Suspect in Los Angeles car-ramming incident has a criminal history and was on parole, police say

Officials say 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. The driver, Fernando Ramirez, was attacked by bystanders after the crash Saturday and paramedics later found that he had been shot. Police are still searching Sunday for the suspected shooter. LA police Capt. Ben Fernandes tells KNBC-TV that Ramirez was sentenced in 2020 for attacking a man outside of a Whole Foods in 2019. He was on parole at the time of Saturday’s crash, but it’s unclear whether it was in connection with the 2019 attack or another case.