While the San Francisco Supervisors try to conujure away the 2nd, homes are being invaded. Some people have the abilty to fight back. This happened 2 hours drive from SF in Salinas, CA.
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/local/10483900.htm
Posted on Thu, Dec. 23, 2004
Details emerge around shooting
By CLARISSA ALJENTERA and GEORGE B. SANCHEZ
Herald Staff Writers
Christina Strain was sitting in a waiting room at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital when television stations broadcast that her brother Richard Strain, 22, had died from his wounds after being shot.
Richard Strain was shot and killed in the process of a suspected home invasion robbery in Salinas on Tuesday. He was attempting to rob a home at 563 Powell St., police reported.
Christina Strain had heard about the robbery and immediately drove to the hospital where she waited for news on her brother's condition. She said it took a couple of hours for doctors and nurses to tell her.
"They let me hear it over the news," she said. "My friend told me not to believe what the news said because the news is not always true. But it was true."
The 22-year-old man had attended Monterey Peninsula College and had plans to attend Hartnell, she said.
"He was very funny," she added. "He could always make people laugh."
"He was smart, intelligent and outgoing," Christina Strain said. "He could draw very well."
Strain and his 15-year-old nephew, both armed with handguns, forced their way into the home at 9:05 a.m. and held the homeowner at gunpoint. When the owner broke away from the robbers and grabbed his own gun, a gun fight began, police reported.
Multiple shots were fired and several struck Strain in the upper torso, police said.
Both robbers tried to grab money and jewelry from the house but most of the items were later recovered. John Chioino lives in the home with his wife and three children.
Strain ran out into the street where he collapsed and later died. The 15-year-old ran from the scene and is considered armed and dangerous, police said.
Since Strain turned 18, he has had a string of assault and theft-related charges.
In March 2001, according to court documents, he received a 78-day jail sentence and a restitution fine of $200 for a petty theft conviction. Charges of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon were dropped.
In August 2002, Strain was sentenced to 270 days in jail and a $400 fine for burglary, assault and causing or encouraging a minor to act unlawfully, records show. A robbery charge was later dropped in that case.
This past July, he was placed on three years formal probation for the charges after receiving a sentence of 66 days in jail for assault with a deadly weapon, court clerks said.
Police are asking anyone with information with the teenager's whereabouts are asked to call police at 758-7496 or 758-7250.
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/local/10483900.htm
Posted on Thu, Dec. 23, 2004
Details emerge around shooting
By CLARISSA ALJENTERA and GEORGE B. SANCHEZ
Herald Staff Writers
Christina Strain was sitting in a waiting room at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital when television stations broadcast that her brother Richard Strain, 22, had died from his wounds after being shot.
Richard Strain was shot and killed in the process of a suspected home invasion robbery in Salinas on Tuesday. He was attempting to rob a home at 563 Powell St., police reported.
Christina Strain had heard about the robbery and immediately drove to the hospital where she waited for news on her brother's condition. She said it took a couple of hours for doctors and nurses to tell her.
"They let me hear it over the news," she said. "My friend told me not to believe what the news said because the news is not always true. But it was true."
The 22-year-old man had attended Monterey Peninsula College and had plans to attend Hartnell, she said.
"He was very funny," she added. "He could always make people laugh."
"He was smart, intelligent and outgoing," Christina Strain said. "He could draw very well."
Strain and his 15-year-old nephew, both armed with handguns, forced their way into the home at 9:05 a.m. and held the homeowner at gunpoint. When the owner broke away from the robbers and grabbed his own gun, a gun fight began, police reported.
Multiple shots were fired and several struck Strain in the upper torso, police said.
Both robbers tried to grab money and jewelry from the house but most of the items were later recovered. John Chioino lives in the home with his wife and three children.
Strain ran out into the street where he collapsed and later died. The 15-year-old ran from the scene and is considered armed and dangerous, police said.
Since Strain turned 18, he has had a string of assault and theft-related charges.
In March 2001, according to court documents, he received a 78-day jail sentence and a restitution fine of $200 for a petty theft conviction. Charges of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon were dropped.
In August 2002, Strain was sentenced to 270 days in jail and a $400 fine for burglary, assault and causing or encouraging a minor to act unlawfully, records show. A robbery charge was later dropped in that case.
This past July, he was placed on three years formal probation for the charges after receiving a sentence of 66 days in jail for assault with a deadly weapon, court clerks said.
Police are asking anyone with information with the teenager's whereabouts are asked to call police at 758-7496 or 758-7250.
