[kellynla]

Man was I off on the count! "In Los Angeles County, law enforcement officials are aware of more than 1300 street gangs with over 150,000 members. In the City of Los Angeles alone, there are approximately 407 gangs and over 56,000 members. Los Angeles Almanac, 2002• Gangs account for approximately 51% of all homicides in Los Angeles County. Of the 1156 homicides in 2001, 587 were gang-related. The majority of all gang homicides are committed with handguns."
Los Angeles County Safe Streets Bureau, 2002Sources: "Report on the State of Los Angeles Street Gangs", Los Angeles County Interagency Gang Task Force, 1999-2000. Los Angeles Almanac, Gang Populations, 2001This fact sheet may be reproduced and distributed without permission provided the Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles is cited 9/2002

[Cindy]

http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~24652~1905840,00.html

Article Published: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 12:54:22 PM PST

"2 killed following rapper Slick Rick concert"

By Staff Reports

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "PICO RIVERA -- Two men were shot and killed and another man was wounded early Wednesday morning following a performance at a Pico Rivera nightclub by rapper Richard "Slick Rick" Walters, authorities said.

Walters, who served six years in prison for a 1990 shooting, was released from federal custody in November after immigration officials attempted to deport him to his native Great Britain."