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Shooting leaves 1 dead, 1 critical

NORTH HILLS - A man was killed Sunday and another was critically wounded in a shooting in North Hills, police said.

The shooting occurred shortly after midnight in the 1500 block of Nordhoff Street, Los Angeles police at the Mission Hills station said.

One man died on the spot, an officer said. The other was taken to a hospital and reported in critical condition.

- City News Service

Jaywalker killed by pickup truck

LANCASTER - A pedestrian apparently in her early or middle 30s died early Sunday after she was hit by a pickup truck while she jaywalked in the 1200 block of East Avenue I, authorities said.

The unidentified woman was hit at about 2:50 a.m. by a westbound truck driven by Lauren Goodwin, 21, of Rosemond, officials said. Goodwin was not cited.

The woman died about 3:30 a.m. at Antelope Valley Hospital Medical Center, officials said.

- Daily News

Bullet hits driver on Fillmore street 

FILLMORE - A 20-year-old man was shot while he was driving on a neighborhood street, authorities said.

Jonathon Ramirez of Fillmore was hit by a single gunshot in the upper torso at about 1:45 p.m. Saturday while driving on El Paseo Street, said sheriff's Capt. Ron Nelson. The bullet hit Ramirez through the rear window, Nelson said.

Ramirez was in stable condition after surgery.

No suspects were arrested, Nelson said.

- Associated Press 

Gun victim dead on arrival in L.A.

A man who was shot on Sunday - apparently while he was in San Bernardino County - was pronounced dead on arrival at a Los Angeles hospital, police said.

Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's Hollenbeck Division were sent to White Memorial Medical Center, 1720 Brooklyn Ave., at 4:39 a.m. and were told that the victim had been brought there by a private party, LAPD spokeswoman Kathy Simpson said. The victim had been shot several times, Simpson said.

A witness reportedly told police that the attack took place near Cherry Avenue and the San Bernardino Freeway in Fontana, Simpson said. Police, however, did not immediately confirm where the shooting occurred, she said. An investigation was continuing.

- City News Service

Compton violence worst since '90s

COMPTON - A man was fatally shot in Compton on Sunday - the city's 50th homicide victim this year.

The attack in the 1000 block of South Grandee Avenue occurred shortly after midnight, sheriff's Deputy Josie Woolum said. The dead man's name was withheld pending notification of his family.

The homicide put Compton on pace to exceed 80 homicides this year in a level of violence unseen since the early 1990s. Last year, authorities recorded 39 homicides in the 10-square-mile city.

On Thursday, Mayor Eric Perrodin had announced his Four Point CrimeStopper Plan, which includes rewards for information about violent crimes, crime-prevention programs and going after gang members with civil injunctions and property owners with nuisance-abatement actions.

- City News Service

Freeway shooter still being sought

The gunman who shot a freeway motorist in the neck is still being sought, authorities said Sunday.

A man driving westbound on the Pomona Freeway was shot at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday, causing him to lose control of his pickup truck, which crashed into an embankment in Hacienda Heights, said sheriff's Deputy Russell Verduzco.

``The passenger said he just saw his friend slump over,'' the deputy said, adding that several shots were fired deliberately.

The driver, whose name was not immediately released, was transported to a hospital in critical condition, Verduzco said. The passenger, who sustained minor injuries, was not hospitalized.

The California Highway Patrol formed a task force in May to investigate freeway shootings, which now number about two dozen.

- Associated Press