Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

BASSETT - A man’s death led to a homicide investigation Tuesday night.

First responders were sent to the 13500 block of Temple Avenue in unincorporated Bassett around 9:53 p.m. A male adult suffered unspecified injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Sheriff’s Homicide detectives have yet to publicly share the apparent cause of death.

Anyone with information on this incident is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Remain anonymous by calling LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3Tips mobile app, or lacrimestoppers.org.

BASSETT - Two people were critically injured and two received non-life-threatening injuries in a violent crash that flipped a car that ultimately struck a home.

The crash occurred just before 11:30 p.m. June 15 near Vineland Avenue and Amar Road. Two sedans ended up crashing: one struck a wall, the second violently crashed through a cinderblock wall and struck a home.

No one in the home was injured.

The vehicles that crashed may have been racing prior to the collision, the California Highway Patrol was initially told.

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