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How to Curb Gang Violence in Los Angeles

By Steven Rodriguez

In an area of Los Angeles plagued by gang violence, three more people died last Sunday. Two men and a woman were fatally shot in a small apartment on East Rosecrans Avenue in Compton. While the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department has not yet determined a motive for the killings, press sources cited narcotics. Relatives of the 25-year-old female victim say she was tragically in the wrong place at the wrong time. The Compton killings are a blow to law enforcement and community efforts to decrease gang-related crime in the Compton area. Between 2005 and 2008, those efforts have resulted in a 50% drop in violent gang-related crimes in Compton. For parents struggling to keep their kids out of gangs, law enforcement experts urge parents to watch for these signs of gang interest or involvement...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on April 01, 2009 (boomark / email).