Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

MOUNTAINS - A bicyclist reportedly died in a collision on Highway 39 in the Azusa foothills Thursday morning.

Los Angeles County fire fighters and the California Highway Patrol were called to Highway 39 south of East Fork Road around 10:16 a.m. July 28.

Few details are available at the time this post was launched.

It is unclear how many bicyclists or vehicles were involved, according to Officer Kendricks of the California Highway Patrol.

Firefighters arrived on scene and met with someone who was performing CPR on an injured person, according to California Highway Patrol traffic logs.

Northbound and southbound lanes of Highway 39 between rocks Springs Way in Azusa to East Fork Road are closed for at least three more hours for an investigation, the CHP said.

SOUTH WHITTIER – A pedestrian died after being struck and killed by a driver who escaped on foot after driving away from the crash, the California Highway Patrol said.

It is unclear if investigators have a description of the suspect who ran from the damaged white Mercedes-Benz C300. The collision occurred around 10:10 p.m. at the intersection of Leffingwell Road and Corley Drive, according to the California Highway Patrol Santa Fe Springs Office.

The driver fled west on Leffingwell Road and the abandoned C300 was found on Laurel Avenue.

The pedestrian was identified as 53-year-old Lorraine Naranjo, a Whittier resident.

Anyone with information on this deadly crash is urged to call CHP Officer J. Contreras, or Public Information Officer E. Torres at 562-868-0503.

Information can be provided anonymously by calling LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3Tips mobile app, or lacrimestoppers.org.

REGION - Law enforcement agencies are scrambling to identify the suspect or suspects involved in a series of 7-Eleven robberies that left a wake of violence across three counties.

The crimes all occurred, strangely enough, on 7/11. 

A clerk in Brea was shot and killed inside a convenience store, while a man outside a Santa Ana store was shot and killed.

An Ontario store was robbed just after midnight Monday at 636 N. Vine Ave.

A robbery in Upland occurred around 12:40 a.m. at 2410 W. Arrow Rte. An image taken from surveillance video shows a uncanny similarity to the Brea robbery and murder.

A Riverside 7-Eleven, 5102 La Sierra Ave., was robbed around 1:50 a.m. A customer was shot and was last listed in grave condition, according to the Riverside Police Department.

Investigators released two images taken from a surveillance camera inside the store, giving the public a clearer view of the outstanding suspect.

A man, identified as 24-year-old Matthew Rule, was shot and killed outside a 7-Eleven, 302 E. 17th St., just before 3:30 a.m. Santa Ana Police confirmed Monday afternoon their suspect was the man connected to the other 7-Eleven shootings.

Brea police officers and firefighters responded to the 7-Eleven, 109 W. Lambert Rd., around 4:18 a.m. to a report of an employee down, suffering from a gunshot wound. The clerk, identified as 40-year-old Matthre Hirsch, was pronounced dead by firefighters, according to the Brea Police Department.

Investigators believe the same suspect wounded two people at a La Habra 7-Eleven, 381 E. Whittier Blvd. La Habra police responded to the scene around 4:55 a.m. Both Victims were treated at a hospital where they were last listed in stable condition.

Anyone with information on this shooting is urged to call Brea Police Det. Alfred Rodriguez at 714-671-4438, or email [email protected].

It is unclear if a robbery at a 7-Eleven in Vincent July 9 is connected to this string of Monday violence. The suspect. a Black man with a thin build and dressed in dark clothing, took cash while brandishing a handgun.