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December 8, 2006 | J. Michael Kennedy, Times Staff Writer
They were killed within an hour of each other, one as he stood in his driveway, the other while paying for groceries at a convenience store. Both were 34. They were killed in the same part of town, and police suspect gang members in both shootings. And as best as anyone can tell, neither was doing anything more than minding his own business.
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July 17, 2006 | From Times Staff Reports
A 20-month-old girl was killed after being run over by her uncle's car while he was backing out of a driveway in the 1300 block of West 251st Street, police said. Los Angeles Police Department officials said the uncle, who was not identified, told officers that he saw the toddler before he started backing up but also knew that her father was nearby and assumed he had gotten her out of the way of his vehicle.
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September 21, 2005 | From Associated Press
Gator wranglers from Florida have quit their search for an elusive 7-foot alligator in Harbor City's Lake Machado after they were publicly ridiculed by a Hurricane Katrina evacuee brought in to help nab the reptile. Thomas "T-Bone" Quinn described as "retarded" the methods used by the wranglers from Orlando-based Gatorland. He made his comments Saturday after being escorted by Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn to the park where the gator, dubbed Reggie, has lived for at least two months.
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September 19, 2005 | Jason Felch, Times Staff Writer
A day after being tapped to track down an urban alligator in a Harbor City lake, a New Orleans evacuee was taken off the job Sunday after city officials determined that he had no liability insurance and no known credentials. Thomas "T-Bone" Quinn had been invited Saturday to join the effort to capture the alligator named Reggie just a week after arriving at a Los Angeles shelter for those displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
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September 14, 2005 | Nancy Wride, Times Staff Writer
The strange summer of urban alligators grew wackier Tuesday when local and international media reported the capture of Reggie, the elusive critter residing in a Harbor City lake -- only to learn hours later that it was a hoax. The false report was the latest twist in the saga of the wayward reptile, whose owner abandoned him sometime before he was spotted Aug. 12 in the man-made Lake Machado. At 2:35 a.m.
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September 9, 2005 | Monte Morin, Times Staff Writer
Forget the professional alligator wranglers, with their reptilian mating calls and fang necklaces. It was the Los Angeles Fire Department that finally netted one of two renegade gators lurking in the waterways of Harbor City on Thursday night. After bystanders spotted a 2- to 3-foot alligator in a murky flood channel near Lake Machado behind an apartment complex, firefighters used an enormous ladder and a net to snare the creature and haul him into captivity.