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—A suspect pointed a gun at two women on a street in Long Beach, demanding their baby girl, only to be later arrested with an accomplice. [NBC]
—Monkeypox cases have more than doubled in Los Angeles in the last two weeks, with 1,105 monkeypox cases reported countywide so far as of Friday. [LAT]
—One man was killed and another wounded in a shooting in Hollywood on Saturday afternoon following a dispute between 10- to 15 people over a handbag outside of a cannabis dispensary. [NBC]
—A 14-year-old boy was wounded by a ricocheting bullet inside of a Foot Locker in Hollywood this weekend. [CBS]