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Top LA news: LAPD officer arrested on sexual assault charges; 7-year-old shot in Watts; more

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Published on July 18, 2019
Top LA news: LAPD officer arrested on sexual assault charges; 7-year-old shot in Watts; morePhoto: John Liu/Flickr

Here's the most recent top news you may have missed in Los Angeles.

Man charged with murder in drowning deaths of his 2 sons with autism

Capital murder charges were filed Wednesday against a Hawthorne man accused of intentionally driving his two sons with severe autism off a pier at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro to collect on accidental death insurance policies.

Read the full story on FOX 26 Houston.

7-year-old boy shot in Watts, LAFD says

A 7-year-old boy was shot in South Los Angeles Wednesday, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.

Read the full story on NBC LA.

LAPD officer arrested on multiple sexual assault charges after 'cold hit' DNA match, police say

A Los Angeles Police Department has been arrested on multiple sexual assault charges, the agency announced Wednesday.

Read the full story on ABC7.

Cops Won't Issue Tickets to People Sleeping in Cars on LA Streets Anymore

A city ordinance barring people from sleeping in vehicles parked on residential Los Angeles streets quietly expired at the end of June, and LAPD officers have been instructed to no longer issue citations for the offense.

Read the full story on NBC LA.


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