Weekly Crime Report: Eagle Rock & Nearby Police Log

A look at a few of this week's most interesting police, fire and courtroom incidents near Eagle Rock.

Posted Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 1:32 pm PT

EAGLE ROCK, CA – The following is a collection of weekly police, court and fire stories from around the Eagle Rock area this week.

Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a person who was set on fire and burnt to death in a Cypress Park Home Depot parking lot.

Firefighters quickly contained a small grass fire in the Elysian Park area Thursday morning.

"I thought it was the end of the world for me," said a girl, 8, who survived a brush with a knife-wielding attacker at Walgreens on Sunset.

The burritos did not smell like carne asada.

The crash occurred about 2 a.m. on the southbound freeway.

Police believe a gun went off inside a girl's backpack, wounding two classmates. Now authorities want to know where she got the gun.

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