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Street shooting claims man's life

NORTH HOLLYWOOD - A man was shot to death in a North Hollywood alley, police said Sunday.

The shooting near the intersection of Lankershim Boulevard and Morrison Street occurred around 10 p.m. Saturday, a Los Angeles police spokesman said.

The victim, whose name was not released, was described as a 45-year-old black man who suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died later in Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills.

Police have no information about suspects or a motive and encourage anyone with information about the crime to call North Hollywood area homicide detectives at [phone].

- City News Service

Argument leads to knife injuries

PANORAMA CITY - A knife-wielding assailant allegedly stabbed two men during a dispute early Sunday before one victim wrestled the knife away and injured the attacker.

The fight broke out about 1:45 a.m. at an apartment complex in the 8400 block of Cedros Avenue, said Los Angeles police Sgt. Jeff Hart of the Los Angeles Police Department's Devonshire Station.

The victims apparently tried to intervene in a dispute between the assailant and a woman.

All three men know each other, Hart said. Their identities were not released.

One of the victims was stabbed about 15 times in the upper body, and the second also suffered multiple stab wounds to the upper body, Hart said. After wrestling the knife away, one of the victims stabbed the assailant in the neck.

All three men were taken to area hospitals, and their wounds did not appear to be life-threatening.

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Two shot to death in fight at party

SANTA MONICA - Two men were shot to death and another was injured when a firefight erupted after an argument at a private party at a Moose Lodge, police said Sunday.

Shots broke out shortly after 11 p.m. at the lodge at 1600 Ocean Park Blvd., a Santa Monica police statement said. Paramedics pronounced two men dead at the scene. A third victim was hospitalized, but his condition was not known, the statement said.

The identities of all three men were not released.

Police said they were looking for two young men in dark, hooded sweat shirts.

Anyone with information about the crime can call the Santa Monica Police Department's Robbery-Homicide Unit at [phone] or the national hotline [phone] (78-CRIME).

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Victim's lost truck has been located

LA MIRADA - Authorities on Sunday recovered a pickup truck missing from the home of an 89-year-old La Mirada woman, who was found beaten to death in her residence, authorities said.

The 2003 Dodge Ram truck was found on Greenleaf Avenue, north of Whittier Boulevard, in Whittier, according to a Sheriff's Department statement. The area is several miles from the home of the victim - Adelina Garcia - in the 15000 block of Stanbrook Drive.

Garcia was found dead in her home in the 15000 block of Stanbrook Drive by a family member about 4:35 p.m. Friday, sheriff's Deputy Bill Spear said earlier.

No arrests have been made in the case, said sheriff's Deputy Scott Gage.

- City News Service