Los Angeles Times

The gunshot victim and his employees were writing down license plate information when the alleged taggers got out of their car, said Sgt. Alfredo Flores of the Los Angeles Police Department.

The owner told the two youths — each described as not much taller than 5 feet — not to tag his property, Flores said.

One of the youths pulled out a handgun, shot the man in the chest, got back in the car and drove away.

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Michael Flores, 18, a young Latino man, was shot in the chest in the 200 block of S. Chicago Street in Boyle Heights in LAPD’s Hollenbeck Division about 9:05 p.m. Saturday, March 24. He was standing on the sidewalk when a van drove up, and a passenger got out. Words were exchanged, and then both newcomers shot him. Police believe Flores and his attackers belonged to different gangs, and that some dispute arose. Flores was taken to a hospital, where he died. The suspects are two Latino men or youths. Anyone with any information, including anonymous tips, is asked to call LAPD Hollenbeck detectives at (323)526-3006.

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Alex Contreras-Rodriguez, 17, a Latino youth (left), was stabbed on the campus of Washington Preparatory High School in Athens and died at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center at 3:40 p.m. Friday, March 23. Sheriff’s deputies said Contreras-Rodriguez was leaving school and got into a fight with other students, which culminated in the stabbing. A 16-year-old black youth was arrested Saturday in connection to the killing, which police called “gang-related.” A kitchen knife was recovered from the roof of the school.

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Hector Luis Sanchez Flores, 39, a Latino man, was killed in the parking lot of a 99-Cents Only store in the 5200 block of Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood about 10:20 p.m. Wednesday, March 28. A white car pulled up and the occupants fired. A white woman, 44, was also wounded, and is in stable condition at a local hospital, police said. The people in the car yelled a gang name; police suspect they are members of a Latino gang.

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Hector Espinoza Balderas, 19, a Latino man, was shot in the neck in the 9100 block of Tobias Avenue in LAPD’s Mission Division on Sunday, March 25. He survived at a hospital until Monday, March 26, dying at 12:55 p.m. He had been standing on the sidewalk when two men shot at him from a black sedan. Police had no evidence that Espinoza Balderas was a gang member, but they said his attackers might have assumed that he was because of his looks. Anyone with information is asked to call Dets. Gene Parshall or John Macchiarella at (818) 838-9976.

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Gerald Jones, 33, a black man, was shot in the torso in the parking lot of the Cornett Motel at 6345 Crenshaw Ave. in LAPD’s 77th Street Division, and died about 1:25 a.m. April 1. Detectives said that he and some friends had rented a room at the motel and had quarreled with men who also wanted a room. Gang rivalry was (omitted) also at issue, they said. Jones died at the scene.

 CBS5.com

Kafoa M. Hefa, 20, of Seattle, Wash., was taken into custody without incident on Tuesday at the home of relatives in the 700 block of Donohoe Street, according to Deputy U.S. Marshal Gary Enos. Hefa had been sought by authorities for a probation violation and is believed by Seattle police to be responsible for the shooting murder of an (omitted) rival gang member, Randy West, on March 21 in Seattle, the U.S. Marshals Service reported.

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Sacramento Police have arrested a 15-year-old gang member for the homicide of 16-year-old Jelisa Office. Police say the suspect, a validated gang member, was taken into custody without incident at 11th Avenue & 44th Street.

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The man who (omitted) shot and killed a King County sheriff’s deputy Saturday was a member of a violent Seattle gang and was on active supervision by the state Department of Corrections. (GB’s comment: WTF is “active supervision”?)

Raymond O. Porter, 23, was killed by other deputies after he shot Deputy Steve Cox in the back room of a White Center home early Saturday.

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Residents and tourists here were stunned Thursday in the wake of a daylight gang brawl that left a 15-year-old boy stabbed to death, a 14-year-old charged with his murder and downtown’s main commercial strip shut down for more than eight hours. “Everyone’s saying, ‘This isn’t supposed to happen in Santa Barbara,’ ” said Police Chief Cam Sanchez. “Well, it isn’t supposed to happen anywhere.” (GB’s comment: Uh, hello? It’s California – you guys are so liberal I’m surprised you aren’t all sex slaves for these little pukes.)

Killed was 15-year-old Luis Angel Linares, a student at El Puente Community School who was known to his friends as Nacho. Bleeding after being stabbed, he staggered into the parking lot behind Saks Fifth Avenue on State Street before being rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

His alleged killer, whose name was not released because of his age, attended Santa Barbara Junior High School. He is being held at Santa Barbara County’s juvenile hall, officials said.

Four others — allegedly members of the same gang — were also arrested on a variety of charges. They range in age from 13 to 16.

Gangbuster says, “It doesn’t matter how old they are. Publish their names. They aren’t people. They aren’t even human. When approached by any person of any age always be prepared to shoot to kill and empty your clip in 3’s.”