CA - 30 people injured after car drives into crowd - Los Angeles, July 2025

[Clearsky]

At Least 30 Injured, 7 Critically, After Car Drives into Crowd in Los Angeles

At least 30 people have been injured after a car drove into a crowd near the Vermont Hollywood nightclub on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles in the early hours of Saturday, July 19, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD).

people.com

At around 2:00 a.m. local time on Saturday, July 19, a vehicle drove into a crowd on Santa Monica Boulevard in East Hollywood, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) stated in a news release.

 

[mickey2942]

Bystanders attacked man who drove into crowd, LAPD says

A man who drove into a crowd of people had been kicked out of a club for being intoxicated and disruptive, two law enforcement sources familiar tell NBC News. Los Angeles police believe he intentionally plowed a vehicle into the crowd, leaving seven people critically injured and at least 23...

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30 injured after car plows through crowd in East Hollywood, driver pulled from vehicle and shot

At least 30 people were injured after a car plowed through a crowd in East Hollywood. The driver was pulled from the vehicle and shot after the crash.

abc7.com

''Investigators say after reviewing security footage, they are sure it was an intentional act.
Los Angeles police say eight minutes after club security escorted a man outside, kicking him out of The Vermont Hollywood, he drove a Nissan Versa up onto the sidewalk, ramming into the packed crowd and injuring at least 30 people -- one of them critically.
The crowd then turned on the driver, pulling him from his car and kicking and punching him before someone else approached and shot the man.''

At least 30 injured after car plows into crowd outside music venue in Los Angeles

The incident took place near the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Vermont Avenue in east Los Angeles.

abcnews.go.com

''After the crash, the driver was pulled from the car by bystanders and then shot and wounded by an unknown person, who remains at large, police said.

Police identified the driver as 29-year-old Fernando Ramirez. He was taken to the hospital after the shooting but has been booked into jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. The district attorney will determine formal charges in the coming days.''

 

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Suspect in Los Angeles car-ramming incident was on parole, police say

A man suspected of driving his car into a crowd in Los Angeles has a criminal history that includes a conviction for felony battery.

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'LOS ANGELES — A man suspected of driving his car into a crowd on a sidewalk in Los Angeles, injuring 36 people, has a criminal history that includes a conviction for felony battery, officials said Sunday.'

'Ramirez has had at least 11 criminal cases ranging from misdemeanours to felonies, KNBC reported. In January 2022, he was charged with felony domestic battery and entered a not-guilty plea. That case remains open.

A line of people — mostly women — were waiting to enter the Vermont Hollywood event venue around 2 a.m. when they were struck by a Nissan Versa that also hit a food vending cart and valet stand, Fire Capt. Adam VanGerpen said Saturday.'

 

[tlcya]

A man accused of intentionally driving his car through a crowd outside of a Los Angeles club last weekend has been charged with 37 counts of attempted murder, authorities announced this week.
Calif. Man Charged With 37 Counts of Attempted Murder After Allegedly Driving Into Crowd Outside of a Popular L.A. Music Venue

Just why? so senseless, what motivated this act??

 

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• Man Charged with 74 Felonies After Allegedly Driving a Car Into L.A. Crowd and Injuring 37 People
• ''Fernando Ramirez was charged with 74 felonies for allegedly driving his car into a crowd of people in Los Angeles
• 37 people were injured, including 7 people who are in critical condition
• Ramirez also has a pending domestic violence case in Orange County, Calif.''

''L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Ramirez, 29, would also face 37 counts of assault with a deadly weapon. The number of charges – 37 – relates to the number of victims, according to Hochman, who alleged that Ramirez injured dozens when he rammed through the crowd. Some victims were critically injured, according to the official.''

Felon who allegedly barreled car through LA nightclub crowd faces 37 attempted murder charges

A convicted felon who allegedly drove his car through a crowd of people outside a Los Angeles nightclub over the weekend has been indicted.

nypost.com

Fernando Ramirez faces 37 charges of attempted murder and 37 counts of assault with a deadly weapon from the July 19 crash.California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

 

[Spectrix]

Police have arrested the man suspected of shooting a driver who was pulled out of a car and beaten after the vehicle plowed into a crowd outside an East Hollywood nightclub earlier this month, injuring over 30 people.

Efrain Villalobos, 28, was taken into custody Sunday at about 1:15 p.m. in Redondo Beach, the Los Angeles Police Department said.

The suspected gunman was identified as 28-year-old Efrain Villalobos, a resident of Lawndale, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
LAPD

Police arrest suspect wanted in shooting of driver after car plowed into crowd in East Hollywood

Police have arrested the man suspected of shooting a driver after the vehicle plowed into a crowd outside an East Hollywood nightclub, injuring over 30 people.

abc7.com

 

[Spectrix]

Car Driver's past criminal record​

Fernando Ramirez has an extensive criminal record and was out on parole for a 2019 hate crime attack, and also out on bail for a 2022 domestic violence case in Orange County. His record also includes at least 11 criminal cases ranging from misdemeanors to felonies.

He was convicted on Oct. 17, 2019, in Orange County of a felony count of battery with serious bodily injury, with a sentencing enhancement for a hate crime and a misdemeanor count of hate crime for sucker-punching a Whole Foods employee in Laguna Beach in June 2019, according to court records. But the hate crime count and enhancement were overturned on appeal in January 2021 and then dismissed March 26, 2021.

He was sentenced to six years in prison in January 2020 for the hate crime attack, but after those charges were dismissed, he was re-sentenced to four years in prison.

Ramirez is currently charged with domestic battery causing injury with a prior conviction for violence and a misdemeanor count of violating a protective-stay-away order for an alleged attack on a girlfriend in San Juan Capistrano on Jan. 28, 2022, according to court records. That case is still pending, with Ramirez due in court for a pretrial hearing July 30 in the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach.

Ramirez is also awaiting trial for allegedly driving drunk in Fountain Valley on Aug. 12 of last year.

In December 2021, he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury and two counts of resisting arrest on Sept. 11, 2021. Prosecutors said in court papers that he resisted arrest after he grabbed a woman by the hair and slammed her into a three-foot-tall cinder block.

Ramirez also pleaded guilty in December 2021 to a misdemeanor count of corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant on Aug. 24, 2021.

In addition, Ramirez pleaded guilty to corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant and child abuse, both misdemeanors, in June 2018. He pleaded guilty to felony counts of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury and gang-related battery in December 2014.

Driver facing 37 counts of attempted murder after plowing into crowd outside East Hollywood nightclub

Fernando Ramirez, 29, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

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