Pasadena Police

The investigation into a controversial police killing of a college student last weekend took a dramatic twist Wednesday when Pasadena authorities arrested a 911 caller, alleging his fabrication led to the shooting. An officer shot 19-year-old Kendrec McDade on a narrow street in the city's Northwest district about 11 p.m. Saturday. Police were dispatched to the scene after a man, identified as Oscar Carrillo, called 911. He said two armed men had stolen his laptop computer and backpack as he was buying tacos at a stand on Orange Grove Boulevard.

The 911 caller who falsely claimed that he was robbed at gunpoint the night Pasadena police shot and killed unarmed 19-year-old robbery suspect Kendrec McDade is due in court Tuesday to face misdemeanor charges that he lied to emergency dispatchers. Oscar Carrillo, 27, is charged with one count of making a false report of a criminal offense and a second count of reporting an emergency knowing the report was false, a Pasadena city spokesman said. If convicted on both counts, Carrillo faces a maximum sentence of 18 months in jail, his defense attorney, Andres Bustamante, told the Pasadena Sun. Carrillo, who has already pleaded not guilty to the charges, is scheduled to return to court Tuesday for a pretrial hearing.

Pasadena police officers will deliver about 200 Christmas baskets to needy Pasadena families on Thursday. The holiday giveaway is conducted in cooperation with the Salvation Army and other community organizations. Pasadena police officers who encounter families in need submit requests for the baskets to be delivered to those households.

The two Pasadena police officers who fatally shot unarmed Azusa college student Kendrec McDade during a robbery investigation a year ago acted "within departmental policy," an internal review of the incident has determined. Findings of the Pasadena police administrative review board were announced in a brief statement Wednesday. Pasadena officers Jeffrey Newlen and Matthew Griffin shot McDade, 19, during a March 24, 2012, police pursuit that ended near the intersection of Orange Grove Boulevard and Sunset Avenue.

The City Council has given tentative approval to an ordinance allowing Police Chief Jerry Oliver to place civilians on three police review boards. The boards will advise Oliver on use of force, disciplinary matters and safety issues. Each board will consist of five Pasadena police officers and three civilians who live or work in the city. For the disciplinary board, one member would be chosen by the employee under review.

Pasadena Police Chief Philip Sanchez asked a county law enforcement watchdog agency Tuesday to investigate the shooting of an unarmed man by two of his officers. Kendrec McDade, 20, was shot as the officers pursued two men suspected of ransacking a car and pointing a weapon at the car owner about 11 p.m. Saturday, authorities said. Sanchez said he asked Michael Gennaco, head of the Los Angeles County Office of Independent Review, to help conduct an investigation into the fatal shooting.

How many police bullets actually hit Kendrec McDade, 19 years old and unarmed, on that dark Pasadena street? Do police have to yell "halt" or "stop" before pulling the trigger? Is it standard procedure to shoot from a patrol car? Must they shoot to kill? Why not use beanbags or rubber bullets? Where was the police camera? Though the crowd's manner was muted, the questions, passed forward on index cards, came unrelentingly to Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez as he stood in the sanctuary at New Revelation Missionary Baptist Church on Saturday morning.

About $14,000 was raised by 47 Pasadena police officers and Police Department employees who ran five-mile legs Friday and Saturday in the 12th annual 125-mile, Charity Run to Palm Springs. The money will be used for college scholarships for Pasadena youths. The Police Department is trying to raise $25,000 and is holding another fund-raising event, a chili cook-off, at 10 a.m. Nov. 3 in Centennial Square, in front of Pasadena's City Hall.

Pasadena Police were not at fault in the death of a man who was fatally wounded last year while sitting in his apartment during a shootout between officers and alleged gang members at the height of civil disturbances after the Rodney G. King verdicts, an investigation has determined.

Shouting, "I'm going to kill you," an Inglewood man today fired two shots at a car carrying his estranged wife and a woman friend, then pursued them to the Pasadena police station, where he shot his wife to death, wounded her companion and committed suicide, police said. Lt. Gary Bennett declined to identify the dead couple until relatives could be notified and withheld the name of the wounded woman, who was driving one of the cars. "It seems to be a pretty open-and-shut case.

