Shooting victim named
I put in a call to the coroner's office this morning and the identity has been released of a 21-year-old man killed Tuesday night in unincorporated Covina.
Hector Barajas Jr., of Covina, was killed in a walk-up shooting just before 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 16000 block of East Ballentine Place in an unincorporated county area near Covina, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office.
Barajas was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau is assisting detectives at the San Dimas sheriff’s station in the case.
Authorities believe the shooting may have been gang-related.
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If I'm looking at the map correctly that's within a block or so of the Irwindale Police station..on the east side of the street...
Posted by: Berta | February 13, 2008 10:41 AM
Tania,
Maybe you can help answer this quesiton (already posed twice to Frank):
What is the SGV Tribune's policy with regards to identifying the race of a crime suspect? I just read two news stories in your sister paper, the Daily Bulletin, that failed to mention the race of shooting and robbery suspects. Help us understand the Tribune's (and sister papers') policy.
Posted by: usagain | February 13, 2008 11:46 AM
I'll give credit where credit is due. This is not the first time usagain has asked this question and it should be answered.
I'm aware that in the past the PSN and SGVT did not always put in the race if the suspect was a minority. That is an easily proved fact.
Of course if a white cop used what might have been though of in any remote type of way at all something that in someone's universe could be thought of as "excessive force" on any minority subject/suspect, that would be all over the paper.
As a white victim of a violent assault from a black suspect (in 1993) I can speak first hand on it. His race was never mentioned and my families inquiry into why was met with silence.
When no response comes from the paper to usagain's question than it could only lead one to believe they're playing the same racial politics as in the past.
Please say that isn't so, a bad guy is a bad guy.
Local Boy
Posted by: Local Boy | February 13, 2008 11:03 PM
Why the avoidance?
Posted by: usagain | February 14, 2008 12:58 PM
Does anyone know if this is the same Hector Barajas of Monrovia
Posted by: Anonymous | February 15, 2008 9:21 AM