Crime Scenes in the SGV (part 1)
Brian Day got the photo in East Valinda near where two people were shot Easter Sunday. Just south of the candles, blood stains are still clearly visible.
Here's Brian's description of the photo:
Blood stains in the street mark the spot where a 17-year-old La Puente boy and his girlfriend, also 17 and from La Puente, were shot late Sunday. The boy remains hospitalized in critical condition, and the girl suffered a grazing wound and has been released from the hospital. Two unidientified men have been arrested in connection with the shooting. Though neither the wounded boy his girlfriend are gang members, officials believe the suspects are. The shooting occurred after the suspects asked the injured teens their gang affiliation.
Comments
Tragically, another young life has ended with violence in our community. Unfortunately, shootings like the one that ended the life of the 17 year-old youth are not uncommon in this community. In the last couple of years, there have been at least three shooting incidents within 100 feet from this latest travesty. Two of those episodes have resulted in deaths. Young lives full of potential, of roads yet to be traveled...gone. With the flash of a muzzle and a lapse in judgment, La Puente loses another son, brother, and friend.
Sidewalk shrines, R.I.P. t-shirts, and carwash fundraisers (to pay for funeral expenses) have become all too common sights in our neighborhood. Regrettably common as well are, walls covered in graffiti, gang-bangers, and an alarmingly high dropout rate from our high schools; a recipe for future chaos. Lamentably, this ironic Easter murder will not be the last in La Puente. More will follow, and with them the makeshift shrines and the tears that accompany the realization that another young man will not fulfill his life’s potential.
Posted by: Mr. D | March 26, 2008 1:22 PM