ATTACKERS CLAIMING TO BE POLICE SHOOT LANCASTER MAN.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer A Lancaster man remained in serious condition Monday after he was shot by early morning assailants who claimed to be sheriff's deputies, sheriff's officials said. Daniel Ortiz, 38, of Lancaster, was at home sleeping at 5:30 a.m. Monday when an unknown number of men knocked on his apartment door in the 45200 block of 7th Street East. ``When he said, `Who is it?' they said they were sheriffs,'' 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. County sheriff's Deputy Brian Schoonmaker. ``As he opened the door, they began to fire.'' Fired from at least two guns, some bullets went through the door opening and others 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. the door itself, hitting Ortiz in the abdomen abdomen, in humans and other vertebrates, portion of the trunk between the diaphragm and lower pelvis. In humans the wall of the abdomen is a muscular structure covered by fascia, fat, and skin. and left shoulder, Schoonmaker said. After the gunman left, Ortiz's girlfriend called the Sheriff's Department, officials said. ``We're still talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to the family members,'' said Schoonmaker. ``We have no motive motive or motif (mōtēf`), in music, a short phrase or passage of two or more notes and repeated or elaborated throughout the composition. The term is usually used synonymously with figure. yet. We're looking into some relationship problems.'' |
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