ONE KILLED, 3 HURT IN DRIVE-BY.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer PALMDALE - A gang-related 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 in a normally quiet Palmdale neighborhood late Friday night left a 19-year-old man dead and three people injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. , officials said. One of the injured was airlifted to an undisclosed hospital with a gunshot wound to the hip area while the other two were taken to Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital, one suffering from a wound to the arm and the other grazed graze 1 v. grazed, graz·ing, graz·es v.intr. 1. To feed on growing grasses and herbage. 2. Informal a. To eat a variety of appetizers as a full meal. by a bullet. At least one of the victims was a woman, officials said. ``I heard a bunch of loud pops, but I figured it was firecrackers,'' said one neighborhood resident. ``A few seconds later I heard a bunch of commotion and then sirens Sirens with song, bird-women lure sailors to death. [Gk. Myth.: Odyssey] See : Enchantment sirens their singing so sweet, it lured sailors to their death. [Gk. Myth.: Hamilton, 48] See : Singer . I can't believe something like that happened here. We have our share of problems, but nothing like this.'' Deputies received the 911 call just before midnight and were on scene within seconds, but the suspects' vehicle was nowhere in sight. The victims told investigators they were standing in the front yard of a home, a residence of one of the victims in the 38800 block of Juniper Tree Road, when four men drove by and opened fire. The 19-year-old, whose name was not released pending notification of his next of kin The blood relatives entitled by law to inherit the property of a person who dies without leaving a valid will, although the term is sometimes interpreted to include a relationship existing by reason of marriage. Cross-references Descent and Distribution. , was killed instantly and the other three were struck as they scrambled for cover. The car containing the shooter then sped south toward Lake Elizabeth Lake Elizabeth may refer to
Investigators said they believe the suspects may be tied to other shootings because of the small caliber of gun used and the description of the suspects and their vehicle, though they would not say if those shootings occurred in the Antelope Valley. The suspects were described as African-American men between the ages of 18 and 23 in a newer model white or champagne colored Saturn. Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500 or the Palmdale sheriff's station at (661) 267-4300. The killing was the 38th homicide in the Antelope Valley this year. With more than three weeks still left in the year, Friday's shooting ties 2003 with 1992 as the bloodiest year the Antelope Valley has seen in terms of homicides. Greg Botonis, (661) 267-7802 greg.botonis(at)daily news.com |
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