Siege Ends After Hours of Firefight at Easy Avenue
Investigators sought motive for the ambush that turned a quiet Long Beach block into a battlefield for over an hour. Police, including STAR team members, surrounded the Lowe home on Easy Avenue after shots were exchanged from inside. Women and children escaped the siege unharmed, later being questioned and released.
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Kennedy Lowe
John H. Morris
Oregon Ave
Easy Avenue
Lowe
Morris
Long Beach
Signal Hill
Highway Patrol
Elkins
Steve Housden
Russell Putnam
Los Altos Hospital
Terry Walton
Housden
Cers
Wallon
Katie
Virginia Townes
Verna Mae Townes
May Frances Lowe
Jean Stevens
Kennedy
Katie Lowe
Walton
Dick Emery
Neighbors recount siege and racial tension in Lowe house incident
A neighbor recalls a drawn out confrontation at the Lowe home in which a suspect fired on police, ending with paramedics and a doctor arriving as the siege concluded. The Lowe family, black, faced concerns about neighborhood upheaval and misperceived racial motivations, while bystander Tim Potter described the chaotic scene and gunfire.
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City Hall
Tromble
Lowe House
Kennedy Lowe
New Year's holiday traffic toll hits 144 in California
The Associated Press reports 144 traffic fatalities nationwide by Thursday as the four day New Year weekend ends. California recorded 11 deaths from 6 p.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday, with CHP noting crackdown on drinking drivers may have helped.
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Fation
California
Associated Press
National Safety Council
The
Highway Patrol
Long Beach
Los Angeles
CHP
Holiday fires claim families across the coast
Fires of unknown origin swept homes from New England to California on New Year’s Eve into Thursday. In Santa Ana Katherine Miller 63 and Fred Navarro Sr. 79 died in apartment and home fires. three killed in Camarillo mobile home blaze. a Brooklyn incident left four children aged up to nine dead as parents were away. Authorities reported extensive damage and firefighting efforts across multiple sites.
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Santa Ana
Katherine Miller
Lacy St
Fred Navarro Sr
Marcella Way
Flying Glass
Camarillo
Oxnard Fire Department
Ventura County Department
New England
West Coast
Brooklyn
St A Pamy
Bryce Mountain Ski
Mount Jackson
James Farber
Norgana
Calif
Robert Farber
Arington
Charles
Carol Roberson
Robert Spielman
South Boston
Merrick
Marlboro
Mass
Belgium cafe fire kills 15 in New Year tragedy
A flash fire at a packed cafe in La Louviere Belgium early Thursday killed 15 revelers mostly teens and injured 38. Police called the cafe a fire trap as victims crowded near the exit. A survivor said girls panicked, many blocked by a narrow doorway and a shuttered window. Firemen found seven bodies in the rear toilet and suspects point to a short circuit or paper decorations ignition. The owner is being questioned for safety regulation compliance.
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Belgium
I Tallan
James
Greenwood
Ind
Norwalk
Conn
William Paulavic
Paulovic
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