Posted on 05/02/2005 8:50:54 AM PDT by SmithL
Two brothers were shot to death and a third man was wounded as they watched an illegal race on the isolated streets near the docks of the U.S Naval Supply Center in West Oakland early Sunday.
Salvador Lascon, 27, and his 20-year-old brother, Fernando Lascon -- who were best friends and lived with their mother in San Leandro -- were pronounced dead on the 1400 block of Middle Harbor Road, south of the Bay Bridge toll plaza.
"To lose a son like this is horrible," said the men's mother, Maria Lascon. "But to lose both at the same time is something I can't believe has happened to me."
About 2:40 a.m., a man approached the Lascon brothers and demanded they turn over the keys to their father's white 2000 Honda Prelude but then quickly shot the younger brother with a handgun, Oakland police Sgt. Robert Nolan said.
Salvador Lascon then asked the gunman something like, "What'd you just do?" Nolan said. "And he was shot for his trouble. It's horrible."
A 19-year-old bystander who was hit by an errant bullet drove himself to a hospital, said Oakland police Sgt. Derwin Longmire.
The shooter fled without the Lascons' car, and there were no arrests in the case by Sunday afternoon.
Rowdy, late-night "sideshows," where people gather and party as they watch cars spin in circles and peel out at inner-city intersections, have drawn increasing attention from Oakland police. Three men have been shot dead near the car rallies since December.
But Sunday's killings came during a race like the ones featured in the movie "The Fast and the Furious," for which participants prefer isolated streets and post lookouts at entry points. Street races occasionally have been reported on country roads and in isolated business parks around the Bay Area.
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I don't feel like this is the straight story these people are telling. It is certainly incomplete. What happened to the FOURTH guy, who all of a sudden was sleeping in the car? What happened to the car? Who kills two people, in front of dozens, if not scores, of witnesses over such a non-descript car?
Most involved in this illegal activity are most likely of the scum-rap variety. And if so, no great loss here.
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