CAMERA PROVIDES LEAD IN MURDER CASE OF TEEN-AGER.Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY - Dylan Robert Jenkins Robert Jenkins may refer to one of the following people:
The 17-year-old died after gunfire erupted in an alley in the 8400 block of Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. as a flurry of traffic and people consumed the Sunset Strip The Sunset Strip is the name given to the mile and a half stretch of Sunset Boulevard that passes through West Hollywood, California. It extends from West Hollywood's east border with Hollywood at Marmont Lane to its west border with Beverly Hills at Phyllis street. . The shootings also left a 19-year-old man injured and damaged a business and a passing truck. ``We were lucky more people weren't hurt,'' 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 Lt. Ray Peavy. Los Angeles County sheriff's homicide investigators received some leads about a possible witness Tuesday, one day after they released a photo taken by a traffic camera of a person believed to have been with the gunman that night, Peavy said. Jenkins was hanging out on the Strip that night with several of his friends and was waiting to be picked up about 2:40 a.m. when he became involved in an argument with two men, Peavy said. As the disagreement escalated, Jenkins and the two men went to a nearby alley, where Jenkins fought with one of the men. Several of Jenkins' friends accompanied him to the alley, where at least three other men appeared, possibly friends of the pair Jenkins had argued with, officials said. At one point, two men fired more than 20 rounds from semiautomatic handguns, officials said. It was not known whether both factions were armed and shooting. ``We can assume since Jenkins was shot and killed, there was at least one gunman on the other side,'' said Los Angeles County sheriff's Detective Richard Longshore long·shore adj. Occurring, living, or working along a seacoast. [Short for alongshore.] . As the gunfire broke out, a 19-year-old man who had stopped to watch the fight was shot in the leg. Jenkins, shot twice in the upper body, was pronounced dead in the alley. He died of multiple gunshot wounds, said Los Angeles County Coroner The Los Angeles County Department of Coroner was created in its present form on December 7, 1990 by an ordinance approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, though it has existed in some form since the late 19th century. spokesman Scott Carrier. Jenkins is believed to have moved to Canyon Country from Canoga Park a year ago. |
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