GANG KILLINGS RAISE ALARM WITH LAPD SHOOTING, RETALIATION WITHIN A WEEK SIGNAL END OF TRUCE.Byline: Josh Kleinbaum Staff Writer PANORAMA CITY - After two slayings in a week shattered a fragile truce between rival gangs - including a brazen shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. - the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. said Monday that it plans to flood the area with officers to prevent the violence from escalating. Authorities said a slaying Sunday evening was in retaliation RETALIATION. The act by which a nation or individual treats another in the same manner that the latter has treated them. For example, if a nation should lay a very heavy tariff on American goods, the United States would be justified in return in laying heavy duties on the manufactures and for a fatal 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 Oct. 2 - the victims being members of two local gangs who could be fighting for control of the drug trade. ``We know that there will be funerals and there will be memorials and there will be a lot of emotion within the gangs and within the families of these gang members,'' said LAPD Deputy Chief Michel Moore, the Valley Bureau's commanding officer. ``We've got to do everything we can to try to steer that emotion away from further violence. That is not the answer.'' One man was killed and three others wounded - including a bystander by·stand·er n. A person who is present at an event without participating in it. bystander Noun a person present but not involved; onlooker; spectator Noun 1. hit by a stray bullet - about 6 p.m. Sunday in the 8700 block of Memory Park Avenue near Parthenia Place, officials said. The occupants of two vehicles - a white pickup truck and a black Chevrolet sedan - began shooting at each other while driving toward each other on Memory Park Avenue. At least one of the passengers was firing a rifle, Mission Area Capt. Kirk Albanese said. Three people in the Chevrolet were hit, and the driver died, Albanese said. Police are still looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the pickup truck and its passengers. Anyone with information on the shootout should contact Mission Area homicide detectives at (818) 838-9810. A woman standing outside near her house on Burnet burnet, hardy perennial herb of the family Rosaceae (rose) found in temperate regions, usually with white or greenish flowers. The European species are sometimes cultivated for the leaves, which are used in salads, for flavoring, and formerly as a poultice to stop Avenue - about a half-mile from the scene - was hit in the neck by a stray bullet, Albanese said. She underwent surgery Monday and was expected to recover. ``We are aggressively working to ensure that we don't have retaliation,'' Albanese said. ``We will have a very certain, unmistakable presence in the community.'' On Oct. 2, Gerardo Fajardo, 20, of Van Nuys was shot to death in the 8700 block of Burnet, a block away from Sunday's shootout. Both slayings occurred in a 1.3-mile area bordered by Van Nuys and Roscoe boulevards, Nordhoff Street and the San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. , which police have identified as a problem area. In September, police launched a Safer Cities Initiative to focus on the area, assigning eight officers and a sergeant to patrol the area four nights each week. ``This has been going on for months,'' said a 28-year-old woman who lives in the area. ``Last year, someone got killed every month over here.'' Three gangs operate in the area, including the two involved in the latest feud. ``It may be nothing more than arguing over a corner and may extend to who controls the sale and distribution of narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. in the area,'' Moore said. ``This is one of the realities of gang violence, and of the gang lifestyle, and the risk that it poses to the community and to the general safety of these neighborhoods.'' Josh Kleinbaum, (818) 713-3669 josh.kleinbaum(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): map Map: Oct. 2, first shooting Oct. 9, second shooting Daily News |
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