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At least three people were killed and four others wounded in an overnight shooting in California, according to the Associated Press. 

Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Frank Preciado told the Associated Press that the incident took place just after 2:30 a.m. outside a home in Beverly Crest, an upscale neighborhood in L.A. near Beverly Hills. The three people killed, he said, were in a vehicle, while the four who were injured were standing outside. 

The LAPD said on Twitter that they received multiple 911 calls summoning them to the scene, where they found five victims. Three were pronounced dead on arrival, while two were injured. 

Two other victims had driven themselves to a medical center, according to CBS Los Angeles, and upon their arrival, paramedics transported them to a trauma care hospital. The two injured people who remained at the scene were taken to UCLA Medical Center by paramedics. 

According to the LAPD, two of the injured people are in critical condition and two are in stable condition. No information is being released about the deceased or injured victims at this time, police said. 

Police said the home that the victims were standing outside was a “short-term rental property.” Additional occupants of the house are being interviewed, as are neighbors and other witnesses. No information about a suspect or motive is being made available at this time. 

LAPD Sgt. Bruce Borihanh told CBS Los Angeles that the department believes there is no danger to the public at this time. 

This is the sixth mass shooting in California so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Beverly Crest is about 20 miles from Monterey Park, where 11 people were killed on Jan. 21. Rep. Adam Schiff, who represents California’s 30th congressional district, which is near Beverly Crest, addressed the string of violence on Twitter. 

“Terrible news of the fourth mass shooting in California in a week. We cannot live this way. Literally we cannot,” he wrote. “I will never accept such senseless, horrific violence in our society. We must act. Thinking and praying for the victims and their families.” 

The Memphis Police Department Saturday announced that it has “permanently deactivated” its SCORPION unit, one day after the release of shocking video which showed the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols earlier this month. All five former officers involved in Nichols’ arrest, who have since been charged with second-degree murder in his death, were part of that unit.

The decision came after Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis met with members of the unit Saturday “to discuss the path forward for the department and the community in the aftermath of the tragic death of Tyre Nichols,” police said in a statement. 

Officials came to the conclusion that it was “in the best interest of all to permanently deactivate the SCORPION Unit,” the statement read.

SCORPION officers agreed “unreservedly” with the decision, the department added. 

The SCORPION unit had been inactive since the Jan. 7 arrest of Nichols, the city of Memphis had said in a news bulletin Friday. 

SCORPION, which stands for Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods, included more than two dozen officers assigned to SCORPION teams. They wore black hoodies and tactical black vests with “POLICE” emblazoned across the front and back, and drove dark colored Dodge Chargers marked with a SCORPION seal. 

The crime-suppression teams patrolled in groups and at times used justified low-level traffic stops as a way to find violent criminals, drugs or weapons, according to the department.

In a news bulletin published on Jan. 27, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said, “Since this event happened, the SCORPION Unit has been and remains inactive,” though he didn’t clarify when the unit was deactivated. Strickland also said that the city is “initiating an outside, independent review of the training, policies and operations of our specialized units.”   

“While the heinous actions of a few casts a cloud of dishonor on the title SCORPION, it is imperative that we, the Memphis Police Department take proactive steps in the healing process for all impacted,” Saturday’s statement read. 

The 29-year-old Nichols died on Jan. 10, three days after being violently arrested during a traffic stop by Memphis police officers. Bodycam and surveillance video released Friday showed Nichols being pepper sprayed, kicked in the head while being restrained, punched and struck multiple times with a baton.

The five former officers, who have since been fired, have been identified as Demetrius Haley, Tadarrius Bean, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith. They were hired from 2017 to 2020, and were 24 to 32 years old. All five officers have been charged with murder and other crimes. 

— Pat Milton and Chrissy Hallowell contributed to this report. 

One person was killed and four others were injured following a mass shooting Saturday in Baltimore after a passenger was shot and crashed their car, police said.

The incident took place around 6:39 p.m. when a woman was driving in her car and crashed after being shot, police said. Central District officers responded to the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Laurens Street in reference to a Shot Spotter alert, according to the Baltimore Police Department.

The police arrived at the scene to find two adult males, an adult female, and a 2-year-old boy, all of whom were suffering from apparent gun shot wounds.

Medics transported the victims to area hospitals, where one of the adult male victims was pronounced dead. The adult female and the other adult male are listed in critical condition. The 2-year-old is listed in stable condition.

An additional victim, a 6-year-old boy, was injured in a car accident following the shooting, police said.

The Baltimore Police Department released a statement and said they were aware of the incident.

“Commissioner Harrison and PIO are on scene of a shooting with multiple victims near the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Laurens Street. Media staging area will be at the intersection of Laurens Street and Brunt Street,” the department tweeted.

One man was detained by the police on Saturday.

“We are working to ascertain whether or not he is a victim or has some involvement if any. And we’re not saying one way or the other, but we—detectives are working on that as we speak,” Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said in a statement.

