Today in SCV History September 14, 1924, a violent confrontation in Tunnel Canyon near Newhall killed Los Angeles County Deputy Constable John Edward “Ed” Brown, a well-known and respected peace officer in the Santa Clarita Valley. Brown, 43, was fatally shot during a gun battle with Gus Le Brun, a laborer whose troubled obsession with former silent film actress Bonita ...

On Sunday, Sept. 14, 1924 the popular Deputy Constable John Edward “Ed” Brown, was killed in a gun battle in Newhall against “Bad man” Gus Le Brun – and it all started because Le Brun had his heart broken. Le Brun loved guns, drinking and the lovely Miss Nellie Bayles, better known by her stage name “Bonita Darling” and it ...

 On Saturday, the Santa Clarita Sheriff Station deputies honored Deputy Jake Kuredjian over two decades after the Stevenson Ranch Shootout.  On Saturday morning, deputies with the Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station honored Deputy Jake Kuredjian after he was killed in a shootout near Poe Parkway in Stevenson Ranch 23 years ago.    “Today is a significant day in the history of Santa ...

A Canyon High graduate and former COC volleyball player was shot in the neck, but is in stable condition, after a high-speed pursuit and shootout Sunday, officials said. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Heather Seddon, a San Diego Police Department officer, was pursuing a suspect sought for a series of shootings when ...