Wednesday, April 29, 2015
The parents of a man killed during an illegal street race in Chatsworth two months ago have sued the owner of the car that hit him.
Eric Siguenza, 26, of Los Angeles was watching a nighttime speed contest near Canoga Avenue and Plummer Street on Feb. 26 when a souped-up Ford Mustang spun out of control and plowed into the crowd. Siguenza and another spectator, Wilson Thomas Wong, 50, of Torrance, were killed, and a third man was injured.
Siguenza's parents, Reynaldo Siguenza and Maria Perez-Siguenza, filed a civil lawsuit this week against Henry Michael Gevorgyan, the owner of the Mustang. Irael Valenzuela, 39, the driver of the other vehicle in the race, also was named in the suit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Police initially identified Gevorgyan, 22, as one of two drivers in the race and distributed his photo, which quickly rocketed across the Internet. Gevorgyan turned himself in to police days later, but video shot at the race showed he was not driving the car, his attorney, Kate Hardie, said. In the video, he appears to be flagging the drivers to start the race.
The Siguenzas' lawsuit also says that Gevorgyan was not driving and that the plaintiffs do not know the identity of the driver. The suit alleges that Valenzuela was driving a Nissan GTR and that the owner of that vehicle is also unknown.
The complaint alleges negligence, assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Eric Siguenza's parents seek unspecified damages. They say that they suffered grief and shock after their son's death and that they bore economic damages, including medical expenses and funeral costs.
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Sunday, April 26, 2015
Long Beach police fatally shoot unarmed man after graffiti reports
A 19-year-old unarmed man was fatally wounded by Long Beach police after they believed he was pointing a gun, officials said Friday.
Hector Morejon of Long Beach was shot an unknown number of times Thursday afternoon and taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the Long Beach Police Department.
Police said officers received a report that several people were trespassing and vandalizing a vacant apartment in the 1100 block of Hoffman Avenue.
When they arrived, they found an open window in the back of the apartment and a broken window.
An officer peered into the apartment and saw a man standing against a wall, then turning toward him, police said.
The man bent his knees and extended his arm “as if pointing an object which the officer perceived was a gun,” police said.
“At this point, an officer-involved shooting occurred,” police said.
No weapons were found at the scene.
Officers said the apartment was spray-painted with gang-related graffiti.
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A 19-year-old unarmed man was fatally wounded by Long Beach police after they believed he was pointing a gun, officials said Friday.
Hector Morejon of Long Beach was shot an unknown number of times Thursday afternoon and taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the Long Beach Police Department.
Police said officers received a report that several people were trespassing and vandalizing a vacant apartment in the 1100 block of Hoffman Avenue.
When they arrived, they found an open window in the back of the apartment and a broken window.
An officer peered into the apartment and saw a man standing against a wall, then turning toward him, police said.
The man bent his knees and extended his arm “as if pointing an object which the officer perceived was a gun,” police said.
“At this point, an officer-involved shooting occurred,” police said.
No weapons were found at the scene.
Officers said the apartment was spray-painted with gang-related graffiti.
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Thursday, April 23, 2015
A 36-year-old man from Torrance has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 2-year-old girl kidnapped from a carwash, police said Wednesday.
Michael Ikeler is accused of snatching the toddler from a self-service carwash in the 14000 block of Western Avenue in Gardena, then dropping her off two hours later in a Cudahy parking lot, according to the Gardena Police Department.
The girl’s mother immediately noticed her daughter’s disappearance. In a recording of the 911 call released Wednesday, she frantically told police, "I heard her scream … I heard her say, 'Mom.' "
The mother later said, “I turned around … and she was gone.”
Police launched a countywide search for the girl, with photos distributed to the media that showed her earlier in the day wearing a purple backpack and a T-shirt with a butterfly print.
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