3 KILLED IN VALLEY SHOOTINGS : SEPARATE INCIDENTS OCCUR WITHIN HOURS.Byline: Jeannette DeSantis and Eric Wahlgren Daily News Staff Writers Three men were killed within hours in separate shootings in the North Hollywood-Toluca Lake area, police reported Saturday. Okon Nelson Offem, 37, of North Hollywood was found lying in front of an apartment in the 11100 block of Otsego Street in North Hollywood with a single gunshot wound to his upper body at 8:20 p.m. Friday, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Detective Mike Coffey of the LAPD's North Hollywood Division. Offem died several hours later at Holy Cross Hospital Holy Cross Hospital may refer to: In the United Kingdom:
Authorities believe Offem may have been killed by another Nigerian man over a business dispute, police said. Offem, who had worked as a security guard for several Valley grocery stores, had been unemployed for the past several weeks, according to Coffey. Barely 12 minutes later in a popular area of Toluca Lake, another 37-year-old, Peter Maloney, of North Hollywood was shot and killed in the 10400 block of Riverside Drive A number of cities around the world have a Riverside Drive. In the United States:
Witnesses and police said Maloney, described as athletic and an avid walker, was approached by a man on a yellow 10-speed, who got off the bike and pursued the victim on foot. An eyewitness An individual who was present during an event and is called by a party in a lawsuit to testify as to what he or she observed. The state and Federal Rules of Evidence, which govern the admissibility of evidence in civil actions and criminal proceedings, impose requirements , who asked not to be named, said the victim yelled for help before the attacker pulled out a gun and shot the victim. ``(The gunman) turned around nonchalantly non·cha·lant adj. Seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent. See Synonyms at cool. [French, from Old French, present participle of nonchaloir, to be unconcerned : non-, , got on his yellow 10-speed and road away,'' said the 42-year-old witness who lives near the shooting scene. Coffey said police were investigating the possibility that the shooting took place during a street robbery. Area residents said the neighborhood was reeling from news of the crime that occurred on a leafy stretch of Riverside Drive. ``This is quiet little Toluca Lake,'' said Barbara Schamber, a 53-year-old school principal who called 911 after hearing a single gunshot Friday night. ``It's a terrible feeling when a man who goes out shopping ends up getting killed bringing home his groceries. It just kind of shocks you.'' The 37-year-old victim, who lived alone nearby, has not been identified pending the notification of his relatives, Coffey said. At 10:30 p.m. officers were called to the North Hollywood Medical Center The North Hollywood Medical Center, (), was a hospital in the city of North Hollywood, CA. The now decommissioned hospital, which is at 12699 Riverside Drive in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, is the location after gang members dropped off a wounded comrade at the emergency room of the hospital, police said. Gerardo Rodarte, 19, of North Hollywood, a gang member in the area, died hours later at the hospital from a single gunshot wound, officials said. Coffey said Rodarte was wounded 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 that occurred near public telephones in front of a 7-Eleven convenience store located at Magnolia Boulevard and Tujunga Avenue. |
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