HOMICIDE VICTIM'S FAMILY PLEASED WITH FUGITIVE'S ARREST.Byline: RACHEL URANGA Staff Writer A day after the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. announced the capture of one of Los Angeles' most-wanted gang members, friends and family of his alleged victim expressed bittersweet bittersweet, name for two unrelated plants, belonging to different families, both fall-fruiting woody vines sometimes cultivated for their decorative scarlet berries. joy. Police suspect Steve Garcia, 43, a member of the San Fers gang in San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. , in the fatal shooting of Kenneth Landon in a Sylmar motel Feb. 12, 2001. Landon's death shattered shat·ter v. shat·tered, shat·ter·ing, shat·ters v.tr. 1. To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow. 2. a. the lives of his mother, brother, son and former girlfriend. All moved out of state shortly after the killing, saying it was too painful to remain and that they feared for their lives, said Landon's mother, who asked that her name not be published for fear of retribution RETRIBUTION. 1. That which is given to another to recompense him for what has been received from him; as a rent for the hire of a house. 2. A salary paid to a person for his services. 3. The distribution of rewards and punishments. . "The past six years have been hell for me," she said. "I want everyone to know that my son was good and loving and that every day it hurts." Friends and family described Landon as a fun-loving goofball goof·ball or goof ball n. A barbiturate or tranquilizer in the form of a pill, especially when taken for nonmedical purposes. , a devoted father who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. "Our son considered his father to be the king of the world and he idolized i·dol·ize tr.v. i·dol·ized, i·dol·iz·ing, i·dol·iz·es 1. To regard with blind admiration or devotion. See Synonyms at revere1. 2. To worship as an idol. him," said Landon's former girlfriend and the mother of his now-12-year-old son. "Kenny saw all the good in his life through his son. They were a fun and perfect pair, the apples of each other's eyes for sure." Landon, a construction worker who as a youth was active with the anti-drug program DARE, was not affiliated with gangs, as earlier reported. But, his mother said, he had slipped into drug use and was seeking treatment. On the night he was killed, his ex-girlfriend said he was at a party at a Motel 6 when Garcia made some rude comments to some women there. Landon asked Garcia to leave, she said; he returned with a gun and shot Landon several times. Police said they could not confirm the account. A fugitive task force that had been watching for Garcia for four days in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, caught him Friday at a market along the main strip buying an ice cream. Authorities believe he had been living in Mexico since fleeing shortly after the shooting. "Kenneth Landon is not the only victim. His mother, his family, everyone is a victim in something like this. He's gone, but the pain will stay with (his mother) until she dies," said veteran homicide Detective Jim Freund Jim Freund is a radio personality and a prominent figure in the speculative fiction community as host of the Pacifica Radio show Hour of the Wolf and as curator of the New York Review of Science Fiction Reading Series. . Garcia, also known as "Big Steve" and "Loco Steve," is the second person arrested of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's recently released top 10 most-wanted gang members in L.A. rachel.uranga@dailynews.com (818) 713-3741 |
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