FUNERAL HELD FOR OFFICER : FAMILY'S LAWYER CONTESTS VERSIONS OF FATAL SHOOTING.Byline: Dennis Love Daily News Staff Writer The mausoleum mausoleum (môsəlē`əm), a sepulchral structure or tomb, especially one of some size and architectural pretension, so called from the sepulcher of that name at Halicarnassus, Asia Minor, erected (c.352 B.C. vault was scarcely sealed Tuesday at the interment of Los Angeles police Officer Kevin Gaines when the debate resumed over the still-murky circumstances of his shooting death March 18 by another officer. Gaines, 31, was shot by on-duty narcotics Detective Frank Lyga, 40, on Cahuenga Boulevard near Lankershim Boulevard in Studio City after what Lyga says was a traffic confrontation. Investigators have said Gaines and Lyga were unaware they both were police officers. After the service, an attorney working with Johnnie L. Cochran Jr.'s law firm to represent the Gaines family said there were ``inconsistencies'' in police accounts, physical evidence and civilian accounts. Attorney Shawn Chapman said Cochran's investigators have located eyewitnesses whose stories do not necessarily corroborate To support or enhance the believability of a fact or assertion by the presentation of additional information that confirms the truthfulness of the item. The testimony of a witness is corroborated if subsequent evidence, such as a coroner's report or the testimony of other official accounts, although she would not be more specific. ``Let's just say the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. wasn't going out of its way to find witnesses,'' she said, standing on the sun-splashed cemetery grounds at Inglewood Memorial Park. At the time of the shooting, Gaines was in a sports utility vehicle sports utility vehicle sport n → véhicule m de loisirs (de type SUV) sports utility vehicle n (esp US) → fuoristrada m inv registered to the estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. wife of Marion ``Suge'' Knight, the head of Death Row Records. Lyga has told investigators that Gaines verbally harassed him and then raised a gun in his direction, prompting Lyga to fire two shots. Gaines was wearing a bulletproof Refers to extremely stable hardware and/or software that cannot be brought down no matter what unusual conditions arise. See industrial strength. bulletproof - Used of an algorithm or implementation considered extremely robust; lossage-resistant; capable of correctly vest, police sources have said. Chapman said that Gaines was shot in the side. 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 . spokesman Officer Eduardo Funes said the shooting remains under investigation. Gaines' funeral was attended by about 500 people, including LAPD Chief Willie L. Williams Willie L. Williams (born 1 October, 1943) was chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from 1992 to 1997, taking over after chief Daryl Gates' resignation following the 1992 Los Angeles riots. , two police commissioners and scores of uniformed officers. Last week, Williams said the department would not provide a full-honors funeral because they are reserved for officers killed in the line of duty In the Line of Duty may refer to:
A police veterans' honor guard supplied a 21-gun salute and ``Taps,'' as uniformed officers stood in formation, some wiping away tears. And the presence of Williams was duly noted, as the chief had indicated earlier that he would be unable to attend due to a conflicting Police Commission meeting. Gaines was remembered as ``an officer, a gentleman, and a friend,'' by Capt. Lyman Doster of Pacific Division, who remarked upon Gaines' ``charming smile'' and competitive nature. Doster referred to reports that Gaines had had a confrontation Aug. 16 with officers from the North Hollywood Division who were called to his house to investigate a report of gunfire. ``You've heard some comments about his past performance,'' Doster said. ``(But) he was about love. He approached his job with love.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Mourners carry out the daughters of Officer Kevin Gaines. (2) Family and friends attend memorial services at the Crenshaw Christian Center on Tuesday for Officer Kevin Gaines, who was slain March 18. Phil McCarten/Daily News |
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