KNIGHT STUDENTS VICTIMS OF ATTACK INCIDENT HAD `GANG ELEMENT'.Byline For the use of the term in football (soccer), see Byline (soccer). The byline on a newspaper or magazine article gives the name, and often the position, of the writer of the article. : KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer PALMDALE Palmdale, city (1990 pop. 68,842), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the irrigated Antelope Valley; a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles near Little Rock Creek where it forms Lake Palmdale Reservoir, inc. 1962. -- Additional sheriff's deputies patrolled around Knight High School on Thursday Thursday: see week. , a day after two Knight students were attacked by 15 to 20 young men as they walked home from school, deputies said. The two students, who are Latino, were hit and kicked by the assailants, who were African-American and ranged in age from about 15 to 22, deputies said. ``They asked if they belonged to a certain gang. When the Hispanics said no, they started hitting them with their fists and feet,'' sheriff's Lt. Don Ford said. ``Some motorist passed by and stopped. That stopped the attack and the suspects ran off.'' Thursday's attack occurred about 2:45 p.m. near 65th Street East and Avenue R-8, about a half-mile from the school. The two students suffered minor injuries, Ford said. Authorities don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. whether any of the assailants were students from Knight High. ``Staff and security and school deputies are attempting to identify participants that go to our school,'' trustee Al Beattie Beattie is a surname, and may refer to:
Sheriff's officials said they have noticed racial tensions since school started between Latino and African-American students. They said because so many students walk to and from school, trouble has occurred when students insult in·sult n. A bodily injury, irritation, or trauma. insult Medtalk noun Any stressful stimulus which, under normal circumstances, does not affect the host organism, but which may result in morbidity, when it each other and get in shoving matches on their way home from school. Ford said it was hard to say whether the attack was prompted by gang or race. ``There is a gang element to it,'' Ford said. karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 |
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