GUNSHOT VICTIM, 68, IDENTIFIED.Byline: - Daily News PALMDALE - Coroner's investigators released on Saturday the name of a 68-year-old Palmdale man who was shot to death at a Lancaster intersection intersection /in·ter·sec·tion/ (-sek´shun) a site at which one structure crosses another. intersection a site at which one structure crosses another. late Thursday night. Ladd Franklin Schweitzer Schweit·zer , Albert 1875-1965. French philosopher, physician, and musician who founded (1913) and spent much of his life at a missionary hospital in present-day Gabon. He won the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize. was found shot at the intersection of 70th Street East and Avenue N about 11 p.m. Schweitzer was transported to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries. Homicide homicide (hŏm`əsīd), in law, the taking of human life. Homicides that are neither justifiable nor excusable are considered crimes. A criminal homicide committed with malice is known as murder, otherwise it is called manslaughter. investigators have not released any information about the shooting or on who discovered Schweitzer. Coroner's officials said relatives identified the victim. Investigators say Schweitzer was shot multiple times in the upper torso torso /tor·so/ (tor´so) trunk (1). tor·so n. pl. tor·sos or tor·si The human body excluding the head and limbs; trunk. area. |
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