We don’t get crime reporting like this usually in our local media, which is all too quick to just repeat what the Sheriff’s station says:
About 11:30 p.m., sheriff’s deputies got a call about the shooting.
Edwards, among the first to see the aftermath, said the man was shot at least twice in the arm and three times in the chest and stomach. She tied the towel around his arm to try and stop the bleeding.
She reassured the 49-year-old man. Another bystander translated her words into Spanish and kept pressure on his stomach until paramedics arrived.
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On Monday afternoon, the street still showed evidence of the previous night’s violence.
Some students walking home from Placerita Jr. High School stared and gasped as they passed a dried puddle of blood on the sidewalk between Walnut Street and Chestnut Street.
A shred of blood-soaked gauze, tattered ribbons of yellow police tape and an opened neck brace littered the front of the home where the shooting took place.
A white picket fence nearby was peppered with what appeared to be several bullet holes.
A witness statement, vivid imagery & a great description of the crime scene. I can almost feel the emotion and fear of the residents in that area. This is what crime reporting should be.
More please.
And to the Tea Party/Minutemen who lobbied to get Jonathan Randles fired last winter? Go fly a kite.
PS: Check out the ridiculous comments on the Signal story.
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