Lakewood

Carjacking suspect shot to death by police

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LAKEWOOD, CO – A suspect who allegedly threatened staff at a local Walmart and then proceeded to carjack an elderly woman was shot dead on Wednesday morning by officers from the Lakewood Police Department. Police officers responded to a call at about 10:20 a.m., reporting threat activities inside a Walmart at 440 Wadsworth Boulevard. The staff claimed a man had menaced them with a firearm a few minutes before they alerted the police, as described …

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Mass overdose leaves one dead, three hospitalized

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LAKEWOOD, CA – A potential mass overdose incident took place involving the potent synthetic opioid, fentanyl. The overdose led to one man’s death and the hospitalization of three other people in Lakewood, as informed by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Emergency services were alerted around 1 a.m. on Sunday about the fentanyl-related incident. Officers arrived after they received a distress call about four people who had seemingly ceased breathing due to a suspected fentanyl …

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