When I heard the sirens and saw the flashing lights of two Monrovia patrol cars whizzing down Huntington Drive Monday night, first thing I thought of was: “No. Couldn’t be another shooting. Or could it?”
Sure enough, seconds later, I watched as police set up a perimeter in the 200 block of West Cypress Street. Turns out there was a drive-by shooting.
It seems the violence in Monrovia is growing, and residents of the area are not surprised. I spoke with more than a dozen residents Monday night – including students of Monrovia High – who knew all about rising tensions between Black and Hispanic gangs.
Turns out last night’s shooting – though it may have had been fueled by a domestic dispute – involved two adult Black men who shot an adult Hispanic man.
We’re just getting more information about the incident this morning. Attempts to talk a sergeant at the scene last night were unsuccessful. One officer kept saying this: “140 E. Lime. That’s the Police Department.” Yah, I know.
Look for a story in tomorrow’s paper.