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A California judge has found a teenage boy guilty in the slaying of a taco truck owner last yearA California judge found a teenage boy guilty Thursday in the slaying of a taco truck owner last year, The Modesto Bee reported. The boy, who was 13 at the time, walked up to the Modesto taco truck Feb. 16, 2021, and fatally shot Rafael Avila-Rodriguez in the face, Judge Rubén Villalobos ruled Thursday in Stanislaus County Superior Court. SNIP California law states that children under 14 years old can only be prosecuted if, at the time of the crime, "they knew...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles police officers opened fire on a suspect armed with a machete. He attacked another man inside a food truck, and then smashed the vehicle into two parked cars. The incident happened on Saturday shortly before 4 a.m. at Beverly Boulevard and Berendo Street in the Westlake District. Investigators say the victim was eating outside the taco truck when he was attacked by a machete wielding suspect. The man with the machete then dragged the victim into the food truck. The two employees inside managed to escape before the suspect took off and crashed the...

LOS ANGELES – Authorities say five people have been shot and wounded as they stood in front of a taco truck near a Los Angeles County intersection.

OAKLAND (CBS 5 / BCN) ― A man who was shot late Thursday night at an Oakland taco truck died less than an hour later at a hospital, police said Friday. Officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 3800 block of Foothill Boulevard just before 11 p.m., according to officials. When police arrived they learned the male adult victim, identified as Brandon Quilice of Oakland, had been driven to a local hospital by a friend, officials said. Police then went to the hospital where they learned the victim had been pronounced dead shortly after arriving, according to officials....