ABC News’ Ben Siu contributed to this report.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

The previous winter weather advisory has been beefed up to a winter storm warning for the counties below, shaded in pink.

The winter storm warning covers Holland, Muskegon, Grand Rapids, Big Rapids, Alma, Mount Pleasant, Saginaw, Midland, Bay City, Caro and Bad Axe. The winter storm warning is in effect now since the snow has started. An area around Grand Rapids and west of Grand Rapids has already reported 2 to 4 inches of snow as of 9:00 p.m. The winter storm warning continues until 10:00 a.m. Sunday. This end time gives you a good feel for when the accumulating snow will fall. It’s an overnight and early Sunday morning snowstorm.

South of the winter storm warning is a winter weather advisory for a mixture of snow, freezing rain and sleet. Kalamazoo, Lansing, Jackson, Flint, Lapeer and Sandusky are in the winter weather advisory. You can expect up to 2 inches of snow and one-tenth of an inch of ice accumulation.

Ann Arbor, Detroit and Oakland County are not in any winter weather advisory. You’ll look for light accumulations of snow, sleet or freezing rain.

On the north side of the winter storm warning is a winter weather advisory for 3 to 5 inches of snow. This includes Ludington, Cadillac, Houghton Lake, Gladwin, Standish, Tawas, Oscoda and Alpena. Traverse City is not in the winter weather advisory area.

Here is the latest output from the human meteorologists at the National Weather Service. They use all of the models to create the forecast.

Look for a lot of snow reports of 6 inches to 7 inches from the Grand Rapids area and Muskegon to Saginaw, Bay Ctiy, Midland and the northern Thumb. There may be an isolated spot or two that gets 8 inches of snow.

Flint and Lansing should get around 4 inches of snow.

Kalamazoo, Jackson, Ann Arbor and Detroit are in the 1 to 3 inch band of snow. The farther south you are, the more you can plan on 1 inch and not 3 inches.

North of the heavy snow area, Traverse City should get 2 to 3 inches of snow.

The snow should be over by 7:00 a.m. on the west side of Michigan and by 10:00 a.m. on the east side.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting at a multimillion dollar short-term rental home in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood early Saturday, police said.

The shooting occurred about 2:30 a.m. in the Beverly Crest neighborhood. This is at least the sixth mass shooting in California this month.

Sgt. Frank Preciado of the Los Angeles Police Department said earlier Saturday that the three people killed were inside a vehicle.

Two of the four victims were taken in private vehicles to area hospitals and two others were transported by ambulance, police spokesperson Sgt. Bruce Borihanh said. Two were in critical condition and two were in stable condition, Borihanh said. The ages and genders of the victims were not immediately released.

Investigators were trying to determine if there was a party at the rental home or what type of gathering was occurring, Borihanh said.

Borihanh said police have no information on suspects. With the shooting over, the block was sectioned off as investigators scoured for evidence.

The mid-century home is in Beverly Crest, a quiet neighborhood nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains where houses are large and expensive. The property, estimated at $3 million, is on a cul-de-sac and described in online real estate platforms as modern and private with a pool and outdoor shower.

LAPD Officer Jader Chaves said the department did not know if the house had a history of noise or other party-related complaints.

The early Saturday morning shooting comes on top a massacre at a dance hall in a Los Angeles suburb last week that left 11 dead and nine wounded and shootings at two Half Moon Bay farms that left seven dead and one wounded.

Last Saturday, 72-year-old Huu Can Tran gunned down patrons at a ballroom dance hall in predominantly Asian Monterey Park, where tens of thousands attended Lunar New Year festivities earlier that evening. He drove to another dance hall but was thwarted by an employee. Many of the dead were in their 60s and 70s.

Tran later killed himself as police closed in on the van in which he sat.

On Monday, a man shot and killed four people at the mushroom farm where he worked, then drove to another farm where he had previously worked and killed three people there, authorities said. Chunli Zhao, 66, is in jail and faces murder charges in what police called a case of workplace violence.

The killings have dealt a blow to the state, which has some of the nation’s toughest firearm laws and lowest rates of gun deaths.

For the third straight year, the U.S. in 2022 recorded over 600 mass shootings in which at least four people were killed or injured, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

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Previous versions of this report incorrectly stated this was the fourth mass shooting in California this month.

The Denver Broncos’ 2023 head-coaching search is the journey that simply won’t end. The Broncos want Sean Payton. No, wait, no they don’t. 

The Broncos are very high on Jim Harbaugh but he is going back to Michigan. The Broncos really like Dan Quinn, but he’s staying in Dallas before even he could even garner a second interview. 

The Broncos have DeMeco Ryans high on their list and the team could be waiting on him. The Broncos’ majority owner in Rob Walton is on a hunting trip. Nope. That was denied and allegedly erroneously reported.