Nuys mother of a 5-year-old girl who died of blunt force injuries was arrested Saturday along with her boyfriend on suspicion of child abuse, sheriff's authorities said. Homicide detectives arrested Debby Saravia, 26, and her boyfriend Antonio Rodriguez, 23, on suspicion of willful cruelty to a child resulting in death, officials said. Both are being held in lieu of $1 million bail. The child died Friday after suffering a seizure at a Castaic home where her mother had been cleaning house. - Daily News |
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