Gunman

Police were searching Wednesday for a man they believe robbed a man at gunpoint after following him home from his business. A Glendale man reported Tuesday that a man wielded a black, semiautomatic gun at him in the elevator of his apartment complex in the 1300 block of Columbus Avenue and demanded his $600 white metal bracelet, his $70 silver watch, his wallet and $300 in cash, according to police reports. The man told police he believed the gunman followed him home from the pool hall he owns on San Fernando Road.

GLENDALE — In what was the city’s first homicide of 2009, a 35-year-old North Hollywood man died after he was shot multiple times Wednesday morning while seated in his black Lexus SUV in a parking lot on Elk Avenue, police said. A gunman approached the man, whose name wasn’t released pending family notification, while he was waiting inside his SUV in the Allstate Insurance parking lot on the 300 block of Elk Avenue. The unknown assailant then fired several shots into through the driver’s side window, Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said A police officer who was among the first to arrive just after 11 a.m. administered CPR, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene — his limp leg hanging out the open driver’s side door as his blood-covered body slouched over the center console.

Buck Wargo GLENDALE -- An Alhambra woman was listed in fair condition Friday after being four times during an apparent robbery at a Glendale grocery store. Police had initially said the 26-year-old woman was shot three times, but spokesman Sgt. Rick Young said the woman was also shot with a small-caliber handgun in the leg. On Thursday, police said the woman had two shots fired into her pelvis and one in the hand. She was operated on at Huntington Memorial Hospital, where she was taken after the shooting at the Ralphs market on Colorado Street.

Alleged cop killer appears in court BURBANK -- The man accused of shooting a rookie Burbank Police officer appeared in court Tuesday for his arraignment, which was postponed for three weeks. David A. Garcia, 19, of Sun Valley is scheduled to return to Burbank Superior Court on Dec. 23, when he will face charges of murder and attempted murder in the Nov. 15 shootout that killed Officer Matthew Pavelka and severely injured veteran Officer Gregory Campbell.

A gunman who fired several shots in Fremont Park sent a pool party scurrying to a nearby restroom for cover. No one was reported as being injured in the shooting, which occurred at about 1:35 p.m. at the park on the 600 block of Hahn Avenue, Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said, though police said that some of those who fled the scene could have been hit. [This post was updated at 7 p.m.] At least one bullet pierced the front window of a home across the street from the park in the 600 block of Patterson Avenue, lodging itself in the wall of a family room, police said.

Ben Godar A Glendale man was shot early Tuesday morning in what police said might have been an attempted carjacking. The shooting occurred near the corner of Brand Boulevard and Dryden Street, a wide intersection north of Glenoaks Boulevard. Police gave little information about the attack, except to say a 33-year-old man was inside his pickup truck when an unknown man approached him with a semiautomatic handgun, police said. The gunman shot the Glendale man in the right elbow before leaving the scene.

CITY HALL Water officials, disappointed with the results from a long-standing voluntary water conservation campaign, are continuing to warn residents to cut back as they prepare to recommend mandatory restrictions to the City Council later this month. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which supplies up to 70% of the utility’s water, is set to reduce all shipments to its member agencies by 10% July 1 as a result of a statewide water crisis. If Glendale uses more than its allotment, it will have to pay three times as much for its water, which would translate into higher rates for consumers, said Peter Kavounas, assistant general manager of water services.

Gretchen Hoffman NORTHEAST GLENDALE -- Glendale Police are looking for a man who pulled a gun on another man and pulled the trigger three times. No bnullets were fired, police said. A man was sitting in the Blue Moon Lounge, 3509 N. Verdugo Road, on Monday when a man walked into the bar and motioned for him to go outside to fight, according to the police report. As the victim approached the back door, the suspect raised a pistol and pulled the trigger three times, police said.