re: Active Shooter Mall of LA Dicks sporting goods...UPDATE insde

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Her grandson, a handgun. She and her grandkids are ready for nearly anything now.

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McClanahan warned that failing to fund prevention programs could have long-term consequences. “If you don't fund programs for young people, you give them something to do, you give them structure, to expand their horizon...they'll be raping, robbing, killing you 10, 15 years down the road,” he said.

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McClanahan warned that failing to fund prevention programs could have long-term consequences. “If you don't fund programs for young people, you give them something to do, you give them structure, to expand their horizon...they'll be raping, robbing, killing you 10, 15 years down the road,” he said.

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on another note when has it become legal for 17 year olds to own a vehicle in LA?

"Police said camera footage outside the mall showed the guy getting into a white Honda Accord with damage to the front bumper. Investigators said they were able to use a license plate reader to identify the car and find the owner.

Detectives located the owner, who they said identified the suspected shooter as Markel Lee."

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The 70802 and 70805 ZIP codes accounted for the majority of murders, with 20 and 18, respectively. These areas cover central and northern Baton Rouge. Another 13 murders occurred in the 70807 ZIP code. Combined, these areas accounted for over 60% of murders in East Baton Rouge Parish over the past two years.

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Baton Rouge became the first city outside New Jersey to be tutored in the Newark method. The mayor’s office started an effort to mimic Newark’s public safety ecosystem, overseen by Courtney Scott, then a mayoral aide.

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The team’s high-risk interventionists are the first responders to shooting scenes and heated disputes

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One of the group’s elders is Gerald Haynes, 51, whom everyone calls Face for the jagged scar that runs from his left ear to his throat. Mr. Haynes spent 27 years in prison for his role in a drive-by shooting, an attempt at retribution for the killing of a friend.

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Khoury Brown, 32, another high-risk interventionist, is best known to many of the young people the street team works with as the rapper Geaux Yella, with 129,000 Instagram followers. His skill with words is central to his job, but sometimes when a fight is brewing, he fears words will fail him.

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One of the street team’s initiatives is a mentorship program, in which young people at risk of violence are paired with mentors like Darius Crockett. Mr. Crockett had drifted to the streets as a teenager in Baton Rouge, selling drugs. But he had since gotten his G.E.D. and found work as a welder. He was assigned to work with a 15-year-old named Markel.

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Shootings happen frequently on Markel’s street. His mother, Kayla Atkins, uses a wheelchair, having been paralyzed by a gunshot long ago. From a young age, Markel had to be a caregiver. As he entered his teens, he was getting into fights. When he was 14, one of his best friends was shot and killed. His mother said she desperately wanted to save her son “from going down that path.”

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The mentorship program required Markel to complete three goals. Knowing Markel wanted to rap, Mr. Crockett urged him to enter a talent contest, where he performed an original rap song. Markel took first place, which meant he not only accomplished his first goal, but won prizes that would satisfy his other two: He would be a featured performer in a video with Geaux Yella himself and participate in a recording session. Markel eagerly looked forward to the coming winter when the session would happen. Mr. Crockett also helped the boy land a job at a city-run summer camp.

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Then, in June, Markel got into an argument with his sister. He had a “meltdown,” slamming doors and throwing things, Ms. Atkins said. Feeling helpless to control him, she called the police — and Mr. Crockett. The police officer put Markel in handcuffs in the back of his cruiser.

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As 2023 came to a close, the street team faced new troubles. In early December, Mr. Crockett, the street team member who had mentored Markel, was charged with aggravated battery, domestic abuse and child endangerment. His girlfriend told the police that he had slammed her head against a wall and thrown a steam iron at her while children were sleeping in the next room.

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