A 1-year-old and six others were wounded in an Oakland parking lot on Nov. 29.
Posted on 12/07/2011 2:29:21 PM PST by SmithL
Two days after the West Oakland shootout that left 1-year-old Hiram Lawrence on life support with a bullet to the head and six other people wounded, one of the suspects in the attack unwittingly crossed paths with the tot's family at Children's Hospital Oakland - and got pummeled.
Oakland police said the man - who was arrested on suspicion of assault - is one of the five "persons of interest" in the Nov. 29 firefight at Seventh and Willow streets, in the shadow of the elevated BART tracks.
Three men in hooded sweatshirts opened fire on a group in a parking lot, then fled in a car driven by a fourth man while at least two people in the targeted group fired back.
According to accounts pieced together from both Oakland police and the Alameda County Sheriff's Department, the unfortunate suspect showed up at Children's Hospital about 9:30 p.m. two days after the shootings, either to visit or accompany another child who was sick.
"That's the mother that was driving the car," someone yelled when he happened to walk past Hiram's family in the lobby.
Alameda County sheriff's officials say Hiram's relatives and their friends then attacked him.
Oakland police subsequently booked the man on suspicion of assault and an unspecified outstanding warrant. He has not been booked in connection with the shootings.
Police declined to say why none of the family members and friends who beat him up had been arrested.
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The answer should be "Because we have common sense"
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