BABY'S FATHER BELIEVED TARGET OF GANG BULLETS.Byline: Sylvia Sylvia may refer to:
RESEDA - A 2-month-old girl who was wounded in a gang-related shooting in which her 19-year-old father appeared to be the intended target remained in extremely critical condition Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath. , officials said. The unidentified girl was sitting with her 17-month-old sister in the back seat of their 18-year-old mother's car about 7:15 p.m. Friday night, when a gunman opened fire on them as the girls' father got into the passenger seat. The infant was the only one injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. in the shooting. Police declined to identify the victims, as they continued the search for the gunman and three other men who were in the getaway vehicle with him. ``It's gang-related and the suspects are outstanding. It would not be in the best benefit to release their names right now,'' said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. spokesman Eduardo Funes. Funes would not say whether the father was a gang member but said it appeared the gunman was after the baby's father. Shattered shat·ter v. shat·tered, shat·ter·ing, shat·ters v.tr. 1. To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow. 2. a. glass in the driveway of one of the father's neighbors was the only sign of the tragedy Saturday. The 18100 block of Gault n. 1. (Geol.) A series of beds of clay and marl in the South of England, between the upper and lower greensand of the Cretaceous period. Street was quiet and residents went about their weekend chores, occasionally chatting with each other about the attack. Neighbors said while their community has had some acts of violence, they feel safe there. They said they were saddened by the shooting. ``It's unfortunate that it happened in this area because we haven't had problems around here for a while,'' said Paul Kass, 39, who lives nearby on Chimineas Avenue. ``It doesn't make me feel less safe. We're a close-knit community. There a few bad apples in the bunch. We as citizens aren't going to stand for it. We're going to do anything we can to see that it doesn't happen.'' Funes said the baby's father had just gotten into his girlfriend's car when a dark brown Chevy Blazer pulled up beside them. One of the four men in the truck got out, ran over to the passenger side of the family's car and started shooting. A bullet hit the child in the 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 her mother drove them all to Northridge Hospital, where she baby surgery Friday night. |
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