Compton

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva told members of the Compton City Council that he would soon make public investigative findings in the shooting death of 18-year-old Andres Guardado, but said progress on the case was being slowed by people claiming on social media that they were eyewitnesses to the killing. “And everyone who says that means that’s another...

Sheriff Villanueva held a joint meeting with Compton City Council regarding the death of Andres Guardado, who family says was shot in the back by a deputy. Eric Leonard reports June 29, 2020.

Tensions escalated between protesters seeking justice for the death of Andres Guardado and LA County Sheriff’s deputies. Kim Tobin reports for NBC LA at 11 p.m. Sunday June 21, 2020.

The protest calling for justice in the case of Andres Guardado was mostly peaceful until a driver tried to get through people. Gil Leyvas reports for NBC LA at 5 p.m. Sunday June 21, 2020.

A hundred people rallied around the courthouse in Compton asking for justice for Andres Guardado. Kim Tobin reports for NBC LA at 5 p.m. Sunday June 21, 2020.

Deputies are searching for the person who shot and killed a 76-year-old man as he sat in a car Wednesday in Compton.  Deputies responded to a call about a person who had been shot in the 600 block of South Ward Avenue, north of Alondra Boulevard, about 9:10 p.m. Wednesday and found a man unresponsive in the driver’s seat...

LASD is launching an use of force investigation after a man said he was held down and beaten down by three deputies in Compton. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 I-Team at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 10, 2020.

A man who was recorded being held down and struck by three Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies in Compton last week says his ribs were broken during the confrontation, with cellphone video of the incident was later widely shared on social media. Dalvin Price, 24, says he was held, injured, in a Sheriff’s patrol car for five hours after...

Rick Montanez reported on NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 7, 2020.

16-year-old Davion Pilgraim from Compton spoke during Mayor Garcetti’s address on Tuesday evening. He called for calm after nights of looting.

A driver in a Mercedes-Benz sedan led authorities on a chase through Compton and Hawthorne Sunday night for about ten minutes before crashing into a sport utility vehicle and a van. Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department were in pursuit of a reckless driver who blew through an intersection in Compton and almost collided with another vehicle....

The driver crashed and wouldn’t leave his vehicle after a pursuit in Compton. As seen on the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Sunday May 17, 2020.

A 57-year-old man was struck and killed Sunday by a car on the 710 Freeway in Compton, according to the California Highway Patrol. The Pomona man was apparently walking along the southbound 710 Freeway just north of Alondra Boulevard about 8:35 p.m. when he was hit. Why he was on the freeway is unknown at this point. His name was…

About 5,000 new books were distributed Friday to students and families in the Compton Unified School District.  The books were delivered to McKinley Elementary, Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary and Foster Elementary through a campaign by Access Books and the Book Foundation. Tax-deductible donations to the campaign can be made by following links. All proceeds will go to the purchase…

A man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering his former stepfather and a teenage girl in Compton. Jamie Jajuan Williams, 44, pleaded no contest Jan. 27 in the Sept. 28, 2018, killings of Eddie Talley Jr., 65, and Brittany Malone, 13, and the attempted murder of the girl’s mother, who was shot…

Groundbreaking will be held in Compton Wednesday for the largest Dodger Dreamfields project, a multi-field development that will honor the family of baseball legend Jackie Robinson. The project at Gonzales Park includes three fields, plus fitness and training zones. The multi-million-dollar project’s Field 42 will be designed for baseball and softball players ages 5-to-8 years old. Rachel Robinson Field will…

Jackie Robinson Stadium in Compton will be refurbished in a partnership involving the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation and the charitable organization operated by Dodger pitching star Clayton Kershaw and his wife Ellen, it was announced Monday.

A man was shot dead and another man was wounded Sunday in Compton. The shooting occurred a little before 9:25 a.m. near the intersection of Alondra Boulevard and Poinsettia Avenue, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’sDepartment Information Bureau reported. A victim was pronounced dead at the scene and the other victim was taken to an area hospital, where his condition...

A Compton woman who masqueraded as her dead mother to collect $151,450 in benefits while she was on probation in an earlier case was sentenced Monday to complete 75 hours of community service after the judge determined that her various medical problems would place an undue burden on the prison system if she were to be ordered behind bars. Rosalind…