1 INJURED AS VICTIMS FIGHT BACK IN 2 ROBBERIES.Byline: Jaxon Jaxon was the pen name of Jack Jackson (May 15, 1941–June 8, 2006), a US cartoonist. Many consider him the first underground comix artist. He co-founded the seminal Rip Off Press. Jack Jackson was born in 1941 in Pandora, Texas. Van Derbeken Daily News Staff Writer One victim was shot in the chin, and a family came under gunfire in two separate cases in which robbery robbery, in law, felonious taking of property from a person against his will by threatening or committing force or violence. The injury or threat may be directed against the person robbed, his property, or the person or property of his relative or of anyone in his victims resisted or pursued suspects who had accosted ac·cost tr.v. ac·cost·ed, ac·cost·ing, ac·costs 1. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request. 2. To solicit for sex. them in the West San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , police said Wednesday. The first incident occurred at 6 p.m. Monday in Reseda when a 25-year-old Van Nuys man, confronted by two robbery suspects Noun 1. robbery suspect - someone suspected of committing robbery suspect - someone who is under suspicion , was wounded in a struggle over a rifle one of them had trained on him. Detective Robert Johansen of the LAPD's West Valley Division said the two men asked the victim for his money as he waited for a bus at Roscoe Boulevard and Etiwanda Avenue. As the man tried to grab the short-barreled .22-caliber weapon, it fired, hitting his chin. The suspects fled while the victim ran to nearby Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a hospital in the Northridge town of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is currently operated by Catholic Healthcare West. History The hospital was founded in 1955 by Dr. , where he was listed in good condition. His name was not disclosed. Johansen said the victim mishandled the confrontation. ``You just don't grab the gun out of a man's hand,'' Johansen said. At about 7:50 p.m. Tuesday night in Tarzana, a 16-year-old boy was walking home from work when he was accosted by two men who asked if he was a gang member. The victim said he wasn't and then was attacked and robbed. He went home and told his parents, and the family went out to search for the attackers, Johansen said. The boy spotted one of the suspects at Reseda Boulevard and the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. , and the boy's father approached with a baseball bat. The suspect pulled out a handgun, but it misfired, Johansen said, and the father hit the suspect in the leg with the bat. The suspect ran away, and the boy and his mother gave chase in the car. The suspect fired once at the car without causing injury. He escaped. ``I'm sure the parents didn't have any idea he had a gun, but once he pointed a gun at them, they should have stopped,'' Johansen said. |
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