Compton

An LASD task force is looking to stop human trafficking after several communities across LA County have said it has plagued their neighborhoods for years. Camilla Rambaldi reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Sept. 27, 2024.

Two people were arrested in Compton after allegedly selling stolen merchandise that had been previously obtained by retail crime groups.

Tam’s Burgers in Compton commissioned artist Mike Norice to paint a mural on their restaurant of Kendrick Lamar after the Grammy winner heavily featured the eatery in his music video for “Not Like Us.” Alex Rozier reports for the NBC4 News at 3 p.m. on Thursday, July 11, 2024.

Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” music video generated so much great attention to a Compton eatery that the establishment commissioned a mural in his honor.

Owners of the Woodlawn Celestial Gardens are frustrated and angered after thieves targeted the cemetery once again, digging up several headstones. Bailey Miller reports at 4 p.m. on July 4, 2024.

Robert Abdelkader III was killed in his own backyard during a pool party, and police and his family are collaborating to offer a $20k reward to the person who provides the information that leads them to the killer. Alex Rozier reports for the NBC News at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26, 2024.

Detectives asked for help Wednesday in the murder of a 28-year-old man earlier this month at a pool party in Compton.

A car and bus collide in the Compton area. Video broadcast Monday June 24, 2024 on the NBC4 News at 11 a.m.

A 9-year-old boy was killed and three people were injured when a car and Metro bus collided Monday at a West Rancho Dominguez intersection.

Fresh off his highly acclaimed Juneteenth concert in Inglewood, Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar drew quite a crowd Saturday in Compton for a video.

Pulitzer prize-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar drew a crowd in Compton as he filmed a video for his song, “Not Like Us.”

RGE Cares Summer Camp plans to keep kids engaged and bring the community together for two weeks in July. John Cádiz Clemack reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Friday, June 14, 2024.

A free summer camp is set to start in Compton next month with the goal of bringing local young teens together to keep them out of trouble.

A man who shot at a law enforcement helicopter multiple times from the roof of a house in the Compton area Thursday night was shot and killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies. John Cádiz Klemack reports for Today in LA on Friday June 14, 2024.

A man who shot at a law enforcement helicopter multiple times from the roof of a house in the Compton area Thursday night was shot and killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies.

A tiny but mighty dog is giving back to those who rescued her by serving as a therapy dog for the Compton Sheriff’s station. As seen on air on June 12, 2024. 

Sheriff’s deputies are still searching for the gunman or gunmen who shot six people, killing one of them, at a party in Compton. Anastassia Olmos reports for the NBC4 News on June 8, 2024.

An investigation is underway after five people were shot in Compton. Anastassia Olmos reports for the NBC4 News on June 7, 2024.

At least one person was killed and several others were injured Friday night in a shooting in Compton, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Willowbrook is the Compton Sheriff’s Department’s therapy K-9, who is now giving back to those who saved her life.