3 TEEN-AGERS SHOT ON WAY TO SCHOOL\Crenshaw-area gunfire unprovoked, officers say.Byline: Daniel Taub Daily News Staff Writer Three Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] area teen-agers were shot Monday morning in an apparently unprovoked attack just before classes (at nearby) Dorsey High School, police said. Eddie Gamez, 14, a student at Dorsey, was shot in the neck and upper torso torso /tor·so/ (tor´so) trunk (1). tor·so n. pl. tor·sos or tor·si The human body excluding the head and limbs; trunk. and was in guarded but stable condition at UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. , 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 Paul Mize. Aldo Dominguez, 16, was shot in the abdomen and was in serious but stable condition at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , Mize said. Police did not know Monday if he is a student. Alberto Ruiz, 14, also a student at Dorsey, was treated at Midway Hospital for a minor wound to his left arm and was released to his parents. The teen-agers were walking to school across the street from campus when three males pulled up in a black 1995 full-size Chevrolet just before 8 a.m. Monday, Mize said. One of the passengers jumped out of the car and fired "at least 10 rounds" at the teen-agers with a semi-automatic handgun, Officer Cherie L. Clair of the 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 . .
The shooter then fled on foot, meeting the car a block away, Clair said. Police originally said the three teen-agers were crossing out graffiti on a wall where the shooting occurred, but Mize said that interviews with the victims and witnesses disproved that. "It appears to be an unprovoked attack," Mize said. Clair said police are treating the shooting as gang-related, citing a rivalry between local gangs. But Alex Fuentes, 18, who went to junior high with the victims, said the shooters mistook the victims for gang members because they wore baggy bag·gy adj. bag·gi·er, bag·gi·est Bulging or hanging loosely: baggy trousers. bag clothes and short hair. "I know them. They're not taggers, or gang members, or anything," said Fuentes, who attends Dorsey Community Adult School. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo Firefighters wash away blood after two Dorsey High students and their friend were hospitalized from gunshot wounds. Bob Halvorsen/Daily News |
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