Gunman who was involved in a five-hour stand-off with armed police in west London Tuesday is dead

Gunman who was involved in a five-hour stand-off with armed police in west London Tuesday is dead, police said, although there was no immediate confirmation of how he died."Following the incident a man has been pronounced dead. This is now a matter for the Independent Police Complaints Commission (watchdog)," a force spokesman told AFP by telephone.IPCC spokesman Richard Offer told AFP: "The IPCC will independently investigate the fatal shooting of a man in the King's Road area of Chelsea tonight.
"At 9:50 pm (2050 GMT) the Metropolitan Police Service referred the incident to the IPCC. IPCC investigators are going to the scene to start the inquiry."There were three separate exchanges of fire between police and the man, after they were called to the scene at 4:50 pm following reports of gunshots in the area.Trained negotiators were also sent to the area, much of which was closed off to traffic and residents, causing chaos at rush hour. The man holed himself up in a house in Markham Square.Speaking at the scene, Commander Ali Desai told reporters earlier: "This is clearly a very very serious incident but our prime task is to contain the situation and negotiate our way through this."An eyewitness told Sky News television the shooting started after an argument between a man and a woman. The woman was heard to say the gunman was her ex-boyfriend, who is licensed to hold guns.Another said her house was shot at by a man brandishing a shotgun. He fired into one of her second floor bedrooms, sending shot spraying over pictures.
Local shop owners and householders were reported as saying that police had told them to lock themselves inside while the stand-off continued.

Lil Wayne appeared in an Arizona courtroom

Lil Wayne appeared in an Arizona courtroom on Tuesday (May 6) to answer to several drug charges, stemming from an arrest in January.He has maintained since that arrest, the rapper entered a not guilty plea on charges of multiple drug possession charges -- three being felonies -- and a misconduct involving weapons charge.He is scheduled to appear back in court on May 19.Weezy was arrested at in late January, following a search of his tour bus during a routine stop at a Border Patrol checkpoint just outside of Yuma, Arizona.During the stop, DEA found numerous narcotics -- including 105 grams of marijuana, 29 grams of cocaine and 41 grams of ecstasy -- and a 40-caliber pistol registered to the rapper.Wayne's legal team filed a motion in March asking for a lesser drug charge, claiming the amount of cocaine (29 grams) was incorrect. They claim that the rapper had fewer than eight grams of coke.He was subsequently arrested, along with two others, and booked into the Yuma County Sheriff's Department.A day after his arrest, he posted $10,000 bond and is currently free pending the outcome of his case

Unidentified man was killed with a bullet from his own gun

unidentified man was killed with a bullet from his own gun early yesterday during a struggle with police in an elevator machine room atop a commercial midtown Manhattan building, police said.Assistant Chief Michael Collins of the New York Police Department said they believe the man to be a 51-year-old from Brooklyn whose background includes a string of at least 15 burglary and stolen property arrests dating to 1982, according to a preliminary investigation.An employee at 30 E. 40th St. reported the altercation to police around 3:40 a.m. after finding evidence of a break-in at the 13-story building, Collins said. On surveillance video, the employee had spotted a man who resembled a suspect wanted in earlier burglaries at the building, he said.Police responded and followed the man from the penthouse floor, which contains a dentist's office and hair salon, to the roof, where he crawled through a window and into the elevator machine room, Collins said.
A police sergeant and a lieutenant followed him into the dark room, where, according to a police source, the sergeant saw what appeared to be a gun in the man's hand and began striking him with a police radio to loosen the weapon from his grasp.
The gun went off, shooting the man in the head, but it was unclear whether he had shot himself intentionally or whether the gun - inside a nylon sock - went off accidentally in the struggle, the source said.Collins said the man was wearing two pairs of pants and on his right hand two pairs of latex gloves. They also found a nylon bag with a hacksaw and a rope and another bag with three Dell laptops near the scene.Police are still investigating the incident, Collins said.

