2 WOUNDED IN PAIR OF SHOOTINGS.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Two Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley shootings in two days have left a 21-year-old Lancaster man and a 17-year-old Palmdale youth hospitalized and two young Palmdale men in custody, sheriff's officials said Thursday. Ramon Zuniga, 17, was shot four times in the upper body shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday in an apparent 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 as he walked along a residential street near the Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. campus. ``He was walking when a dark blue '80s-style vehicle pulls up beside him,'' said Deputy Dwayne Bednar. ``A passenger gets out, approaches him and fires five to six shots from a small-caliber handgun.'' Zuniga, who was walking west on 32nd Street West from Avenue J-8, was airlifted to Providence Holy Cross Hospital Holy Cross Hospital may refer to: In the United Kingdom:
Deputies arrested Paul Blumberg, 19, of Palmdale in connection with Zuniga's shooting. Blumberg was being held at the Lancaster Sheriff's Station in lieu of $1 million bail on suspicion of attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. . Another 19-year-old Palmdale man was arrested early Thursday morning after an apparent accidental shooting left a 21-year-old man hospitalized, sheriff's officials said. Deputies arrested Thomas Martinez after he was seen walking away from the 37700 block of 52nd Street East shortly after 3:30 a.m., minutes after Marcos Avina of Palmdale was shot. ``They were horseplaying with a gun,'' said Deputy Marty Shearer. ``The gun went off, striking Avina once in the stomach.'' Avina was transported to the Antelope Valley Hospital following the shooting. He was listed in good condition Thursday. Martinez was being held at the Lancaster Sheriff's Station in lieu of $30,000 on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. . |
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