SUSPECTS SOUGHT IN 2 GANG ATTACKS.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer LANCASTER Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. -- Deputies are hunting for participants in two gang attacks, one in which a teenage bicyclist's teeth were knocked out and another that 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 car window of a couple with their baby. The first attack happened Thursday Thursday: see week. on Fig Avenue, where a 17-year-old boy was knocked off his bicycle bicycle, light, two-wheeled vehicle driven by pedals. The name velocipede is often given to early forms of the bicycle and to its predecessor, the dandy horse, a two-wheeled vehicle moved by the thrust of the rider's feet upon the ground. by eight or 10 youths and kicked in the body and face, knocking out two teeth, deputies said. When neighbors chased off the assailants, a person in a car drove toward the neighbors, got out and fired at least three shots. While driving away, he fired at least three more times. No one was hit. One of the suspects who kicked out the teen's teeth was arrested. His name was not released. The second shooting Thursday happened at Eastside Park Eastside Park is a residential neighborhood in the Eastside of Paterson, New Jersey east of downtown. Once the home of the city's industrial and political leaders, the neighborhood experienced a significant downturn as industry fled Paterson. where a man, his wife and their 6-month-old infant were sitting in a car in the parking lot when they were approached by 20 or 30 people who looked like gang members, deputies said. When the group came within three to five feet of his car, the man told deputies, he heard three to five gunshots. At least one bullet shattered the driver's window, and the man's face was cut by glass fragments. His wife and baby were not 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. . The Sheriff's Department is asking anyone with information about the park shooting to call gang deputies at (661) 948-8466. karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 |
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