BRIEFLY POLICE SEEK DUO IN GANG SHOOTING.SYLMAR - Detectives were searching Saturday for two gang members suspected of an ambush-style 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 wounded a 21-year-old man early Saturday morning, police said. The victim, whom police did not identify, was shot in the thigh, and was transported to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History in Mission Hills shortly after the 2:45 a.m. shooting. It occurred in the 14900 block of Oswald Street in Sylmar. ``It was an ambush,'' said Sgt. Garth Grugal of the Los Angeles Police Department's Foothill Division. ``It appears that they were waiting for him: The victim comes home from work, and they come out with a rifle.'' Police believe members of a San Fernando gang were involved in the shooting. - Daily News Fire in Northridge destroys factory NORTHRIDGE - A fire destroyed a picture frame-making company in Northridge, fire officials said Saturday. The building at 8731 N. Darby Ave. was a one-story commercial building housing Lawrence Universal picture framing company, Jim Wells of the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. said. - Daily News Two earthquakes rattle Southland PASADENA - Two earthquakes shook the Southland on Sunday, a Caltech seismologist seis·mol·o·gy n. The geophysical science of earthquakes and the mechanical properties of the earth. seis said. At 5:50 p.m., a magnitude-3.2 aftershock af·ter·shock n. 1. A quake of lesser magnitude, usually one of a series, following a large earthquake in the same area. 2. of last year's Hector Earthquake struck about 34 miles south southwest of Baker in San Bernardino County, said seismologist Kate Hutton at the California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. . About a half-hour earlier, at 5:17 p.m., another magnitude-3.2 shaker hit about 7 miles south southwest of Bakersfield in Kern County, Hutton said. That temblor was a new quake and not an aftershock, she said. - City News Service |
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