A parolee was convicted Thursday of murdering three people and trying to kill two others in Downey about 7 1/2 years ago while pretending to be interested in buying a Chevrolet Camaro. Jurors in the trial of Jade Douglas Harris were ordered to return to a Norwalk courtroom next Tuesday for the start of the trial’s penalty phase, in which…

A 23-year-old Downey man was charged with murder Monday for allegedly fatally beating his 6-year-old godson the day after Christmas. Tyler D’Shaun Martin Brand was expected to be arraigned Monday afternoon in Downey on charges of murder and assault on a child causing death. Prosecutors said Brand had been caring for the boy for several days over the holiday...

“It will never be the same without seeing that joyful face,” said Virginia Sewell, the victim’s great aunt. Kim Baldonado reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30 2019.

A candlelight vigil will be held Saturday outside the South Los Angeles home of the grandmother of a 6-year-old boy who was fatally beaten, allegedly by an acquaintance of his mother. Dayvon Taylor of Long Beach was taken to St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach Thursday and died shortly after he arrived, according to coroner’s Investigator Kristy McCracken...

The vigil was held outside the boy’s grandmother’s house in Downey.

“My child was very innocent… he didn’t have a chance to even enjoy his Christmas this season,” the boy’s father said.

The Downey Unified School District’s sex education curriculum has drawn criticism from a Massachusetts-based group that is identified as a anti-gay hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Kim Baldonado reports for the NBC4 News at 4:10 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019.

A female robbery suspect was arrested after trying to flee police by climbing onto a building and jumping from rooftop to rooftop after a car chase ended Wednesday in Bell Gardens.

A man who allegedly shot and killed an acquaintance during an argument in Downey in 2015 has been arrested in Mexico and extradited to the United States to face murder charges, police said Tuesday.

Two men were injured on Monday when the car they were in crashed into a tree, a utility box and into a business in a Downey strip mall, authorities said.

Two men who were believed to have been speeding plowed into a Downey store, injuring them both. Michelle Valles reports for Today in LA on Monday, Aug. 26, 2019.

A Downey man was arrested Thursday in connection with more than 50 criminal charges stemming from the sale of 28 puppies — most of whom subsequently died, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

The motor home involved in a police pursuit Tuesday in the San Fernando Valley that left at least three people hospitalized was purchased using a stolen driver’s license.

The man who shot at police during a high-speed police chase is identified as a man from Torrance. Rick Montanez reports on NBC4 News at 8 p.m. on May 11, 2019.

A passenger in a car leaned out the window and opened fire during a freeway chase shootout. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Friday May 10, 2019.

A Southern California man who was imprisoned in Israel for trying to bomb a bus has been sentenced in the U.S. for lying to immigration authorities when he became a citizen.

After touring a county hospital in Downey, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday Los Angeles County will partner with the state to combine their market strength in hopes of negotiating lower prescription drug costs from pharmaceutical companies.

A cat rescued after getting trapped inside a cinder block wall in Downey was available Thursday for adoption.

Two young men arrested, along with a teenage boy, on suspicion of committing an armed robbery at a Long Beach business are facing felony charges, police and prosecutors said Tuesday.