L.A. gang interventionist Skipp Townsend arrested in alleged homicide conspiracy

Crime

By Linda Ikeji
7 November 2026, 12:39 am

Los Angeles gang intervention advocate Skipp Townsend was amongst 5 folks arrested on Thursday, November 5, in reference to a homicide investigation, in line with the Los Angeles Times.

LAPD murder detectives arrested Townsend, 62, in South Los Angeles on Thursday morning. He is the chief director of 2nd Call, an organisation that works to resolve disputes amongst gang members and promote alternate options to violence.

The Los Angeles Times reported that Townsend was arrested “on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder”. A Los Angeles County Jail consultant informed TMZ that he was booked into the LAPD Valley Jail beneath the outline “conspiracy to commit any crime”. His bail was set at $2 million.

Townsend, a former gang member, is a outstanding determine in Los Angeles’s violence prevention neighborhood. He has ceaselessly appeared in media experiences and alongside metropolis leaders. Four different folks have been arrested in reference to the investigation, in line with the report. Two have been reportedly detained on suspicion of being equipment after the very fact.

Authorities haven’t launched particulars of the alleged conspiracy or the roles investigators imagine the 5 people performed. The arrests comply with the deadly capturing of 51-year-old Reginald Foreman in August whereas he was working for 2nd Call in Hyde Park. The report didn’t set up whether or not the arrests have been linked to Foreman’s case.