(CA) "Victim Strikes Back, Shoots Two Robbers, Kills One"


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Drizzt
July 1, 2003, 12:22 AM
LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE
Tuesday, June 24, 2003



"Victim Strikes Back, Shoots Two Robbers, Kills One"

Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Police Department’s Harbor Area Homicide Detectives are investigating the shooting of two men that occurred during a suspected robbery.

On June 22, 2003, at around 4:40 a.m., three suspects, two males and one female, entered the victim’s residence, in the Wilmington Area of Los Angeles and demanded property.

The victim armed himself with a handgun and shot at the suspects.

The two male suspects were hit by the bullets and the female robber escaped unharmed.

29 year-old Gary Rodela of Los Angeles was pronounced dead at a local hospital, and his unidentified 23 year-old male companion was listed in critical condition.

Anyone with information regarding this case is requested to contact the Harbor Area Detectives, at 310-548-2835. On weekends and during off-hours, please call the 24-hour toll free number at the Detective Information Desk, 1-877-LAWFULL, (1-877-529-3855).

This press release was prepared by Public Information Officer Jack Richter, Media Relations Section, 213-485-3586.

http://www.lapdonline.org/press_releases/2003/06/pr03456.htm

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Jay Bakerr
July 1, 2003, 12:56 AM
Pretty good shooting, I'd say. Hope the Marxist Socialist inspired hierarchy at the D.A's. office doesn't decide to prosecute the homeowner.

J.B.

Standing Wolf
July 1, 2003, 09:34 PM
I like news stories with happy endings. Helps lower the recidivism rate.

pax
July 1, 2003, 09:44 PM
Wow, did you see that?

The report correctly identified who was the "victim" and who was the "suspect"!

How often do you see that?

pax

Criminal arrestees experience high levels of firearm victimization. Over half report being threatened with a gun and 42 percent have been shot at with a gun. -- National Institutes of Justice. NIJ Research Preview: Arrestees and Guns: Monitoring the Illegal Firearms Market, September 1995

dano1
July 2, 2003, 11:14 AM
FWIW, was born and raised in that area. it's a no BS place along the harbors there. Probably one of the most conservative blue collar places in L.A. County.


Danny

foghornl
July 2, 2003, 01:02 PM
Good Guys 2
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Chlorine has been added to the gene pool.

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