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The angeles national forest where he was cut up with a machete. reporter: another of the seven victims was killed for sleeping in a park the gangs considered its turf. all of the victims were killed with machetes, baseball bats and knives. the u.s. attorney in los angeles says these acts of brutality have not been seen in this region in 2. >> years. the tactics are so brutal and so horrific that the drug cartel often recruits them as enforcers. here is the l.a. county d.a. >> this ruthless gang has terrorized los angeles county

$300. >> david is a professional piano player in vegas. >> he said, oh, i'm looking to get a gun because i'm a professional gambler and i carry a lot of money. i said, no, i'm not going to do that. >> and investigators discovered ernie also asked david's performance partner to buy a gun and e.r.a. ooffand ernie offed $50,000 to point the spugs away from him and it looked back for ernie. finally a year after the murders the l.a. county d.a. made a decision to roll the dice. it was february 2009. kimberly olson was at home with ernie in their las vegas apartment. >> there was a knock on the door...

Officers in lynnwood after he fired six or seven shots in the air and waving a handgun erratically as officers approached. the two deputies fired a total of 33 shots. the l.a. county d.a. will open an investigation. closing arguments in the trial of william porter, the first of six officers facing charges in freddie gray. he ignored his pleas for help. the defense argues porter went above and beyond most officers. they blame two others claiming they failed to act when porter told them gray needed medical help. 17 minutes past the hour. it is beginning to feel a lot like, not christmas, but...

Office says robert was shot after waving a handgun erratically. the l.a. county d.a. will open an investigation. closing arguments begin later this morning in the trial of william porter. the first of six baltimore police officers facing charges in the death of freddie gray. the prosecutors say porter ignored gray's pleas for help and let him die in the back of the police van. the defense argues porter went above and beyond what officers are supposed to do. warm weather looks like it will hang on in the east. let's bring in meteorologist pedram javaheri. good morning. >> christine and alis...

Gotten this far giving each side so much to discuss this and will wait fill tomorrow to rule on this? >> no, not at all. i agree -- my guess is, and i'm sure i'll get an e-mail from this gentleman tonight, but my guess is he's always had one of these in a civil case where you're fighting over money. having said that, i have seen and have been on the receiving end on the l.a. county d.a.'s office where they've had some not quite animated but in murder case where is they had somebody throwing a watermelon in their backyard to demonstrate how the murder took place and that has been admissible. i ...