- Two men charged in Nasa quadruple killing spree - 39-year-old Jae Hwan Shim and 27-year-old Steve Kwon have been charged with murdering a NASA engineer and three others at an Antelope Valley home. LA County prosecutors filed charges Tuesday against the two men who were arrested Saturday in Arizona near the Mexican border. The district attorney’s office alleges Shim threatened to kill his ex-wife. The bodies of the woman, her two children and her cousin’s husband, the NASA engineer, were found in a burned Quartz Hill home on June 23.
- Truck accident sparks brush fire - A truck accident sparked a brush fire on the northbound 14 Freeway Tuesday. All but one lane of traffic was closed. The fire started on one of the vehicle’s rear tires and sent thick plumes of black smoke into the air. The flames engulfed the truck and spread briefly to nearby brush. Fire crews prevented the fire from spreading. There were no reports of any injuries.
- Two killed and one injured in shooting - Two men were shot and killed early Tuesday morning outside a Lomita apartment, and a third victim was hospitalized. Detectives were looking for four suspects, who confronted the victims about 12:01 a.m. in the 25900 block of Narbonne Avenue. The four suspects pulled up in a vehicle and ordered three other people standing with the victims to go into the apartment. Gunfire erupted, and one person died at the scene. The other two victims were taken to a hospital, where one died. A third gunshot victim, a teenager, was reported to have stable vital signs.
- Woman and a dog rescued from burning home - Firefighters rescued a 21-year-old woman and a dog from a blaze inside a two-story home in San Fernando. The victim’s mother and 70-year-old grandmother were sleeping on the first floor, both escaped without injury. The mother called for help and told a fire department dispatcher that her house was on fire and that her daughter was trapped on the second floor, along with a family pet. Firefighters found the small white dog on the first floor and then moved upstairs and found the bedroom where the the young woman was trapped as the fire raged nearby. The woman was transported to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills for possible smoke inhalation and is listed in stable condition.
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