A man who was killed in a Jefferson Park shooting that left another man seriously wounded has been identified as 22-year-old Darnell Jackson. The February 7 shooting occurred near Cimarron Street and 23rd Street around 4 a.m.

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According to reports, the two men were standing on the sidewalk when two female suspects and two male suspects shot them in the head. Jackson died at a hospital about an hour later. The other man, whose name was withheld, was hospitalized in serious condition. Anyone with information about the Sunday morning shooting should contact LAPD's Southwest Division detectives at (213) 485-4341.

A 40-year-old gang intervention worker was shot and killed February 7 after he got into an argument with a tagger. Ronald L. Barron worked for Amer-I-Can, a gang-intervention program founded by Football hall of Fame member Jim Brown. He was known for his gang outreach work in the L.A. County jails.

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According to police reports, Barron was leaving the Cottage Bar in the 5000 block of West Pico Boulevard with his girlfriend when he confronted a tagger putting graffiti on a nearby wall around 9:50 pm on Sunday. The suspect became angry and took out a gun and shot Barron multiple times.

​Conrad Murray, the doctor who was with Michael Jackson during the pop star's final hours, pleaded not guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in connection with Jackson's June death.

Jackson parents Joe and Katherine, brothers Randy, Jackie, Jermaine and Tito, and sister LaToya were in attendance at the LAX courthouse for the hearing Monday afternoon. Fans across the street held banners that stated "The King of Pop: Michael Jackson Gone Too Soon," and "Conrad Murray is a murderer."

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Fake Marshal's gear worn by a suspect who allegedly kidnapped and deported a woman.

​As the United States goes through a critical wave of terror threats -- Obama administration officials have expressed their certainty that an Al-Qaeda attack would be attempted within the next six months -- the organization representing LAX police is urging federal authorities to allow off-duty cops to carry weapons onboard commercial flights.

"We believe that additional armed, trained law enforcement personnel aboard aircraft is a prudent measure to be taken at this time," states Marshall McClain, president of the Los Angeles Airport Peace Officers Association (LAAPOA). "We join FLEOA (Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association) in urging President Obama to issue an executive order to authorize all law enforcement officers, active and retired, and certified by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), to carry firearms aboard domestic flights as an added line of defense against terrorists."

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​Daily News columnist and KABC 790 TalkRadio personality Doug McIntyre opined in the newspaper today that Charlie Sheen has what it takes to be Los Angeles' mayor because the Hollywood star has a lot in common with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

Sheen has "been arrested multiple times, he has an eye for the ladies, he's always on TV and his car went off a cliff," McIntyre writes. "I say he's got what it takes to be the next mayor of L.A." (The mayor has been known for his own eye for the ladies, although whether or not he's been arrested multiple times -- he has acknowledged a troubled youth growing up on the city's Eastside -- is a matter of conjecture).

​Active cyclists in Los Angeles are a whiny and righteous bunch. While barking to be treated with equal rights and deference on the road, we've all-too-many times seen group runs burn just about every traffic law imaginable. On the other hand ... facts speak louder than anecdotes. Here's one:

Nearly one out of four bicycle-involved traffic collisions in the city of L.A. involve hit-and-run motorists, according to the latest data from the Los Angeles Police Department, which were obtained by the blog Westside Bikeside. That's right, 23 percent of car-versus-bike crashes end with a driver taking off. Twenty percent of those hit-and-runs are felonies, too, according to the LAPD.

​Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis has been a bit sue-happy these days. When the website Gawker named him "Douche of the Decade" (and alleged he was a rapist), he sent a vicious letter and promised to take the blog to court. And when a Playboy model echoed what she described as a physical assault by Francis at a Hollywood nightclub, he sued her for defamation.

Well, on Monday a Los Angeles Superior Court judge threw out Francis' suit, finding, among other things, that his lascivious videos provide an opening for the discussion of how women like the plaintiff, Jayde Nicole, have been treated by Francis; that he's a public figure who draws protected speech; and that his confrontation with Nicole was an incident of public interest.

Dr. Conrad Murray.

​The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office on Monday morning filed its long-awaited case against Conrad Murray, the Houston physician who was with Michael Jackson during the pop star's last hours in June.

Murray "did unlawfully, and without malice, kill Michael Joseph Jackson...in the commission of an unlawful act, not amounting to a felony; and in the commission of a lawful act which might have produced death, in an unlawful manner, and without due caution and circumspection," argues the District Attorney's office in a statement released Monday. Murray was charged with involuntary manslaughter and was expected to appear Monday afternoon for arraignment at the LAX courthouse.

A 23-year-old man was fatally shot as he stood in front of a residence in the 4500 block of South 3rd Avenue February 7. The shooting, which occurred in the Hyde Park neighborhood, was the first of four killings in South Los Angeles over the weekend. Deshawn Sanders was transported to a nearby hospital where he died of his injuries.

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Police have no information about the suspect or whether the shooting was gang-related. Anyone with information should contact LAPD's Southwest Division detectives at (213) 485-4341.

​The next time you see a man with a gun on his hip at Starbucks, he could be participating in a group's pro-gun demonstration to advocate the right to openly display side arms in public in California. As the movement to carry weapons at Starbucks, Peet's Coffee & Tea, California Pizza Kitchen and other coffee spots and eateries has gained some steam in the Bay Area this year, an anti-gun group on Friday urged Starbucks to ban the practice in the wake of similar prohibitions by Peet's and CPK.

We weren't sure if such a display of arms would be legal in the city of Los Angeles, so we asked a Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman. She said she didn't think so -- not without special permits for concealed weapons and security guards, but she referred us the Los Angeles Police Commission for a better answer. Someone there told us the same deal: "That is my understanding," she said, but she referred us to a commission "gun unit" for a better answer. After calling there we were told that all the gun unit folks were gone for the weekend. (Really!? At 4 p.m.? Must be a city-budget furlough day).