Very interesting...
Sad news, Tazer Faithful, but we'll note a few things after you read this...
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Two dead, two hurt in Richmond shootings
By Cassandra Braun
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
In the deadliest day in months, two teens were killed and two other young men were injured Sunday in two separate drive-by shootings that occurred within a half hour.
The first shooting occurred in unincorporated North Richmond shortly before noon near the corner of 5th Street and Market Avenue, said Contra Costa sheriff's Sgt. Darren Hobbs
A group of men were standing in front of a grocery store near the corner when a dark four-door sedan, carrying three to four men, pulled up and the occupants sprayed a barrage of shots into the group. Numerous shots were fired with at least two weapons, Hobbs said.
A male approximately 15 or 16 was shot in the head and died at the scene. A 17-year-old boy, was treated and released from a local hospital for a hand wound.
A half hour later at about 12:26 p.m., Richmond officers responded to 911 calls of several shots heard at the corner of 7th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, said Richmond police Lt. Enos Johnson.
Police at the scene found a 27-year-old man who had been shot through his upper left thigh. He was treated and released from a local hospital. About a half-block down Pennsylvania, officers discovered another victim, a 19-year-old man with several shots in his upper torso. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene, Johnson said.
Similar to the earlier shooting, the two men were standing with a group of others when a dark sedan, possibly green, drove up and the occupants inside began firing and then sped away, Johnson said.
Police have no suspects in either shooting, and Richmond and sheriffs investigators were working to determine if the two incidents were related.
Authorities did not release the victims names Sunday.
Richmond has been grappling with ways to stem violence. The city has had more than two dozen homicides this year, according to police.
The 2004 shooting death of college-bound former De La Salle High School football star Terrance Kelly outraged Richmond and reinvigorated the city's anti-violence movement.
Then came the Black-on-Black Crime Summit in June 2005, a gathering of community members and faith leaders who began planning ways to attack the roots of street violence, such as poverty, lack of education and lack of economic opportunity.
Reach Cassandra Braun at 925-945-4782 or cbraun@cctimes.com.
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First, we wonder about the nature of the "dark sedan." Is there some sort of organization to that madness? We're sure that RPD is looking into similarities to past crimes, and hope that they can clear the matter quickly.
Second, anyone else catch the extraneous info that are the last three paragraphs? Is that just framing text, or is it some sort of editorialization? It could've stopped at the number of homicides. The rest, however, doesn't wrap up into anything that brings us to the present, and the current spate of violence. We only wonder what you're trying to say, Ms. Braun.
From Tazerville with love, we'll go ahead and say it for you: The community and clergy are doing what the city government isn't.
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Two dead, two hurt in Richmond shootings
By Cassandra Braun
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
In the deadliest day in months, two teens were killed and two other young men were injured Sunday in two separate drive-by shootings that occurred within a half hour.
The first shooting occurred in unincorporated North Richmond shortly before noon near the corner of 5th Street and Market Avenue, said Contra Costa sheriff's Sgt. Darren Hobbs
A group of men were standing in front of a grocery store near the corner when a dark four-door sedan, carrying three to four men, pulled up and the occupants sprayed a barrage of shots into the group. Numerous shots were fired with at least two weapons, Hobbs said.
A male approximately 15 or 16 was shot in the head and died at the scene. A 17-year-old boy, was treated and released from a local hospital for a hand wound.
A half hour later at about 12:26 p.m., Richmond officers responded to 911 calls of several shots heard at the corner of 7th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, said Richmond police Lt. Enos Johnson.
Police at the scene found a 27-year-old man who had been shot through his upper left thigh. He was treated and released from a local hospital. About a half-block down Pennsylvania, officers discovered another victim, a 19-year-old man with several shots in his upper torso. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene, Johnson said.
Similar to the earlier shooting, the two men were standing with a group of others when a dark sedan, possibly green, drove up and the occupants inside began firing and then sped away, Johnson said.
Police have no suspects in either shooting, and Richmond and sheriffs investigators were working to determine if the two incidents were related.
Authorities did not release the victims names Sunday.
Richmond has been grappling with ways to stem violence. The city has had more than two dozen homicides this year, according to police.
The 2004 shooting death of college-bound former De La Salle High School football star Terrance Kelly outraged Richmond and reinvigorated the city's anti-violence movement.
Then came the Black-on-Black Crime Summit in June 2005, a gathering of community members and faith leaders who began planning ways to attack the roots of street violence, such as poverty, lack of education and lack of economic opportunity.
Reach Cassandra Braun at 925-945-4782 or cbraun@cctimes.com.
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First, we wonder about the nature of the "dark sedan." Is there some sort of organization to that madness? We're sure that RPD is looking into similarities to past crimes, and hope that they can clear the matter quickly.
Second, anyone else catch the extraneous info that are the last three paragraphs? Is that just framing text, or is it some sort of editorialization? It could've stopped at the number of homicides. The rest, however, doesn't wrap up into anything that brings us to the present, and the current spate of violence. We only wonder what you're trying to say, Ms. Braun.
From Tazerville with love, we'll go ahead and say it for you: The community and clergy are doing what the city government isn't.
posted by Plunda Claus @ 11:10 PM
4 Comments:
At September 11, 2006 6:21 AM,
Anonymous said…
Thank Gog for the Community and Clergy on the frontlinrs
At September 11, 2006 9:43 AM,
Anonymous said…
I believe the last three paragraphs are drawing attention to: 1) the outpouring of public attention arising out of the untimely death of Terrance Kelly, 2) the Black on Black Crime Summit which took place 11 months later in an effort to develop a plan for reducing or eliminating violence in the community through education, and 3) what has been accomplished by Richmond's so-called anti-violence movement?
It's interesting that there was no mention of efforts or plans by Richmond's Anti-Violence Coordinator. I certainly hope there will be information, or at very least a statement, coming from that office shortly.
At September 11, 2006 12:19 PM,
Anonymous said…
I think I understand the Tazer's point regarding this article. From a journalistic point of view, those 3 paragraphs are all factual, but they add little to the story. As close to pertinent as they come is the first one, where it mentions that "The city has had more than two dozen homicides this year, according to police." Even that one doesn't have the actual number, so unless she knew that for sure, she could've left that out as well.
Not sure if Braun was trying to be critical or supportive of anything or anyone, but I think she might be trying to say something by it nonetheless.
At September 11, 2006 2:27 PM,
Anonymous said…
This really bad! What war on violence?
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