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—Sylmar: A shooting occurred at a gas station in Sylmar on Sunday night involving an off-duty L.A. County sheriff's deputy, who reportedly fired on some suspects but was not injured himself. Two others reportedly "self-transported" to a hospital for injuries, which are not believed to be from any gunfire. [KTLA]
—Boyle Heights: Protestors greeted the Caruso campaign's stop in Boyle Heights with chants of "culero," ridiculing and rousting the candidate. [El Random Hero]
—Montebello: One man is dead and three others wounded by stabbings on Sunday evening, believed to have stemmed from an argument and fight within one single family. [ABC]
—Lancaster: Pop singer Aaron Carter was found dead at the age of 34 in his home on Saturday, with an initial Sheriff's Department claim that he was discovered and "unresponsive" in the bathtub by a house sitter. [TMZ]