COPS SEARCH FOR KILLER OF WIFE, MOTHER MISTAKEN ID MAY BE REASON.Byline: James Nash Staff Writer Police on Friday were searching for a carload carload In commodities trading, a railroad car or truckload of grain that ranges from 1,400 to 2,500 bushels. of gang members who shot and killed an Arleta woman - possibly in a case of mistaken identity mistaken identity n → erreur f d'identité mistaken identity mistake n → Verwechslung f mistaken identity n - as she drove home from a Thanksgiving gathering in Hollywood. Rosalba Acosta, 44, was driving with four family members on the 1200 block of Saint Andrews Saint Andrews, town (1991 pop. 11,302), Fife, E Scotland, on the North Sea. A summer resort, it is famous for its golf courses. It was the seat of an archbishop from 908 and the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland until the Reformation. St. Place in Hollywood at about 10:30 p.m. when four men approached them in another car and began shooting, Los Angeles police said. Acosta was struck twice. She was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. History Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as and was pronounced dead shortly after midnight, said Detective Mike Thrasher thrasher: see mimic thrush. thrasher Any of 17 species (family Mimidae) of New World songbirds that have a downcurved bill and are noted for noisily foraging on the ground in dense thickets and for loud, varied songs. of the Hollywood Station. None of her passengers was injured. The victim's husband, Jose Luis Acosta, could barely contain his grief as he recounted the events of Thanksgiving Eve. ``We heard six or seven shots; then we heard two more and one shattered the back window,'' Acosta said, choking back tears. ``The truck slowed down and the kids started crying for their mommy. ``My only thoughts right now are about the future of my children.'' Investigators do not believe Acosta was the target of the shooting, said Detective Johnny Smith of the 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 . . ``As far as we know, this is random,'' Smith said. ``By some accounts, it may have been a case of mistaken identity.'' Friends and family members consoled each other in the front lawn of the Arleta home Acosta shared with her husband and three children. The friends and family members declined to speak with a reporter. Police said Friday afternoon that they had no new leads on the case. They were searching for a dark blue, four-door Honda Accord from the mid- 1980s with yellow lights affixed af·fix tr.v. af·fixed, af·fix·ing, af·fix·es 1. To secure to something; attach: affix a label to a package. 2. to both front panels, police said. Four Hispanic males were in the car at the time of the shooting, Thrasher said, although he did not have more specific descriptions of the men. Police said they had no evidence that Acosta was targeted, although they couldn't rule out the possibility. Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the Los Angeles Police Department at (213) 485-9168. James Nash, (213) 978-0390 james.nash(at)dailynews.com |
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