Suspect, Officer Wounded in Shooting–RL NEWS Breifs June 16, 2015

Suspect, Officer Wounded in Shooting

LONG BEACH — The Long Beach Police Department identified a suspect they said was involved in a shooting that wounded an officer on June 14.
The LBPD identified 31-year-old Eric Arroyo as a suspect in the officer involved shooting.
The incident took place at about 9 p.m. that day, when police officer were dispatched to an apartment complex on the 3000 block of East Artesia Boulevard. When the police entered the complex, Arroyo exited one of the apartment units and began firing shots at an officer in the courtyard. Three officers returned fire at the suspect. One officer and the suspect both sustained gunshot injuries, officials said.
Arroyo remains hospitalized. The wounded officer, who remains unidentified, underwent surgery June 15, officials said. Both injuries are considered non-life threatening.
After learning the suspect had fired a gun within an apartment complex nearby, officers entered the complex to look for victims and evidence.
When they entered the complex, the suspect exited one of the apartment units and began shooting at an officer in the courtyard. Three officers returned fire at the suspect. Officials said the suspect then left the complex and dropped his weapon, which was later recovered.
Officers used an electronic control device to take Arroyo into custody. Arroyo resisted arrest. A second officer sustained minor injuries during that altercation, officials said.
Arroyo was booked for attempted murder of a police officer.
The case is still being investigated and will be presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to call (562) 570-7244 or visit www.LACrimeStoppers.org.

Tongva Nation Files Public Nuisance Notice Against Plains All American.

SANTA BARBARA — On June 14, Tongva Ancestral Tribal Nation Administrator John Tommy Rosas filed a public nuisance notice against Plains All American Pipeline.
The notice was related to a May oil spill in Santa Barbara.
The letter, written by the Tongva Nation’s legal representative, Anthony Patchett, highlights the mismanagement of Plains operators citing a number of obvious mistakes that have led to dire environmental consequences.
The letter also makes direct references to the Plains All American Pipeline’s subsidiary, Rancho LPG LLC, in the Los Angeles Harbor Area. This facility has been of grave concern to local residents for more than 40 years due to the voluminous 25 million gallons of highly explosive butane and propane gases and the facility’s close proximity to pre-existing homes and schools.
The Plains/Rancho 42-year-old liquefied petroleum gas tanks sit within a city documented “Earthquake Rupture Zone” (a convergence of multiple faults) whose magnitude quake potential is 7.3. The millions of gallons of explosive liquefied petroleum gas are stored in tanks built in 1973 to a seismic sub-standard of 5.5 to 6.0. The Plains/Rancho property is designated by the U.S. Geological Survey as “landslide” and “liquefaction” areas.