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Nine people have died inside L.A. County jails so far this year, an alarming number for the Sheriff's Department as it continues to face a lawsuit from the state over the conditions in local lockups. Sheriff's Department officials said they are continuing to make changes, hoping to reduce the number of in-custody deaths and care for an inmate population that is increasingly struggling with medical and mental health issues.

Authorities received a call reporting an assault with a deadly weapon in the 5800 block of Lorelei Avenue at 7:53 a.m., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The victims - a man, a woman and a 17-year-old girl - suffered gunshot wounds to their upper torsos, said Deputy David Yoo. They were pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.

A dog may have led authorities to suspected human remains over the weekend in unincorporated Palmdale. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department got a call for service Sunday around 12:22 p.m. near 124th Street East and Pearblossom Highway, according to sheriff's department spokesperson Miesha McClendon. Someone had called deputies about their dog finding a human skull, McClendon said. She didn't have further details about how many human remains were found or the circumstances of the death.

When Leah Marx began visiting Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles in 2010, it did not immediately raise alarm among the people who ran it. Most of the time, jailers just looked at her federal ID and let her in without asking why she was there. If they did, she said she was investigating a human trafficking case. It was a good-sounding story. Believable. Perfect to deter further questions.

Tragically, three members of the department died in the explosion at the Biscailuz Training Facility, which occurred around 7.30am on Friday.

At about 4:24 a.m., deputies responded to a call of shots fired in the 1500 block of Helen Drive, an unincorporated residential neighborhood in Los Angeles.