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Texas deputies investigate double murder at former judge's home
Texas deputies are investigating after two people were found dead inside the home of a former Williamson County judge.
Police received reports of a shooting at the home on January 8 at around 11:45 p.m.
Authorities said a 911 caller reported the shooting in the 300 block of County Road 317, near the Georgetown city limits, about 40 miles north of Austin, FOX 7 Austin reported.
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Williamson County deputies were sent to the home of former Judge Burt Carnes after receiving a call about a shooting. Two people were found dead inside, officials said. (Rudy Koski/FOX 7 Austin)
The home belongs to former Williamson County Judge Burt Carnes.
When deputies arrived at the scene, they found Carnes and his wife dead inside the home, FOX 7 Austin reported.
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Police cars parked outside the home of retired Judge Burt Carnes, about 40 miles north of Austin. (Rudy Koski/FOX 7 Austin)
A suspect was taken into custody, officials said.
Deputies have said there is no threat to the public but are asking people to avoid the area while an investigation is ongoing.
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Williamson County deputies are investigating a double shooting at the home of former Williamson County Judge Burt Carnes, police said. (Rudy Koski/FOX 7 Austin)
Carnes, the son of an FBI agent, came from a family with many members of Texas law enforcement, including a Texas Ranger, a Border Patrol Agent and a Wilson County sheriff, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
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He retired from the 368th District Court in 2013 after serving 24 years on the bench. Reelected six times, Carnes had one of the longest tenures in county history, the report said.
In a 2013 interview, Carnes told the Austin American-Statesman he had decided to be a judge instead of a politician, and that a judge must “follow the law and within the bounds of the law do what you think is right.”
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A man armed with a knife was shot by L.A. police officers responding to an assault with a deadly weapon call overnight, authorities said.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers with the Hollenbeck Division responded to an apartment complex in the 3000 block of Glenn Avenue in Boyle Heights at 1:45 a.m. Saturday after callers reported a male suspect was armed with a knife and had just assaulted someone in the complex.
Arriving officers found the suspect in front of the residence, but he did not comply with officers’ commands to drop the weapon. He then advanced toward the officers and an officer-involved shooting occurred, LAPD confirmed.
“The suspect was struck by gunfire and remained non-compliant,” the LAPD Public Information Officer said on X early Saturday morning. “Officers deployed a 40mm foam round and ultimately took the suspect into custody.”
Video obtained by KTLA shows the man being loaded into an ambulance and taken to a hospital; officials said he was transported in stable condition, adding that his knife was recovered at the scene and booked as evidence.
No officers or community members were injured during the incident. The man’s name was not released.
Dangerous rip currents and high surf are forecast for Los Angeles County beaches, including the Malibu Coast this weekend.
The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous beach statement, warning of the potentially deadly beach conditions. The dangerous conditions are forecast to last from Saturday evening to Monday morning.
“There is an increased risk of ocean drowning,” the NWS forecast reads. “Rip currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea. Waves can wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats nearshore.”
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A guide to surviving rip currents from the National Weather Service (NWS)
Minor Beach erosion and coastal flooding is possible through the weekend. The flooding is most likely to occur during evening high tides from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Beachgoers are advised to stay out of the water and remain near lifeguard towers. Jetties and tidepools are also especially dangerous during the weekend forecast.
“Rock jetties can be deadly in such conditions, stay off the rocks,” the NWS forecast reads.
Similar hazardous beach conditions are also in the forecast for Santa Barbara County. A high surf advisory is also in effect for Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties this weekend, where 10 to 15-foot waves will be possible.
If you live or want to live in Los Angeles, the city controller has released a new dashboard highlighting some of the city’s most notorious problem rental properties, a tool designed to help renters avoid future headaches.
“This project comes at a time when tenants are reporting harassment and illegal evictions violating the City’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance, Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance and Tenant Anti‑Harassment Ordinance, but very few of the complaints end up leading to strong enforcement or real accountability,” L.A. City Controller Kenneth Mejia said in a media release Thursday.
The new Top 100 Problem Rental Properties dashboard includes a searchable database of all residential addresses with reported housing violation cases within the city of Los Angeles, a ranked list of the 100 addresses with the most violations and an interactive map.
“There has never before been an uncomplicated way for anyone to look up years’ worth of violations by address,” Mejia said in the release.
Data for the dashboard was compiled from multiple sources, including the Los Angeles Housing Department, Los Angeles City Planning and the L.A. County Assessor’s Office, according to the controller’s office.
The release also identified the top three addresses with the highest number of reported housing violations:
1. 636 1/2 North Hill Place, Chinatown
192 housing violation cases
2. 11700 West Wilshire Boulevard, Sawtelle
166 housing violation cases
3. 6650 West Forest Lawn Drive, Hollywood Hills
113 housing violation cases
“Our new dashboard is an easy‑to‑understand public tool that we hope will help renters and organizers document patterns of harm, as well as put pressure on both landlords and the City to act,” Mejia said. “Everyone deserves safe, stable and dignified housing.”
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