George Iknadosian knowingly sold at least 650 firearms, including high-end semiautomatic pistols and assault-style rifles, to drug cartels

George Iknadosian, 46, knowingly sold at least 650 firearms, including high-end semiautomatic pistols and assault-style rifles, to drug cartels, the ATF said.arrest of a gun shop owner on Tuesday broke up a suspected firearms trafficking operation that supplied violent Mexican drug cartels, authorities said.
Agents raided X Calibur Guns and arrested George Iknadosian after undercover agents bought guns at the store indicating they were to be trafficked to Mexico, said Carlos Baixauli, a special agent with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.The investigation began 11 months ago after some guns involved in crimes in Mexico were traced to X Caliber Guns in Phoenix, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard said.Also arrested were two Mexican brothers who are accused of recruiting "straw buyers" to purchase weapons at X Calibur Guns that would then be trafficked to the drug cartels.Hugo Gamez, 26, and Cesar Gamez, 28, were legally living in the Phoenix metro area, but Baixauli said the brothers worked for a major Mexican drug cartel."This is not just taking guns to Mexico," Phoenix police Asst. Chief Andy Anderson said. "This is putting guns in the hands of drug dealers and human smugglers ... This is a despicable crime."The three men in custody face charges including conducting an illegal enterprise, misconduct involving weapons, money laundering, forgery and fraudulent schemes. It wasn't clear whether they had lawyers."The bottom line is illegal gun trafficking is not only destroying Mexico, but some of these guns may get back to the United States," Baixauli said. "It puts our law enforcement officers in danger, and in Mexico, it decimates law enforcement."

First-degree murder charges have been laid against Denis Jerome Labossiere and two other men in the murders of his parents and brother

First-degree murder charges have been laid against Denis Jerome Labossiere and two other men in the murders of his parents and brother in November 2005. RCMP said the 37-year-old Labossiere, Jeremie Gerard Toupin, 22, and Michel Marc Hince, 21, hatched and carried out a plan to kill the trio in their St. Leon-area farmhouse on a winter night. Sources allege Labossiere came up with the plan and recruited the men so he could collect on an insurance policy and estate. Fernand Labossiere, 78, his 74-year-old wife Rita and their son Remi, 44, were shot to death before their farmhouse was burned down in an attempt to cover up the crime. A relative said the arrests are "a long time overdue" and bring relief to the family, which has been living in fear. "It's sad that it was possibly one of our family members that went to this extreme," the relative said. "It's unbelievable. How can this be?" In previous interviews, family members said they were afraid of Jerome, 37, and long suspected he may have had a hand in the deaths of his parents and brother. The relative said additional arrests are anticipated and the family is hoping this will bring an end to the mystery -- and fear -- surrounding the triple murder. The mystery deepened last month when Joel Labossiere, 34 -- a grandson of Fernand and Rita -- and his 33-year-old wife Magdalena, who was pregnant, were found shot to death in their St. Vital home. No one has been arrested in the double slaying, but city police are probing whether it has anything to do with a family court dispute. At issue is the estate of Remi, who took over the family farm. Remi's seven-year-old will left his estate to his nieces and nephews. After the triple murder, Jerome produced a new will that left the estate to his teenage son. Relatives claim the second will was a forgery. Joel had a protection order against his uncle Jerome and claimed in court documents Jerome was trying to get him to give up his stake in the $1.3-million estate. "He said if I didn't sign over my share, I would get this, like, he made this gesture of a gun," Joel said at a protection order hearing in December, according to a transcript.
Jerome denied the claims. Members of the RCMP's emergency response team arrested Jerome during a dramatic takedown on Riverton Avenue in Elmwood on Thursday night.
Witnesses said several unmarked police vehicles boxed in a pickup truck just west of Henderson Highway, and officers then smashed the truck's windows and tossed a smoke bomb inside the cab.Witnesses said the heavily-armed tactical unit pulled Labossiere and another man from the truck at gunpoint. RCMP spokeswoman Sgt. Line Karpish said police arrested Hince, a Winnipeg resident, in rural Manitoba on Thursday but would not say where. Toupin was arrested in Lower Nicola, B.C., where he resides, last Wednesday. He is originally from St. Leon, and will soon be escorted back to Winnipeg. All three are charged with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of conspiracy to commit murder. Hince and Toupin are friends of Jerome's, a relative said. The relative said Toupin's younger brother, Andre, was arrested with Jerome in February 2006 during a sweep of Hells Angels members and associates.
Jerome was convicted later that year and sentenced to six years in prison for selling cocaine for the biker gang. He claims he is no longer an associate of the Hells Angels. Before the arrest, he was on day parole and was eligible for full parole later this month.

