When police arrived, they found an employee who claimed the suspect, armed with a gun, tried to rob the business. That's when he shot him.
The big boy statue is a little smaller after an overnight crash, according to reports.
At times, the suspect drove through red lights and veered onto the wrong side of the road to avoid traffic.
Robert Ellis "Price" St. Julien, 33, who suffers from seizures and epilepsy, was last seen on Compton Avenue.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Jose Daniel Bejar was last seen at 5 p.m. on Sunday in the 1100 block of East Peck Street.
The individal was found in front of an East Imperial Highway business, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.
First responders declared the pedestrian, a man, dead at the scene.
According to authorities, the first attack happened on June 30, at around 8:30 p.m. in the 3300 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
As a result, the bus driver lost control of the vehicle and hit a light pole on the side of the street.
The victim, thought to be between 18 and 25 years old, was found in a parking lot, deputies said.
A man was shot to death Saturday morning while sitting in a vehicle in the Hyde Park area of Los Angeles.
Coroner's officials Saturday released the names of the three people who were killed after a car crashed into a tree and caught fire.
The case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Arson Unit.
A 33-year-old South Gate woman was killed Saturday morning in a fiery SUV crash on a freeway transition road in Gardena.
A 28-year-old man was found shot dead at a homeless encampment in South Gate.
The 3,000-square-foot skate park has ramps and rails to include all levels of skaters, and the park has underwent general improvements.
A man was shot and killed in Compton and detectives Saturday were continuing their investigation into the death.
A man was shot and killed in an unincorporated area near South Gate early Saturday.
Deputies found a 20-year-old man, who was not named, shot dead Saturday in Compton.
A fire inside the building in south Los Angeles was reported just before 1 p.m.
A 33-year-old woman was evaluated by paramedics after fire damaged a trailer and an outbuilding.
Fire Saturday damaged a commercial building in South Los Angeles that housed two businesses.
On June 30th at approximately 7:30 p.m. there was a major explosion in South Los Angeles due to the detonation of illegal fireworks.
A man was hospitalized in critical condition this morning after he was shot in an apartment unit early Sunday.
Los Angeles Police Department officers found a woman dead just before 6 a.m. Friday near the 110 Freeway and West 118th Place.
One person died and two others were injured in a drive-by shooting in South Los Angeles Friday evening.
A man in his 60s was strangled in Compton early Saturday morning, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.
A pedestrian was struck and killed Saturday morning in the Compton area, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A vehicle struck an MTA bus in East Compton Sunday and fled the scene.
A 30- year-old man was fatally struck with gunshots in Compton on Friday.
Police were investigating an incident that left a juvenile dead on Saturday morning.
Paramedics rushed the victim — who was described as a female Asian adult — to an area hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
A man was gravely wounded when he was shot in the head near a Gardena apartment building.
A 2019 Honda was in the number one lane of the transition road when it struck the guardrail, the C.H.P. said.
Eighty-three firefighters were dispatched to a fire in a four-story apartment building and were able to contain it before it spread further.
A two-story apartment fire caused significant damage and partial roof collapse in South Los Angeles Sunday.
A 26-year-old man was fatally wounded and a 22- year-old man was wounded during a gang-related shooting at a party Saturday.
The wrong-way vehicle crashed head-on into another vehicle near Long Beach Boulevard around 3 a.m.
Two victims were taken to a hospital after an early morning shooting was reported after 2 a.m. in the Watts area of Los Angeles.
Officials said to "stay indoors" as SWAT officers set up a perimeter near Compton. Sheriff said it is not the suspect who ambushed deputies.