Another killing near a Tent City
A sunny Friday to end the week, but it's also the unfortunate end to another life...
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Police find homicide by anti-violence camp
By Karl Fischer
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
RICHMOND - An unidentified 21-year-old man was shot to death this morning just yards from one of the six Tent Cities set up to take back the city's streets from violence, police said.
At 4:30 a.m., police were called about shots near the Monterey Pines Apartments in south Richmond, Richmond police Lt. Mike Gormley.
When they arrived, they didn't find anything but did hear reports of someone using a flashlight to look into cars at Kennedy Park near Cutting Boulevard and South 41st Street, Gormley said.
Police headed to the park and met some of the Tent City's residents before finding the body of a 21-year-old man sitting in a parked car on the 400 block of South 41st Street, about 75 feet from the encampment. Shell casings from bullets littered the street.
Police said they believe the gunman walked up to the car and opened fire on the victim sitting inside, and that the initial call may have been the shooting's sound echoing and drifting over to the apartments.
Paramedics took the man to Kaiser Medical Center in Richmond, where he was pronounced dead.
The homicide is the city's 35th death of the year.
The Kennedy Park Tent City opened Oct. 9. Tent Cities' intent is to unify the city's southside, central and North Richmond neighborhoods, which have been embroiled in long-standing feuds. The first one was erected Sept. 24 in the Iron Triangle neighborhood and another began in North Richmond's Shields-Reid Park the next day.
Staff writer John Geluardi contributed to this report.
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Police find homicide by anti-violence camp
By Karl Fischer
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
RICHMOND - An unidentified 21-year-old man was shot to death this morning just yards from one of the six Tent Cities set up to take back the city's streets from violence, police said.
At 4:30 a.m., police were called about shots near the Monterey Pines Apartments in south Richmond, Richmond police Lt. Mike Gormley.
When they arrived, they didn't find anything but did hear reports of someone using a flashlight to look into cars at Kennedy Park near Cutting Boulevard and South 41st Street, Gormley said.
Police headed to the park and met some of the Tent City's residents before finding the body of a 21-year-old man sitting in a parked car on the 400 block of South 41st Street, about 75 feet from the encampment. Shell casings from bullets littered the street.
Police said they believe the gunman walked up to the car and opened fire on the victim sitting inside, and that the initial call may have been the shooting's sound echoing and drifting over to the apartments.
Paramedics took the man to Kaiser Medical Center in Richmond, where he was pronounced dead.
The homicide is the city's 35th death of the year.
The Kennedy Park Tent City opened Oct. 9. Tent Cities' intent is to unify the city's southside, central and North Richmond neighborhoods, which have been embroiled in long-standing feuds. The first one was erected Sept. 24 in the Iron Triangle neighborhood and another began in North Richmond's Shields-Reid Park the next day.
Staff writer John Geluardi contributed to this report.
posted by Plunda Claus @ 9:09 AM
2 Comments:
At October 20, 2006 3:21 PM,
Anonymous said…
It's a damn shame that this happened and so near to the Kennedy Tent City, but we shouldn't give up hope! Revs Shumake and Newsome, Michael Ali, and the rest of us are still fighting the good fight! Tent City needs our love and prayers and support more than ever!
At October 23, 2006 4:32 PM,
Anonymous said…
Fighting the good fight, you say? It ain't about love or prayers. Money and influence talks while those fakers walk.
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