'DON'T GO,' WOMAN ENTREATS DYING HUSBAND.GRANADA HILLS - Nina Martinez cradled her husband in her arms late Saturday night as he lay dying, the victim of an apparent gang attack, and pleaded with him, ``Don't go, don't go.'' Police are investigating the death of 27-year-old Melisio Lopez Martinez, who died after being shot in a barrage of bullets outside a Ralphs grocery store on Balboa Boulevard and Devonshire Street. A group of four males with apparent gang affiliations exchanged words with Martinez, and once outside the store, one of the suspects shot him, said Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police Detective Mike Oppelt. Still investigating, police released few details Monday. Martinez's family was still shocked and outraged at the shooting. ``(The suspects) were just out looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. trouble,'' said Nina Martinez's father, Jerry Eliszewski, 47, of Reseda. ``It just makes you wonder what this world is coming to when someone could take someone else's life just for looking at you.'' As police continue to investigate gang ties to the shooting, family members struggled to understand it. ``He was not affiliated with gangs,'' said Nina Martinez. Family members said he was mellow mel·low adj. mel·low·er, mel·low·est 1. a. Soft, sweet, juicy, and full-flavored because of ripeness: a mellow fruit. b. and not a troublemaker. They said he liked to spend time with his three young children. ``He was just a hard-working man,'' Nina Martinez said. ``All he ever did was go to work and come home and didn't go out partying.'' On Saturday, the couple was barbecuing at the home of Melisio Martinez's parents in Granada Hills when Nina and Melisio Martinez went with his brothers - 15-year-old Tom and 24-year-old Isirdo - to Ralphs to buy some beer. ``We were all having a good time that night barbecuing, dancing and being goofy Goofy bumbling, awkward dog; originally named Dippy Dawg. [Comics: “Mickey Mouse” in Horn, 492] See : Awkwardness ,'' Nina Martinez said. They went into the store, and witnesses said four males walked up to Martinez, asking ``what's up?'' and showing gang tattoos. One said they were from Inglewood. Nina Martinez said her husband tried to avoid a confrontation, being polite, and then the suspects' threats escalated, sending his 15-year-old brother to the car. The family finally left their items in the store and walked out, she said. But one of the men who had confronted Martinez had gone outside and gotten a gun. ``I sat down (in the car) and I saw (the suspect) pull out the gun and started screaming for everyone to get down,'' Nina Martinez said. Family members said a Catholic Mass for Melisio Lopez Martinez is being scheduled for Thursday at Santa Rosa Church Santa Rosa Church is a tabernacle in the Italian city of Florence in the province of Tuscany. in San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. at 668 Workman WORKMAN. One who labors, one who is employed to do business for another. 2. The obligations of a workman are to perform the work he has undertaken to do; to do it in proper time; to do it well to employ the things furnished him according to his contract. St. and that funeral arrangements are being made through J.T. Oswald Mortuary mor·tu·ar·y n. A place, especially a funeral home, where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation. at 1001 N. Maclay Ave. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) Nina Martinez, 24, left, and brother-in-law Tom Martinez For other persons named Tom Martinez, see Tom Martinez (disambiguation). Tom Martinez is an American football coach. He coached at College of San Mateo until 2005, when he retired due to health concerns. , 15, recall the attack by gang members that left her unarmed husband dead Saturday night outside a supermarket. At right, Melisio Martinez is show with his family in photo taken July 4. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Staff Photographer |
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