Updated on December 20, 2020 at 11:44 am
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Authorities Sunday are gathering clues in two separate, unrelated shootings that occurred near each other, one in the unincorporated Lennox area of Los Angeles County, where a deputy-involved shooting that left a man dead and the other in Inglewood, where another man was taken to an area hospital and died from his injuries.
In both shootings, two handguns were recovered at each location, the Sheriff s Information Bureau reported.
In the initial dispatch, deputies were responding to a call regarding an assault with a deadly weapon at 6:50 p.m. Saturday in the 4400 block of 104th Street, said Deputy Eric Ortiz of the Sheriff s Information Bureau.
A Lancaster man has been charged with murder, accused of decapitating his two teen children. Prosecutors said Maurice Taylor Sr. allegedly made his two younger kids view their slain siblings, forcing them to stay in their bedrooms for days without food.
California Man Charged with Allegedly Decapitating Son, Daughter
10 Dec 2020
A California father of four has been charged with murder for allegedly decapitating his 12-year-old son and his 13-year-old daughter while his two younger boys were forced to view their dead siblings’ bodies.
Authorities charged Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr., 34, a personal trainer, on Tuesday with two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of Maurice Taylor Jr, 12, and Malaka Taylor, 13, City News Service reported.
Taylor Sr. was also charged with two felony counts of child abuse under conditions likely to cause great bodily injury or death in connection with his eight and nine-year-old sons.
Prosecutors said Wednesday that a man charged with decapitating two of his children allegedly forced his two younger children to view their slain siblings, whose remains were in the family's Lancaster home for five days before he was arrested.
Prosecutors said Wednesday that a man charged with decapitating two of his children allegedly forced his two younger children to view their slain siblings,.