This Week In Crime: South Gate & Nearby Police Log

SOUTH GATE, CA – The following is a collection of weekly police, court and fire stories from around the South Gate area this week. Here's the roundup:

• Long Beach Police Search For Liquor Store Murder Suspects
  The crime apparently involved a dispute inside the business that escalated into a shooting, police said.
• Overturned Big Rig Shuts Down 91/710 Freeway Transition
  The California Highway Patrol estimates that the transition from the 91 Freeway to the 710 Freeway will be reopened at 7 a.m.
• Rancho Palos Verdes Man Pleads Not Guilty For Attempt To Kidnap
  The suspect allegedly drove up to the victim as she walked to school, exited his vehicle and pointed a gun at the victim, prosecutors said.
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    • Charges Filed For Attempted Kidnapping In Rancho Palos VerdesThe suspect was allegedly holding a handgun at the time of the attempted abduction of a middle school student
    • Rancho Palos Verdes Man Arrested For Attempted KidnappingThe alleged incident occurred Monday morning at a location near a Rancho Palos Verdes school.
• Elderly Man Pleads Guilty To Murdering Wife In San Pedro
  He believed his wife was having an affair, the prosecutor said.
• Ex-Priest Molested Children In South Bay: Lawsuit
  The former reverend had already been named in a 2015 child sexual abuse lawsuit, according to reports.
• Young Man Shot To Death At Wilmington Party
  The 19-year-old went outside to meet up with friends when he was shot, police said.

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