2 slain, 1 wounded in bar shooting
CLOVIS — A shooting in a Fresno County bar killed two men and wounded a third early Saturday, police said.
The violence erupted around 2 a.m. in the Old Town section of Clovis, the Fresno Bee reported.
Officers responding to 911 calls found two victims inside the Palace Bar and a third outside, police said in a release.
“Unfortunately, one of the subjects was pronounced deceased inside the bar. The two other subjects were transported to local hospitals, where one of them also passed away,” Sgt. Jim Koch said.
The third man was in stable condition early Saturday at a hospital, the newspaper reported.
There were no immediate arrests and the motive remained unknown, police said.
SAN FRANCISCO — A mountain lion captured in a San Francisco neighborhood has been released into the wild.
The young male cougar was tranquilized and taken to the Oakland Zoo early Thursday, state Fish and Wildlife spokesman Ken Paglia told the San Francisco Chronicle.
Veterinarians checked the cat and it was released into a rural area of Santa Clara County.
The mountain lion was first spotted Tuesday in the Bernal Heights and Portola area.
Male mountain lions establish large territories. An adult’s home range may exceed 100 square miles.
ELK GROVE — Officers responding to a report of a possibly armed person at a suburban Sacramento high school discovered it was a student with a stapler.
Elk Grove High School and an elementary school were locked down when the report came in Friday and officers from multiple agencies were called in to assist.
“During the course of the investigation, officers learned a student used a stapler as a prop to act out a scene from a movie. The stapler was open and the reporting party believed they saw a weapon,” the Elk Grove Police Department said in a statemen t.
The department said the incident was turned over to school administration to address “as there was no criminal conduct identified as a part of this call for service.”
BALDWIN PARK — Southern California police shot and wounded a man who pulled a gun during a traffic stop, authorities said.
Baldwin Park Police Department officers had stopped a vehicle after
9 p.m. Friday when a passenger got out and pointed a handgun at the officers, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a brief statement early Saturday.
The man was struck several times in the torso and was hospitalized in stable condition. He was only identified as being in his 20s.
The statement did not say how many officers fired. No officers were injured.
Baldwin Park is in the San Gabriel Valley, east of Los Angeles.
MALIBU — A man was found shot to death in Malibu, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
Deputies responding to a call of shots being heard Friday afternoon found the man seated in a vehicle with at least one gunshot wound to the upper torso, a statement said.
The man, described as being in his 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene along Pacific Coast Highway in central Malibu.
The department said there was no known motive or suspect information.
WINDSOR — After refusing to quit for more than a month, the mayor of a California wine country town who has been accused of sexual assault by nine women has resigned from the job.
In a statement addressed to residents of the town of Windsor, Dominic Foppoli continued to deny the women’s claims and suggested that a new allegation made against him by a former reality TV star was driven by the San Francisco Chronicle’s reporting on him.
“I have no doubt she is making these allegations in an attempt to leverage the situation to her advantage,” the statement said.
Police in Palm Beach, Florida, are investigating claims that Foppoli sexually assaulted Farrah Abraham, 29, in March when he was visiting the area. The Chronicle said Abraham contacted police six days before it published its investigation detailing some of the other women’s accusations, which include forced oral copulation and rape.
Abraham starred in the MTV reality shows “16 and Pregnant” and “Teen Mom” more than a decade ago. Her attorney said she turned over evidence to police to support her account.
“This is not a ‘he said, she said’ situation. She has physical proof,” Spencer Kuvin said. “We believe it is in felony territory.”
A call seeking comment from Foppoli’s attorney has not been returned.