Jerome Labossière, his nephew Daniel Labossière and two Hells Angels associates were accused of hiding a cache of high-powered weapons

Police raided a residence on Four Mile Road in January 2006, seizing four firearms -- a Tec-9 submachinegun, Ruger Mini-14, FN assault rifle and an Israeli-made version of the Russian AK-47.Jerome Labossière, his nephew Daniel Labossière and two Hells Angels associates were accused of hiding a cache of high-powered weapons inside a south Winnipeg home just weeks after his parents and brother were gunned down in St. Leon, according to court documents obtained by the Free Press.
The Tec-9 barrel had been modified to attach a silencer, although one wasn't found. Police also seized hundreds of rounds of ammunition."It's certainly not for hunting," police Sgt. Rick Guyader said at the time.The couple who owned the property was arrested and charged with numerous weapons offences -- but only now has the alleged link to the Labossière family been revealed.Winnipeg police wrote an affidavit to obtain a search warrant days before the raid, telling a magistrate that an informant had come to them.The mystery man -- known as "Source A" throughout the documents -- said Jérôme and Daniel Labossière, along with Hells Angels associates Andre Toupin and Al Lebras, were involved in "trafficking multi-kilogram amounts of cocaine and thousands of tablets of ecstasy."Source A said he had been at the home on Four Mile Road in January when Jérôme and Daniel showed up with two large duffle bags they'd removed from the back of a pickup truck."Two assault rifles were removed from the duffle bags, one from each.Four loaded magazines for the assault rifles, two from each bag, were also removed. The loaded magazines were placed in a plastic fishing tackle box which was placed in the rafters of the garage. The two assault rifles were taken into the house," Source A said, according to police.
Source A said Lebras had called him about the guns, saying they had to find a good hiding spot because the November 2005 St. Leon murder was putting "lots of police attention" on Lebras, Jérôme and Daniel Labossière and they didn't want the guns to be found."Source A indicates that Lebras and the Labossières have the assault rifles for the purpose of protecting their illegal drug trafficking activities against rival criminals/outlaw motorcycle gangs," police said.Source A said he'd only been to the home at Four Mile Road on one prior occasion, for a party that had occurred just before Christmas 2005. He said Jerome, Daniel and Lebras were present.
Police said Source A was a reliable, truthful informant with no prior criminal record who was looking for a financial reward for his work. They said the weapons needed to be seized immediately to protect the public."The firearms could be moved at any time when police are unable to act," they wrote.Jérôme's connections to the Hells Angels are well-established. He was arrested in February 2006 for making a series of drug deals with criminalturned- police-agent Franco Atanasovic. Twelve other suspects were arrested, including Andre Toupin. Toupin is related to Jeremie Toupin, who along with Jérôme is now charged with the St. Leon murders. Andre Toupin will go on trial later this year. He is free on bail.The allegations that Daniel Labossière has ties to the Hells Angels are new. Previously, Jérôme had claimed in court documents that his other nephew, Joël Labossiere, was a Hells hangaround and good friend of Lebras. No mention was made of Daniel. Joël denied the allegations.Daniel and Joël Labossière jointly owned JDL Construction Inc.

Juan Merced fatally shot in a BMW that had crashed on the 4200 block of Foothill Boulevard. Two other people were injured by gunfire

