1 KILLED IN NORTH HILLS DRIVE-BY.Byline: Phillip W. Browne Daily News Staff Writer A 22-year-old Canoga Park man was killed and a second man was critically injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. Monday in a drive-by shooting drive-by shooting Public health A phenomenon in which one or more persons–commonly members of street gangs, open fire à la Al Capone from moving vehicles, often in retaliation for an alleged wrong-doing by a rival gang , police said. Officers found the body of Joe Martinez lying on a curb in the 8900 block of Orion Avenue just after 1 a.m., Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . officials said. His friend Armando Reagan, 19, of North Hills also was
hit by gunfire.
Reagan was listed in critical but stable condition at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History in Mission Hills, police said. The two were standing in front of a two-story apartment complex when a car drove up and one of its occupants fired five to seven rounds from a handgun, police said. Martinez was shot in the head and Reagan was hit in the back and the neck, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. , which sent paramedics after the shootings. While the area is known for street gang and drug activity, police said they don't yet know the motive for the attack. Detectives were 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. the gunman or gunmen, as well as anyone who might have witnessed the crime. Several candles and a bouquet of roses were placed on the curb where Martinez died Monday morning. A note read ``R.I.P. young boy.'' Jorge Ortiz lives in a first-floor apartment about 15 feet from where the shots were fired. He and his son have considered moving since a month ago, when a bullet flew through their front window and pierced pierced adj. 1. Cut through with a sharp instrument; perforated. 2. Of or relating to a body part that has been perforated for the purpose of attaching a piece of jewelry. 3. a wall near their front door. ``It's scary. We heard about seven shots last night and then we heard the car speed away,'' Ortiz said. Joe Amador has lived on Orion Avenue for more than 50 years. On Monday he sat near his white picket fence and looked at the makeshift memorial on the curb. ``The government tries everything they can to stop these gangs, but when they cleaned them out of this neighborhood they just started coming from other places,'' said Amador, 85. Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call homicide detectives at the LAPD's Devonshire Division, (818) 756-8291. CAPTION(S): map Map: Shooting in 8900 block of Orion Ave. |
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