A man believed to have shot and killed two people inside an upscale Riverside neighborhood was the ex-boyfriend of one of the victims, a neighbor said Wednesday.

The alleged shooter had dated the woman, whose new boyfriend was in the process of moving in when he also was shot, said Melissa Kawile, 18.

Kawile said the alleged shooter, who was later killed by a police officer, lived across the street from his ex-girlfriend.

“Her new boyfriend was moving in,” Kawile said. “Right now, there’s still a moving truck there with all his stuff in it.”

The shooting occurred about 6 p.m. Tuesday in the 11500 block of Trailway Drive. The suspected gunman was shot dead as the first officer arrived on the scene.

The bodies of another man and a woman were found in the front yard and by the curb of a home inside the gated community. Authorities said they believed the three knew each other.

Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley has declined to file criminal charges against a union leader accused by his former bosses of stealing a laptop computer, authorities said Wednesday.

Police arrested Josif Kahraman, former executive director of the Engineers and Architects Assn., and his wife, Ani Kahraman, last week on suspicion of felony grand theft.

He was arrested the same day he was placed on leave from his job.

The case was dropped because the union was "not cooperative with investigators," said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office.

Kahraman, 51, had overseen the union's day-to-day operations and served as its chief labor negotiator.

His wife was an administrative volunteer with the organization, which represents city workers. The district attorney's office also declined to file charges against her, Robison said.

Kahraman's attorney, Lara Yeretsian, could not be reached for comment but said last week her client was not guilty and had no intention of depriving the union of its laptop.

The announcement comes amid continuing turmoil within the union, which has accused three of its governors of misconduct and put two of its labor representatives on leave.

-- David Zahniser at Los Angeles City Hall

A Tujunga man was in custody Wednesday for allegedly shooting and killing his cousin while driving on the 210 Freeway in La Crescenta, authorities said.

The body of the victim, 33-year-old Adine Arzumanyan, was pushed out of the car and left on the freeway after last month's shooting, said officials with the L.A. County Sheriff's Department.

Her cousin, Aram Sarukhanyan, 27, allegedly drove on but was stopped by authorities a short time later, suffering from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said.

Sarukhanyan was arrested on suspicion of murder Tuesday after his release from the hospital.

Information on a possible motive was not immediately available. The investigation is ongoing.

-- Robert Faturechi

The Newport Beach City Council on Tuesday passed an ordinance that will impose fines on partygoers, renters and landlords who contribute to or allow excessively rowdy parties.

But the council changed one aspect of the law: instead of stipulating that a bright red placard be posted on the door of a violating house for six months, the ordinance requires a black-and-white notice that would stay up for three months.

The council  also reduced the maximum fine from $8,000 to $3,000. Under the law, if officers observe a party with eight people or more, where people are urinating in public, are drunk in public, are excessively noisy, serve alcohol to minors or display other behaviors, they will be able to post a notice on the door and issue violations.

"We're changing the culture here. We're not going to allow this to be a party town," said police Chief Jay Johnson.

A number of landlords spoke at the meeting and said they were concerned that the law would affect their property values. "It leaves way too much discretion in the individual officers' hands ... if [a home] gets a scarlet letter or not," said Corona del Mar real estate agent Mark Simon.

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--Mike Reicher, Daily Pilot / Times Community News

A man who allegedly drove into an occupied house in Compton was arrested with the help of neighborhood residents who chased after him when he fled the scene, authorities said Wednesday.

The driver was drunk when he lost control of his vehicle about 10:25 p.m. Tuesday and crashed into two parked cars and then into a home in the 13000 block of Aranbe Avenue, said Sgt. Joe Riordan of the California Highway Patrol.

The man and his passenger ran from the scene but were followed by residents and then taken into custody by responding officers, Riordan said.

The driver, whose name was not immediately available, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and hit and run.

No one was hurt in the crash.

-- Paloma Esquivel

Three people were killed in a San Jose State University campus garage in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said Wednesday.

Police were called to the parking garage just before 9 p.m. Tuesday and found three people with gunshot wounds.

Two were pronounced dead at the scene and a third died at a hospital, said campus police dispatcher Adam Belsey.

Authorities believe one person committed suicide after shooting the other two, though an investigation was ongoing. It was unclear if the three were students or what the motive may have been.

-- Robert Faturechi

Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 14 L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times’ Crime L.A. database.

Nine neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Sawtelle (A) was the most unusual, recording five reports compared with a weekly average of 1.6 over the last three months.

Mount Washington (J) topped the list of five neighborhoods with property-crime alerts. It recorded eight property crimes compared with its weekly average of 2.5 over the last three months.

Alerts are based on an analysis of crime reports for April 29–May 5, the most recent seven days for which data are available.

— Ben Welsh, Thomas Suh Lauder

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he and his wife Maria Shriver are "taking it one day at a time" after they announced their separation Monday.

"I just talked to Maria an hour ago before I came here and we both were saying the same thing, we are amazed and extremely blessed to be surrounded by so many wonderful people," he said Tuesday night at a speech during the 63rd Israel Independence Day Celebration at Los Angeles' Skirball Cultural Center.

In his first statement since the separation was announced, he said they were grateful for their family.

"We both love each other very much, we are very fortunate we have four extraordinary children and we're taking it one day at a time," he said.

Some people close to Shriver said she was dealing with the loss of her parents and her transition from California's first lady back into private life.

The friends, who spoke to The Times on the condition of anonymity, said the separation was a long time in coming.