Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

WEST COVINA - A stabbing victim is in critical condition Friday after an early-morning attack and a suspect is in custody, the West Covina Police Department said.

Valinda man Peter Jacobo, 43, was arrested after a suspect search. He is being held in lieu of $1 million bail and was booked on suspicion of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon, according to the West Covina Police Department.

The stabbing occurred in the the 100 block of South Glendora Avenue December 31. Officers were called to the scene at 2:07 a.m. Officers arrived alongside paramedics and tended to the victim, according to the West Covina Police Department.

Investigators are looking for additional witnesses to the crime.

Witnesses are urged to call the West Covina Police Department Tip-line at 626-939-8688. You may remain anonymous. Information can also be provided anonymously by calling LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3Tips mobile app, or lacrimestoppers.org.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

WEST COVINA – Two children were taken into protective custody after a shooting left a man and woman dead Christmas Day.

The man was identified as 46-year-old Elton Williams IV, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. The 37-year-old woman who later died at a hospital remains publicly unidentified.

Officers arrived to a reported shooting at an apartment in the 26600 block of South Azusa Avenue around 12:51 p.m. December 25 to find Williams already dead. Two children were removed from the location and were taken into protective custody. The children were later released to family members, according to the West Covina Police Department.

Both Williams and the woman were in a dating relationship.

“There was an altercation between the two which led to the shooting, which is still being investigated. The West Covina Police Department have no reason to believe there are any outstanding suspects or threat to the community,” according to the West Covina Police Department in a written statement.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

UPDATE, 10:33 a.m., December 26: The West Covina police Department announced the second shooting victim who was hospitalized died sometime December 25. The investigation continues. It is unclear if I suspect still remains on identified or out of custody.

WEST COVINA - Detectives are reportedly still searching for a suspect or suspects involved in a double shooting that left one person dead at an apartment complex December 25.

Officers were dispatched to a report of a shooting at an apartment complex in the 2600 block of South Azusa Avenue at 12:51 p.m. Saturday. The surviving victim was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, according to the West Covina Police Department.

“The investigation is still ongoing and no suspects have been arrested or identified at this time,” the West Covina Police Department said in a written statement.

Anyone with information on this shooting is urged to call the West Covina Police Department tip line at 626-939-8688. 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.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

WEST COVINA - A U-Haul truck was recovered after the driver finally surrendered at the end of a pursuit and crash at Dodger Stadium Thursday.

Officers attempted to stop the driver of a U-Haul truck after locating at Workman Avenue and Azusa Avenue around 1:40 a.m. December 23. Officers were notified of the stolen vehicle through the city’s flock camera system, according to the West Covina Police Department.

The driver refused to stop and led police on a chase to Dodger Stadium where the driver crashed.

“The suspect barricaded himself inside of the vehicle and refused to comply with officers' commands. However, after a substantial amount of time the officers were able to get the driver into custody without incident,” according to the West Covina Police Department in a written statement.

The suspect’s name was not given.

WEST COVINA – A pedestrian was struck and killed after walking onto lanes of the east I-10 freeway near Holt Avenue.

All eastbound lanes at the Holt Avenue on ramp are closed for three to four hours for an investigation, according to the California Highway Patrol.

It appears a CHP officer spoke to a pedestrian on the west I-10 freeway near Holt Avenue around 5:47 a.m. The pedestrian allegedly said someone as trying to kill him. The pedestrian, only described as a male with tattoos then ran across traffic lanes to the center divider, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The pedestrian was first hit by a vehicle’s side mirror as the pedestrian walked against traffic along the middle lanes of the freeway as he attempted to flag down drivers, according to the CHP.

Around 6:04 a.m. came in the first report of the pedestrian possibly down in traffic lanes just west of Via Verde in the No. 3 and 4 lanes. By 6:19 a.m., CHP officers were requesting a hard closure of eastbound lanes.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

WEST COVINA - A stabbing victim found their way to a nearby Yogurtland where police and medics responded to treat the man and investigate what led to the attack Thursday evening.

Officers responded to Yogurtland, 1000 West Covina Pkwy., around 7:35 p.m. December 2. The man’s injuries are possibly considered not life-threatening, according to Lt. Keith Freeman of the West Covina Police Department.

Details are few at the time this post was published, but the stabbing reportedly occurred at or near a bus stop near the intersection of South California Avenue and West Covina Parkway, Freeman told SGV CityWatch.

The motive for the attack and a suspect description are either unknown or have yet to be publicly shared.

WEST COVINA – An adult and juvenile were arrested after one of the two suspects brandished a firearm at the occupant of another vehicle Monday afternoon.

CHP officers were told of the incident around 2:50 p.m. November 29 on the eastbound I-10 freeway at Vincent Avenue. The victim exited the freeway into West Covina on Vincent Avenue, according to Officer Rodrigo Jimenez of the California Highway Patrol Baldwin Park Office.

The West Covina Police Department was also notified after the occupants of the suspect vehicle, a Ford F-150, entered surface streets, according to the West Covina Police Department.

At 3:15 p.m., the West Covina Police Department notified the CHP that the two suspects were being detained at gunpoint, Jimenez told SGV CityWatch.

CHP officers arrived to take both suspects into custody. The Ford F-150 was reported stolen out of Las Vegas.

The adult was identified as 18-year-old Jason Armando Orellana, a Los Angeles resident.

The juvenile was booked and later released to the custody of his parents or guardian, Jimenez told SGV CityWatch.

Jimenez did not know who brandished the firearm.

Among the crimes being investigated are occupying a stolen vehicle, tampering or altering a Vehicle Identification Number, brandishing a firearm, possession of a loaded firearm and possession of a loaded firearm while not being the registered owner, Jimenez told SGV CityWatch.