At about 2 a.m., police found Juan Merced, 21, of Oakland fatally shot in a BMW that had crashed on the 4200 block of Foothill Boulevard. Two other people were injured by gunfire in that incident, police said, but didn't elaborate.man was found shot and killed in a crashed car early Saturday in Oakland and two other people were shot and wounded in the latest spate of violence that police believe was related to illegal street races known as sideshows.Another car was found crashed and riddled with bullets at 51st Avenue and Foothill, a half-mile away, but it was unclear whether that crash was related.Police said the triple shooting appeared to be related to sideshows, the reckless displays of stunts and speed by drivers who often are intoxicated and typically don't have drivers' licenses. The BMW was among a group of cars that had congregated in the area, police said.But Merced's family and friends said they found it hard to believe that the victim, whom they called "Johnny," would participate in a sideshow."He doesn't engage in sideshows," said Merced's close friend, Sharhonda King, 23. "He just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong person."King described Merced as "sweet, kindhearted, very caring, loved to laugh and loved to joke." He was somewhat shy and liked playing video games and going on the computer to look up information about cars, she said. He worked at a Sleep Train store in East Oakland, his family said.
Merced's girlfriend, Jourdan Clark, 20, said, "He really didn't have any enemies. He was just loved by everyone."Police said the shooting is the latest example of the violence that can erupt at sideshows, which started in Oakland in the late 1980s and have been linked to dozens of deaths and injuries and property damage, including instances in which police have been shot at and pelted with bottles and rocks.
Oakland Police Deputy Chief Dave Kozicki said the size of crowds at sideshows has declined to fewer than 100 people, from an average of several hundred in the mid-1990s, due to tougher law enforcement and 30-day vehicle impounds. But he said the violence associated with sideshows has escalated.
The increased violence "is just part of the situation we are seeing in general in Oakland," Kozicki said. "We're seeing too many people settling problems with guns; the sideshows are just one example." Some recent sideshows have involved death and property damage unrelated to firearms, however. Saturday's slaying comes two weeks after a 22-year-old woman was killed when her car was hit head-on as she participated in a sideshow at 47th Avenue and Foothill. And on April 12, two cars apparently involved in a sideshow plowed through the front yard of a bungalow-style home at 2040 90th Ave. near Bancroft Avenue in East Oakland at about 4:20 a.m., breaking a gas line and touching off a blaze that destroyed most of the three-bedroom residence.Oakland City Council President Ignacio De La Fuente said Saturday that police could cut down on sideshows by confiscating and selling vehicles associated with the gatherings rather than just impounding them for 30 days - the current limit under state law. In 2007, the council repealed a 2005 ordinance that enabled police officers to seize cars used in the sideshows, after the state Supreme Court ruled that similar local laws are superseded by state law, which only allows police to impound cars for 30 days in this kind of case.
In spite of the fact that Oakland's car seizure law has been repealed, De La Fuente said, "We should push the envelope" and seize cars anyway. "As a city, we get sued for everything anyway. ... By the time someone gets his day in court, we'll have had his car for a long time."

Levon Warner arrested for the killing of a Philadelphia officer during a robbery

Philadelphia police announced just before 8 a.m. Sunday that one person was arrested for the killing of a Philadelphia officer during a robbery, and they have the warrant to arrest another person.During a news conference late Sunday morning, Philadelphia Police released more names linked to the murder of Sergeant Stephen Liczbinski.The man in custody and charged with robbery, murder and other crimes has been identified as 38-year-old Levon Warner. Police are trying to find 34-year-old Eric DeShawn Floyd. Investigators say he recently escaped from a halfway house in Reading, Pa., and he should be considered armed and dangerous.
A third suspect, now identified as 33-year-old Howard Cain, was shot and killed during a confrontation with Philadelphia Police.Liczbinski, 39 years old and serving in the 24th District, encountered suspects from the holdup of a Bank of America branch inside the Shop Rite located at 3547 Aramingo Avenue around 11:26 a.m. Saturday. On the 2500 block of E. Schiller Street, Liczbinski found a dark-colored Jeep that the suspects used to get away. At least one of the suspects drew an assault-type weapon and fired shots at Liczbinski, fatally wounding the officer.Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey told reporters, "It is my understanding that he was either in the car or had just gotten out of the car at the time he was struck."Sgt. Liczbinski was shot three times, suffering wounds to the face and abdomen. He was rushed to Northeastern Hospital then transferred to Temple University Hospital, where he later died.A short time later officers spotted the suspects inside a van in the 500 block of E. Louden Street. One suspect, now identified as Cain, was shot and later died at Einstein Medical Center. Crime scene investigators collected a weapon, an SKS assault rifle, from the sidewalk near the van. The gun was loaded with 25 rounds.Warner had initially reported a Town and Country minivan stolen. The minivan reported stolen by Werner is the minivan that police recovered along the 500 block of E. Louden Street. Inside the van, police found a fully-loaded revolver, 2 sets of Muslim clothing about $38,000 in cash and 2 GPS tracking devices. Nearby, next to a trash can, police also found another fully-loaded gun and more clothing that was linked to the initial bank robbery.During the night Saturday, police were engaged in an all-out manhunt for the suspect or suspects that got away. SWAT teams went door to door searching for the cop killers.
Police are now looking into possible links between the suspects in this crime and other robberies in the city in which the perpetrators were wearing Muslim clothing.
During their investigation, along the 3400 block of North Miller Street, police found a Jeep that had been reported stolen Friday. This is the vehicle was the Jeep involved in the shooting death of Officer Liczbinski, according to police.
Liczbinski, a 12-year veteran of the department, was recently promoted to the rank of sergeant. He would have celebrated his 40th birthday this coming Tuesday, May 6th. Liczbinski is survived by his wife Michele, sons Matt and Stephen, and daughter Amber.

