Los Angeles-area police have been looking for two suspects accused of pouring a flammable liquid onto a dancer outside a strip club and setting her on fire. The 27-year-old suffered burns over more than half her body and is reportedly in critical condition with questions about whether she’ll survive. Rianne Celine Theriault-Odom, 27, and Nathaniel Marquis Petrillo, 22, allegedly called the dancer outside the Babes & Beer sports club before attacking her. She is said to have ran back inside the club where she was helped by patrons. Theriault-Odom and Petrillo are said to be regular patrons of the club.

In Atlanta, the death of a 92-year-old woman at the hand of police has sparked yet another investigation. While the federal probe is over and three former Atlanta police officers are serving time for crimes stemming from the botched drug raid that led to the Kathryn Johnston’s death in November 2006, Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington is creating a special task force to find out whether any other officers violated police procedures related to the drug raid that resulted in Johnston’s death, the chief said in a statement Tuesday. “Following this task force’s investigation, it will make recommendations directly to me as to any administrative action which should be taken against any other members of this department,” Pennington wrote. The announcement came the day after the FBI turned over a report to the Police Department – the contents of where not made public, reports The Atlanta-Constitution. Pennington said in his statement that no other federal charges are anticipated, but federal authorities did indicate last week that the report was going to address other issues. Johnston died when policed barged into her home with guns blazing as part of a drug raid at the wrong address. They shot her as she brandished her own gun, possibly thinking she was being robbed. U.S. Attorney David Nahmias said it would make recommendations that could lead to state prosecutions or administrative discipline for other officers who played a role in the raid.
A teen staggers into an L.A. school gym, collapses and dies. A teenager bleeding from a gunshot wound staggered into a basketball clinic inside the a Los Angeles High School gym, collapsed and died in front of about 40 stunned students and parents, The Los Angeles Times reported. Investigators say a gunman shot 18-year-old Luis Rosas about 8 p.m. Monday as he played basketball on courts outside the gym. It wasn’t immediately known if Rosas was a student. The teenager then stumbled into the gym and died in front of about 40 people.

Drug gang’s limo took youths to prom. A Hummer limousine connected to an organized crime ring with rap ties was later used to take teens to their proms. The vehicle once owned by the Black Mafia Family, which doubled as an artist promoter, was seized and repeatedly sold in auctions. Even brides and grooms rode to weddings in the Hummer. Later, authorities reportedly discovered $875,000 in cash and several automatic weapons stashed in the vehicle – apparently undetected by the passengers who followed BMF.

Winn Parish, La., Police say that race had nothing to do with the way they handled the suspect

Louisiana coroner said Tuesday that a policeman shocked a 21-year-old Black man so many times with his Taser that the suspect was likely dead when the officer gave him two more 50,000-volt jolts. “After he was given that drive stun to the chest, he was pulled out of the car onto the concrete,” Randolph Williams, the Winn Parish coroner, told CNN. Find out what else he said, and what the parents think at BET.com/News.

Palace of Auburn Hills is site of on-court brawl during WNBA game
Detroit Shock player Cheryl Ford (above) left the court in a wheelchair after trying to hold back teammate Plenette Pierson in a WNBA hoops contest-turned-brawl Tuesday. The LA Sparks beat the Shock 84-81 after Pierson clashed with LA’s Candace Parker beneath the hoop with seconds left in the game. The women got tangled and fell to the court, but Pierson jumped up and ran toward Parker aggressively before Parker pulled her to the ground. Team members from both benches joined in the scuffle, which even saw ex-Detroit Piston and current Shock assistant coach Rick Mahorn punched from behind after he appeared to shove a player to the floor. Mahorn, Pierson, Parker and DeLish Milton-Jones were all ejected from the game. Read more and watch the video at Playa Hater.