Posted on 02/27/2008 7:26:46 PM PST by kiriath_jearim
A gunman fired into a crowd of children and adults at a South Los Angeles bus stop Wednesday, wounding eight, authorities said. Three girls, ages 10 to 12, and a woman were in critical condition.
The gunman ran away, and streets in the area were shut down as numerous police officers rushed in.
Ezequiel Cornejo, 23, a tire mechanic, said he heard about 10 gunshots, probably from a handgun, just after neighborhood schools let out.
"After that I saw a little girl running, she was running back to the school, she was holding her arm," he said.
The shooting occurred around 3:15 p.m. at Central and Vernon avenues. Two of the victims ran away and were found wounded outside a nearby middle school, police Officer Sara Faden said.
The critically wounded were a 10-year-old girl, an 11-year-old girl, a 12-year-old girl and a 49-year-old woman, said Fire Department spokeswoman d'Lisa Davies.
A 12-year-old girl, a 14-year-old boy and two men, ages 48 and 68, had minor injuries.
It was the second major outburst of street violence in the city in a week's span.
Gang-related shootings carried out in broad daylight in the city's northeast area on Feb. 21 led to a gunbattle in which police killed one gunman, wounded another and swarmed a neighborhood with heavily armed officers who captured a third suspect. Police said the gunbattle involved members of a notorious gang entrenched in that area for decades.
Viva immigratione!
Yeah. The Crips and the Bloods -- they were Mexican too, weren't they?
Oh, nevermind.
Animals
Paging Medea Benjamin, you have a call on line one.
Poor South Los Angeles. The area is getting a reputation for lawlessness and violence. They should consider changing the name of the neighborhood to something with a patina of history and sociability. South Central has a nice ring.
It’s a quagmire. We should pull out now.
What made us think that having a hispanic mayor would make things better?
OK. Illegal immigration has had absolutely nothing to do with LA becoming a war zone in recent years. /ignorance is bliss commentary
Prayers for the victims.
Of course Kalifornistan’s strict gun laws keep the streets safe and things like this from happening, riiiiggghhhttt???
Same thing that makes people think that electing a man JUST because he is black will absolve them of their great great grand father’s sins.
Embracing Hispanic Heritage includes community outreach to street gangs, yah know, to justify their activities.....LAAAAHHHH RAAAAAA ZAHHHH!
Was this in the same area as the drive by last week of the older man being riddled with bullets while holding the hand of a tot?
And then the drive by shooter having the nieghborhood shoot back and finally getting in a shoot out with the cops?
TRUE! And DC is worse!
OMGROTF. What a perfect response.
There are other methods to natural family planning.
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