Pomona suffers 12th homicide of '09
A 25-year-old Pomona man died Tuesday after he was shot several times in the 600 block of Illinois Street.
It's the 12th homicide in Pomona this year. That leaves the city with twice as many slayings as any other city in the San Gabriel Valley and Whittier areas. Pasadena is a distant second with 6 killings.
That makes 70 homicides in the region this year. Seventy percent of them are by gunshot.
See the numbers on our homicide map.
It's the 12th homicide in Pomona this year. That leaves the city with twice as many slayings as any other city in the San Gabriel Valley and Whittier areas. Pasadena is a distant second with 6 killings.
That makes 70 homicides in the region this year. Seventy percent of them are by gunshot.
See the numbers on our homicide map.
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| Frank Girardot, Metro Editor for the San Gabriel Valley Newspapers, brings you behind the yellow tape with takes on true crime, cold cases and more. This is also your forum to discuss crime, its impact on your neighborhood and how we cover it. Have any questions or tips? You can leave a comment here or e-mail Frank. |
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Brian Day is the crime reporter for the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper group. E-mail Brian. |
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