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At Least 12 Murdered in LA County this Weekend
FOX LA ^ | 9 June 2008

Posted on 06/09/2008 4:38:21 PM PDT by hole_n_one

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It was an unusually deadly weekend in Los Angeles County, with at least 12 people murdered, many of them in gang-related crimes, compared to two or three homicides on an average day.

In Panorama City, one person was killed and another injured this afternoon in an apparent gang-related shooting, police said.

Around 2 p.m., a suspect on a bike approached both victims in the 8400 block of Greenbush Avenue, near Roscoe Boulevard, said Los Angeles Police Officer Sara Faden of the Media Relations Section. The suspect asked the two about their gang affiliations and then shot them.

One of the victims died at the scene. The other was taken to a hospital and was in stable condition, Faden said. The suspect fled.

About 2:40 a.m., also in Panorama City, Soccoro Lopez, 29, was found shot in his torso in a parked vehicle near Nordhoff Street and Columbus Avenue,  according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Lopez, who was sitting in the driver's seat, died at the scene.

Kenneth Harris, who was described as a local transient, was later arrested in connection with the shooting, police said. He was being held at the  Valley Jail in Van Nuys in lieu of $1 million bail.

Someone was shot to death at Hill and 23rd streets in the Newton area south of downtown about 2 a.m., police said. A dispute between people in separate vehicles may have led to the shooting.

Saturday afternoon, 16-year-old Ruben Chavera of Baldwin Hills was killed. Chavera was standing on the south sidewalk of Illinois Street between Idaho Street and Kenmore Avenue when a vehicle rolled up and someone inside fired three shots, according to Deputy Byron Ward and the coroner's office. Chavera died at the scene.

Another person was shot to death in Watts about 1:20 a.m., said Los Angeles police Sgt. Rachel Canchola of the Southeast Station.

About 6 p.m. Saturday, a man in his 20s was shot in South Los Angeles and declared dead at a hospital, police said.

The body of a man in his 30s that had apparently been wrapped and dumped was found Saturday in Arleta, police said. The man's body was found just after midnight on a sidewalk in the 9100 block of Bartee Avenue and appeared to  have died from multiple wounds to his torso, police said.

In Southeast Los Angeles, a 20-year-old man was killed Saturday night when three men shot him several times, another report said.

Another killing in the area early Sunday also may have been gang- related, Faden told The Times. The victim was identified as 20-year-old Edward Jones Jr.

The Times also reported that a man in his early 20s was fatally near Perlita and Veselich avenues in northeast Los Angeles about 7:45 p.m. Saturday,  and in North Hollywood, a 40-year-old man was killed shortly before midnight Saturday when another man hit him with a bottle and stabbed him with the broken glass.  


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: gangs; homicide; losangeles; losangelescounty; murder; timetocutandrun

1 posted on 06/09/2008 4:38:22 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: hole_n_one

Wonderful Caleeforia.


2 posted on 06/09/2008 4:40:18 PM PDT by dalebert
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Hate New York City
It's cold and it's damp
And all the people dressed like monkeys
Let's leave Chicago to the Eskimos
That town's a little bit too rugged
For you and me, babe

Rollin' down Imperial Highway
With a big nasty redhead at my side
Santa Ana winds blowin' hot from the north
And we was born to ride
Roll down the window, put down the top
Crank up the Beach Boys, baby
Don't let the music stop
We're gonna ride it 'til we just can't ride it no more
From the South Bay to the Valley
From the West Side to the East Side
Everybody's very happy
'Cause the sun is shining all the time
Looks like another perfect day
I love L.A. (We love it)
I love L.A. (We love it)
We love it

Look at that mountain
Look at those trees
Look at that bum over there, man
He's down on his knees
Look at these women
There ain't nothin' like em nowhere
Century Boulevard (We love it)
Victory Boulevard (We love it)
Santa Monica Boulevard (We love it)
Sixth Street (We love it, we love it, we love it)
We love L.A.

I love L.A. (We love it)
I Love L.A. (We love it)
I Love L.A. (We love it)

Yeah
Sure
Uh Huh
Whatever

3 posted on 06/09/2008 4:45:56 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: dalebert
Its so eerie - there's no violent crime where I live that Los Angeles now seems to be on another planet. I don't miss Los Angeles County at all.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

4 posted on 06/09/2008 4:46:55 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: hole_n_one

Only 12?


5 posted on 06/09/2008 4:48:00 PM PDT by commonguymd (Freedom and individual liberty is for everyone, including the odd and weird people like you.)
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To: hole_n_one
We have to get out of LA NOW.

It's an unwinable situation.

6 posted on 06/09/2008 4:51:21 PM PDT by Leo Farnsworth (I'm not really Leo Farnsworth...)
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To: hole_n_one

Summertime and the killing is easy.

Too bad that PC Bratton doesn’t have a Rudy for Mayor.


7 posted on 06/09/2008 5:05:44 PM PDT by Carley
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To: Carley
It's a damn shame. I grew up in the San Fernando Valley in the 70's and 80's. This kind of news was basically unheard of.

It is the influx of certain mindsets, (ahem), that have destroyed a once very beautiful place. Thank you politicians

Take a good look folks, this is what coming to your town too. Its' only a matter of time, no matter who gets elected.

8 posted on 06/09/2008 5:45:03 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Election '08, the year McCain defined the word "dilemma")
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Carley, that post was not directed to you but rather the original poster...sorry ;)


9 posted on 06/09/2008 5:46:56 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Election '08, the year McCain defined the word "dilemma")
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To: hole_n_one

I’m waiting to hear Queen Pelosi call for a pullout because we’re losing the war, echoed by Boxer and Feinstein.


10 posted on 06/09/2008 5:47:35 PM PDT by caisson71 (Times change, values don't.)
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To: hole_n_one

I guess the city council forgot to declare another peace weekend.


11 posted on 06/09/2008 5:49:29 PM PDT by purpleraine
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To: hole_n_one

“many of them in gang-related crimes”

Doing the killing Americans won’t do.
Gangs do a better job of policing themselves than most
city councils.


12 posted on 06/09/2008 5:52:35 PM PDT by Fireone (Will the next Ronald Reagan please stand up!)
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To: commonguymd

Those are the ones they found...


13 posted on 06/09/2008 6:01:11 PM PDT by Little Ray (I'm a Conservative. But I can vote for John McCain. If I have to. I guess.)
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To: Little Ray
Those are the ones they found...

Bump!

14 posted on 06/09/2008 6:26:21 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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