ARREST IN SHOOTING OF TEEN OUTRAGE RESULTS FROM CRITICAL WOUNDING OF LOCKE STUDENT WHO WAS AWAITING AUNT.Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer The critical wounding of a 15-year-old girl, who was waiting outside her high school to be picked up by her aunt, sparked outrage Friday across South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. and renewed calls for tough measures against gangs. Deliesh Allen was in ``very critical'' condition at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located within the city of Torrance, California, USA. The hospital was founded in 1946, and is funded by Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA serves as the Level I Trauma Center for the South Bay area. , where her family gathered following the curbside shooting Thursday afternoon outside Locke High School Alain Leroy Locke High School is a Title 1 co-educational public high school located in Los Angeles, California, United States, and is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is named after Alain LeRoy Locke. Locke is located in South Los Angeles near Watts. east of Watts. Police said an 18-year-old suspected gang member was arrested early Friday in connection with the shooting. ``The senseless killing must stop,'' said Marguerite LaMotte, a Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. board member who represents South Los Angeles. ``Students go to school thinking they are safe. Parents think they are safe. ``Everyone is getting tired of the senseless killing. So if you see anything around a school don't be afraid to step up ... to say exactly what you saw.'' Police arrested Dejuan Hines of South Los Angeles at 3 a.m. Friday 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. , police said. Bail was set at $1 million. Detectives worked through the night to find the former Locke High student, who was apprehended at a relative's home in South Los Angeles, said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Assistant Chief George Gascon Gascon inhabitant of Gascony, France; people noted for their bragging. [Fr. Hist.: NCE, 1049] See : Boastfulness . Police seized two guns but haven't linked them to the shooting. ``We feel very very comfortable that this crime will be solved quickly,'' Gascon said. The shooting occurred at 3 p.m. Thursday - the day before the start of spring break. The victim and two friends were standing on the curb after school, awaiting a ride from her aunt, when a gunman in the street fired three shots, then ran, police said. ``Deliesh's life is now hanging in the balance because of a senseless shooting, one that we find unacceptable and intolerable,'' Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California said at a news conference with school officials. ``Our prayers go out to Deliesh's family at this time. ... We work hard to make our city safe, but an incident like this shatters us all.'' Locke High School, located in the highest crime area in Los Angeles County, was already in the middle of a turnaround when the shooting occurred at the end of two days of tests. Where once there had been social disorder and truants loitering Loitering (IPA pronunciation: ['lɔɪtəˌrɪŋ] is an intransitive verb meaning to stand idly, to stop numerous times, or to delay and procrastinate. the halls, according to school police, achievement and morale were up. There was a new new principal, new teachers. new youth programs before and after school. Even a fresh coat of paint. A ``safe passage corridor'' was created around the school to encourage residents to report suspicious activity. But not even two uniformed school police officers, an undercover cop on campus and stepped-up patrols by Los Angeles police could stop the bloodshed. ``This is a real tragedy,'' Superintendent Roy Romer said. ``We can stop this, but we can only stop it if every parent in this city takes seriously the role that violence must cease. ``I appeal to the whole community at large to help us make schools a place of safety and hope for these children.'' Staff Writer Jason Kandel contributed to this report. Dana Bartholomew, (818) 713-3730 dana.bartholomew(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos, map Photo: (1 -- 3) 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 . Assistant Chief Jim
McDonnell, above, at podium, joins other police, city and school
district officials at Parker Center to announce the arrest of a suspect,
Dejuan Hines, right, in the shooting of 15-year-old Deliesh Allen, left.
Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News Map: 15-year-old girl hit by stray bullet |
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