Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

UPDATE: All affected lanes have since reopened to traffic.

UPDATE, 6:44 a.m.: The HOV and No. 1 lanes are now open. This collision is now a fatal. The county medical examiner is en route.

​COVINA - A reported injury crash has led authorities to shut down all eastbound lanes of the I-10 Freeway near Forest Lawn cemetery Sunday morning.

The crash occurred on the eastbound I-10 Freeway just west of Via Verde Avenue. The California Highway Patrol was dispatched around 4:50 a.m. January 25.

The Sig Alert for all eastbound lanes may last until 6:30 a.m.

It is not immediately clear how many people have been injured in the crash.

A dark-colored sedan reportedly struck an unspecified portion of guardrail on the right shoulder. At least one of the vehicle’s occupants was waving down passing motorists, trying to get some help before CHP arrived, according to California Highway Patrol traffic logs.

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Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

COVINA - Beef between rival La Puente gang bangers led to a crazy chase and shooting last year and the suspect was recently apprehended.

John Patrick Lopez, 26, was officially charged with one count of attempted murder and one count of shooting at an inhabited dwelling, according to Los Angeles County Superior Court records.

Lopez was additionally charged with a serious felony enhancement, two counts each of a prior serious/violent felony conviction, two counts of special allegations of personal and intentional discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury, and one count of a special allegation of personal use of a firearm.

Lopez was found driving in La Verne January 7 and arrested.

The shooting occurred June 29, 2025. Lopez and another driver, both of whom are gang members, recognized each other. At some point a shooting occurred, taking place outside Royal Oaks Middle School, 303 S. Glendora Ave., according to the Covina Police Department.

Lopez chased the other driver, a 26-year-old La Puente man, around Covina streets for two miles, wounding his adversary in the leg. The other driver crashed into another vehicle, according to the Covina Police Department.

Lopez made an initial appearance in Pomona Superior Court January 9 and is scheduled for a January 27 arraignment and plea, according to Los Angeles Superior Court records.

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