Pasadena-area community leaders staged a peace and unity rally Sunday afternoon to denounce recent violence that claimed the life of longtime youth sports leader and community activist Victor McClinton, among others. About 250 people gathered on the steps of All Saints Episcopal Church near City Hall to hear city leaders, clergy members and law enforcement officials discuss ways to stem the violence. "It was a call for peace and for the community to come together in light of some of the recent gang violence and shootings that have occurred," said William Boyer, a Pasadena public information officer.

Pasadena police officers acted lawfully when they fatally shot an unarmed college student in March, prosecutors said Monday. The Los Angeles County district attorney's office found the two officers reasonably believed Kendrec McDade, 19, was armed with a gun based on false information from a 911 caller. A report issued Monday also noted the position of McDade's hand at his waistband during a foot pursuit by the officers. The controversial shooting sparked protests and outrage in Pasadena, with some drawing comparisons to the killing of Trayvon Martin in Florida.

The L.A. County district attorney's office will not charge a man with involuntary manslaughter after he falsely claimed he was robbed at gunpoint, setting off a chain of events that ended with an officer fatally shooting a college student. Pasadena police shot and killed unarmed 19-year-old Kendrec McDade on a narrow street in the city's northeast section March 24 as he was being chased by an officer and his path blocked by a police car. Prosecutors found that Oscar Carrillo lied when he said he was robbed at gunpoint by McDade, but the lie just "was one in a series of acts ... that culminated in the fatal shooting," the prosecutor's report said.

After jurors watched a video Friday showing a muzzled German Shepherd being beaten to death with a hammer, the Pasadena man on trial for that crime quickly pleaded no contest to felony animal cruelty and misdemeanor petty theft. Young Song, 42, was immediately sentenced in Pasadena by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Darrell Mavis to a year in jail and three years of formal probation. Song, who was also banned from possessing any animals for 10 years, could have faced more than four years in prison.

Hundreds of family members, friends and supporters attended a funeral service Saturday for Kendrec "Mac" McDade, a 19-year-old college student who was unarmed when he was shot and killed by two Pasadena police officers. About 400 people trickled inside the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Altadena to pay tribute to the Citrus College student, whose family has filed wrongful death and civil rights complaints against the city. The American Civil Liberties Union and the National Assn.

The FBI announced Friday it will launch a civil rights inquiry into the fatal shooting of an unarmed college student by Pasadena police last month. FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said the inquiry is being launched independently of a call by Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez for the agency to look into the shooting of Kendrec McDade, 19. McDade was shot by two Pasadena police officers shortly after they took the report of an armed robbery near Orange Grove Boulevard. McDade was a suspect in the robbery, according to police, but was unarmed at the time he died.

When new Pasadena City Manager Philip Hawkey takes over in June, the first thing he will probably have to confront is a Police Department with a vacancy at the top and dissension at the bottom. Police Chief James Robenson, who has been on medical leave since October, announced his long-expected retirement this week. At the same time, the Pasadena Police Officers Assn.

When new City Manager Philip Hawkey takes over June 18, the first thing he will probably have to confront is a Police Department with a vacancy at the top and dissension at the bottom. Police Chief James Robenson, who has been on medical leave since October, announced his long-expected retirement this week. At the same time, the Pasadena Police Officers Assn.

How many police bullets actually hit Kendrec McDade, 19 years old and unarmed, on that dark Pasadena street? Do police have to yell "halt" or "stop" before pulling the trigger? Is it standard procedure to shoot from a patrol car? Must they shoot to kill? Why not use beanbags or rubber bullets? Where was the police camera? Though the crowd's manner was muted, the questions, passed forward on index cards, came unrelentingly to Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez as he stood in the sanctuary at New Revelation Missionary Baptist Church on Saturday morning.

The investigation into a controversial police killing of a college student last weekend took a dramatic twist Wednesday when Pasadena authorities arrested a 911 caller, alleging his fabrication led to the shooting. An officer shot 19-year-old Kendrec McDade on a narrow street in the city's Northwest district about 11 p.m. Saturday. Police were dispatched to the scene after a man, identified as Oscar Carrillo, called 911. He said two armed men had stolen his laptop computer and backpack as he was buying tacos at a stand on Orange Grove Boulevard.