Oh well, there went my neighborhood too
Not
to sound like an old codger, which I guess I am, but what in the world has life
become? I
used to go to Reseda Park quite a bit as a kid. There was a lake for
fishing, day camp and Indian Guide picnics. It's right in the middle of the San
Fernando Valley, a couple miles from where I grew up and my mom still lives.
used to go to Reseda Park quite a bit as a kid. There was a lake for
fishing, day camp and Indian Guide picnics. It's right in the middle of the San
Fernando Valley, a couple miles from where I grew up and my mom still lives.What
a shame, but I guess the place where I grew up has been destroyed by gangs and
guns too. They kill each other in front of kids playing football. A year or so ago, a guy was shot dead right next to my high school.
This is from the folks at City News Service, which supplies info to the media:
RESEDA (CNS) - Horrified children playing football at the Reseda Park and Recreation Center watched as a 25-year-old man being escorted away from a fight at the park was fatally shot, police said today.
Police and rescue crews were called to the park at Reseda and Victory boulevards at about 10:30 a.m., and found chaos, LAPD officer Sam Park said.
"We don't think this was related to the game, but two groups of people got into a fight of some sort, somebody pulled a gun, and two people were shot,'' Park said.
Two men were found wounded, and both taken to nearby hospitals by city fire paramedics, Parks said. One of them, described only as a 25-year-old, was declared dead shortly afterward.
The other victim had been shot in his hip and was reportedly hospitalized with no death expected, Park said.
Radio station KFWB reported that trauma counselors were called to the youth football game to talk to the children.
Police said a suspicious black SUV had been seen speeding away from the shootings.
Photo by Gene Blevins of the Daily News.
About the Blogger
Larry Altman has covered crime in the South Bay since 1990. He's seen it all - the missing model who turned up dead in the desert, the wives found dead in trunks, the high-school coaches who get a little too close to their players. He drives his young colleagues nuts with his "I remember when" stories. He welcomes your tips and observations about the present, and you can mix in a little Lakers basketball talk if you like.
E-mail Larry at larry.altman@dailybreeze.com.
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