LAFD's Investigation Section is now handling the case.
Reports of property crimes doubled in the neighborhood between March 29 and April 4.
Police believe the deceased may have been homeless.
Nobody was injured in the shooting.
Mraz's sentencing date has been moved to June 29, 2012.
Police believe both the suspect and victim have gang ties.
Capt. Bill Murphy recently released stats.
LAPD Lieutenant Mike Menza says pedestrian fatalities are frequent in the city of Los Angeles.
Accused allegedly pulled shotgun on three African-Americans in Glassell Park and shouted racial slurs.
No honor among alleged thieves?
Victim was known to neighbors as "Wacko."
Gang member pulled gun on three African Americans.
The stabbing was followed by a standoff with LAPD
The girl has been missing since March 5.
The three suspects are members of a local gang.
The injured man is in stable condition at Glendale Memorial Hospital.
The attic fire was knocked down in under 30 minutes.
Mount Washington resident Louis Mraz was found guilty on Monday of assault with a deadly weapon for side-swiping a cyclist on Avenue 50 in May.
Crimemapping.com provides daily updates of crime in 90042.
The Los Angeles Police Department is asking Highland Park residents to be aware of a recent spike in automobile thefts.
Down-and-out Eagle Rock native is back on the same traffic island from where the LAPD removed him on January 11. "I'll just keep coming back."
The intersection of Ave. 57 and N. Figueroa was shut down for about an hour on Thursday evening.
Avoiding the Arroyo Seco Parkway after rain has its advantages.
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According to officials, one distraction burglary occurred in Atwater Village over the weekend.
Officers said that, despite rumors, the body of a dead woman was not found behind El Pescador last week.
Shooting occurred on Thursday afternoon at Echo Street and Avenue 50.
With LAPD investigating the murders of two Lincoln Heights women, rumors have spread that a serial killer is targeting women in Northeast Los Angeles.
The motions would call for more strictly monitoring dispensaries, while still allowing them operate.
Both arrests were made by Northeast LAPD's gang unit.
The accident occurred at around 8 a.m. on Friday morning on South Avenue 54 and South Terrace 52.
Murders increased in Highland Park in 2011, but overall crime was across the division.
Two women were critically injured in a multi-car crash near Elysian Valley.
Resident said he knew he had only a few moments to flee the house.
DOJ says complaints about California judges and prosecutors fall out of their jurisdiction.
A week after being evicted from Veterans Square Memorial, some of Highland Park's homeless are committed to returning to a place they consider home.
Two victims were hospitalized in the Wednesday afternoon shooting.
When a school safety guard at Mount Washington Elementary School needed life saving care, Dana Johnson was ready.
According to The Eastsider L.A., no shots were fired.
Traffic was flowing normally again at 10 a.m. on Friday morning.