Jahangar Majid ,Michael Pearson,Mazhar Mohammed guns seized, which were shown to the court, were loaded and ready to use,

Judge has jailed three men for a total of 19 years and warned that courts will show no mercy to those caught in possession of firearms.
Judge Thomas spoke out as he sentenced Jahangar Majid to five years for keeping a pistol and ammunition in his flat.
Earlier, two other men were each jailed for seven years. All three were arrested in Operation Werewolf, a series of police raids targeting gun crime earlier this year.
Manchester Crown Court was told a Browning pistol and five rounds of ammunition were found at Majid's flat, in Valley Mill Lane, Bury.
The 29-year-old former driver at Manchester Airport told police he had been 'bullied' by people in Old Trafford and Stretford into keeping the gun.
But Judge Thomas told him: "It is obvious, to those of us who sit in these courts, that there is a very unhappy connection between possession and use of guns and drugs.
"You say you have been trying to better yourself by moving away but it was your old associates, perhaps, that asked you to keep the gun.
"You must understand - and others like you in Manchester must understand - that whatever threats are made, whatever old allegiances, if you are found to be in possession of firearms, you will end up with a long prison sentence."
Earlier Michael Pearson, 28, of Roedean Gardens, Flixton, pleaded guilty to two charges of possessing a firearm, ammunition, and cannabis.
Mazhar Mohammed 24, of Albion Street, Old Trafford, pleaded guilty to two charges of possessing a firearm and ammunition.
Operation Werewolf involved more than 300 police and targeted members of an organised crime group involved in the possession, use and supply of firearms and ammunition, as well as drugs.The guns seized, which were shown to the court, were loaded and ready to use, and police say both Majid and Mohammed had links with gangs.Det Supt Darren Shenton from GP's Xcalibre Task Force said after the sentencing: "The impact of the operation cannot be under-estimated, as the circulation of such weapons has without doubt, fuelled the recent acts of extreme criminality including two murders.
"Greater Manchester Police continues to actively target such criminality. It undermines public confidence and breaks down the fabric of society, affecting decent law-abiding citizens."Throughout Operation Werewolf, the vast majority of people living in Trafford have worked closely with police, assisting in reducing criminal activity and providing valuable support.
"The sentences passed give a clear indication that this sort of criminality will be dealt with severely."

Just for Jesus rally one of the students had a gun

According to the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Department students who attended the Just for Jesus rally told deputies they thought one of the students had a gun even though they didn't see it. When deputies approached the student he ran through a bank parking lot on Lakeshore Drive.The student was caught on Broad Street across from Wendy's parking lot. Witnesses saw the student throw something blue into nearby bushes. When deputies looked through the area they found a Smith and Wesson .357 caliber handgun wrapped in a blue hooded shirt. There was one round in the gun cylinder.The gun was recovered by deputies and there were no unspent rounds in the gun. Deputies say the gun was identified as one that was stolen from a car back in September 2007. The student was arrested and taken to the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office.The student attends Reynaud Middle School and is 15-years-old.CPSO Sgt. Jerry Roessler is the primary deputy for this incident.Three other students were arrested for fighting. Another arrested for underaged possession of tobacco products.