# Safety: Los Angeles

Updated Fri Nov 6, 1:25 PM Pacific. Most important first.

- [Skipp Townsend arrested on suspicion of murder conspiracy](/los-angeles/stories/7cb147846c.md): Los Angeles police arrested Clifford 'Skipp' Townsend, founder of the nonprofit 2nd Call, on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder, along with four others. (CBS Los Angeles, 2026-11-06 07:35 PST)
- [LAPD officer dies during on-duty training exercise](/los-angeles/stories/fa22e9e2a9.md) [developing]: The LAPD said Officer Thomas Denton, of the Metropolitan Division, died at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, during an on-duty training exercise in Huntington Beach. (CBS Los Angeles, 2026-11-06 12:05 PST)
- [Man killed in hit-and-run on Victory Boulevard; reward offered](/los-angeles/stories/fc9a93375f.md): Police seek a female hit-and-run driver after a 33-year-old man was killed when two vehicles struck him Thursday on Victory Boulevard. A reward of up to $50,000 is offered. (NBC Los Angeles, 2026-11-06 11:10 PST)
- [Pursuit suspect hospitalized after shootout with LAPD in Koreatown](/los-angeles/stories/7aeccaeab0.md): According to LAPD, a pursuit suspect was hospitalized after an exchange of gunfire with officers in Koreatown Thursday night. No officers were wounded. (CBS Los Angeles, 2026-11-06 05:11 PST)
- [Immigration agents detain two outside Santa Clarita sheriff's station](/los-angeles/stories/17ae764cd2.md): Federal immigration agents detained two people Thursday outside the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's station. The department said it had no involvement. (KTLA 5, 2026-11-05 14:34 PST)
- [About 20 homes evacuated in Avocado Heights; residents return](/los-angeles/stories/c44b87bc8b.md): Fire department personnel spotted what appeared to be explosive devices on Bunbury Drive in Avocado Heights Thursday, prompting the evacuation of some 20 homes. Residents were allowed back. (NBC Los Angeles, 2026-11-06 07:25 PST)
- [How Robert Luna toppled Alex Villanueva to win two terms as L.A. County sheriff](/los-angeles/stories/b3f3c304b2.md): On Tuesday, voters extended L.A. County's Robert Luna era, electing him to a second consecutive term as sheriff — a feat not seen since Lee Baca's tenure ended in 2014. (Los Angeles Times, 2026-11-04 13:07 PST)
- [Filing alleges Long Beach police withheld officer's conviction](/los-angeles/stories/c17edcc492.md) [developing]: A court filing alleges the Long Beach Police Department knew for years of an officer's 2022 Georgia battery conviction but did not disclose it. (LAist, 2026-11-06 05:00 PST)
- [Jose Zayas pleads not guilty to murder of Culver City bus driver](/los-angeles/stories/8a71076d37.md): Jose Zayas pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder charges in the fatal shooting of Culver City bus driver Bruce Rodriguez, according to FOX 11 Los Angeles. (NBC Los Angeles, 2026-11-05 11:23 PST)
- [Ex-LA County deputy sentenced for smuggling heroin into jail](/los-angeles/stories/92f243359d.md): Michael Meiser, a former county deputy, was sentenced Thursday to 67 months in federal prison for trying to smuggle heroin into a jail. (KTLA 5, 2026-11-06 05:00 PST)
- [Break-in damages African American Firefighter Museum in South LA](/los-angeles/stories/0e150adeab.md): The African American Firefighter Museum in South Los Angeles is cleaning up after another break-in, a year after an arson damaged part of the building. (CBS Los Angeles, 2026-11-05 23:11 PST)
- [Police seek two suspects in Venice assault on visiting Danish man](/los-angeles/stories/95dfa45580.md): LAPD is searching for two suspects after a man was found unconscious near Speedway and Washington Boulevard in Venice on Oct. 30, around 12:35 a.m. (KTLA 5, 2026-11-05 16:41 PST)
- [Police chase suspect nearly hits pedestrians](/los-angeles/stories/8d340f07b9.md): The driver at the center of a police chase nearly ran over a group of pedestrians in downtown Los Angeles, in addition to the suspect being spotted driving the wrong way and swerving away from nearby e-scooter riders. (FOX 11 Los Angeles, 2026-11-02 17:58 PST)