Gangs Los Angeles

A 14-year-old girl was shot and killed Sunday morning when she was caught in a shootout between rival gangs in South Los Angeles, police said. Cynthia Gonzalez was struck at least once in the torso about 11 a.m. while walking home from a market with her mother and 2-year-old sister, said Los Angeles Police Det. Sal LaBarbera. Gonzalez's sister was grazed by a bullet near her torso and treated at a local hospital for injuries.

Three people shot to death at a weekend party, as well as the man suspected of killing them, were all members of the same gang, police said Monday. Homicide detectives of the Los Angeles Police Department's Foothill Division said they believe they have identified the gunman, but would not release his name. He remained at large Monday. A fourth man was injured by the gunfire. The shootings occurred sometime after 1 a.m.

At the top of Mike Jaramillo's wish list are steady salaries and health insurance for members of the Aztecs firefighting crew based in Boyle Heights. A few miles away, in South Los Angeles, Kevin Nelson speaks of providing a van, uniforms and other equipment for the Highlanders crew. The two men, who run independent programs affiliated with the U.S. Forest Service, want desperately to help young men and women stay away from Los Angeles gang life and out of prison.

Four teenage members of the Blythe Street gang were arrested Friday morning for allegedly killing Magdalena Sandoval, 32, an innocent bystander to a shooting last November, police said. The suspects, all ages 16 or 17, were arrested after investigators uncovered new evidence in the case, said Los Angeles Police Department Homicide Det. Al Aldaz, who declined to elaborate. The youths, whose names were not released because they are juveniles, were being held at Juvenile Hall in Sylmar, Aldaz said.

Calling a San Fernando Valley street gang a public danger and nuisance, Los Angeles city attorney and mayoral candidate James Hahn announced Wednesday he is seeking an injunction aimed at curbing the activities of the Pacoima Project Boys.

Calling a San Fernando Valley street gang a public danger and nuisance, Los Angeles city attorney and mayoral candidate James Hahn announced Wednesday that he is seeking an injunction aimed at curbing the activities of the Pacoima Project Boys.

Dan Jaramillo, a Los Angeles Police Department gang detective in the Hollenbeck Division, looked for the usual spent casings and bullet holes when he received a call in October to investigate the shooting of a 10-year-old girl and a 19-year-old man. It was clear from the start that it was a gang hit. But which gang? Hollenbeck police say there are 37 in the East Los Angeles area. As it turned out, the killers might as well have left a signed confession.

Dan Jaramillo, a Los Angeles Police Department anti-gang detective in the Hollenbeck Division, looked for the usual spent casings and bullet holes when he received a call in October to investigate the shooting of a 10-year-old girl and a 19-year-old boy. It was clear from the start that it was gang-related. But which gang? There are 37 in the East Los Angeles area. The killers might as well have left a signed confession. Messages tagged onto a concrete wall read like street hieroglyphics.

Two alleged members of the Nazi Lowriders gang were arrested after Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies seized 73 firearms in a raid, authorities said Friday. Arrested on Thursday were Scott Kuhn, 29, and Marcello Castellano, 22, according to Sheriff's Deputy Margarita Velazquez of the department's headquarters unit.

At least four people were shot Sunday night in a suspected gang-related incident at a Northridge apartment complex, police said. When police responded to an 8:50 p.m. call at 19124 Bryant St., officers found two victims who were critically wounded, one who was seriously injured and one suffering a superficial bullet graze, said Officer Fred Cueto of the Los Angeles Police Department's Devonshire Division. "From what we're hearing right now, it might have been a gang hit," Cueto said.