My dad came home tonight around 8pm and told me there was some police activity that closed off some streets around my house. Being bored and curious, I went to check it out. It's my first stab at actual crime scene reporting, and I think I got most of the important details...
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Man Shot Dead on the Streets of Van Nuys
Jason Nathanson Reporting
VAN NUYS, CA - An unidentified Hispanic male was shot and killed Tuesday as night fell on the suburban community of Van Nuys. The incident occurred between 5:30 and 6pm at the corner of Kittridge and Woodman. Lt. Steve Hare, with the Los Angeles Police Department, said witnesses told him the victim was on the sidewalk when the suspects, two Hispanic males, walked up to him and asked "Where you from?" The suspects then shot the victim several times and fled on foot. They jumped into a car parked on Kittridge and sped off.
Police arrived on the scene around 6pm and the victim was taken to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, where he died from his injuries.
Witnesses weren't sure whether there was any kind of altercation that led to the shooting, or if the victim and suspects knew each other. Between three and five witnesses went to the Van Nuys police station to give statements.
Lt. Hare suspects the shooting was gang related, and called the murder "unremarkable." It's the sixteenth homicide in Van Nuys this year.
Woodman was closed between Victory and Vanowen while police conducted their investigation.
Residents and curious onlookers gathered outside the police tape for hours in the chilly November air chatting and speculating about what happened. The area was re-opened shortly after 9pm.
Yesterday afternoon, gunshots were reported several blocks away in the vicinity of Fulton and Oxnard. Lt. Hare couldn't say if the two incidents were related.
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This happened two blocks away from my house. I was at home at the time, but didn't hear anything. My mom wants to move.
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The suspects were described as Male, Hispanic, 5'8", 135 pounds, and tattoos. Which, coincidentally, describes half the population of Watsonville CA.
Some sombitch popped a cap into the ass of a Messican... why is that news?
M'eh! It's Van Nuys. What do you want, eggs in your beer?
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