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A Week of Murders in Los Angeles

In Los Angeles, more than four people a day are killed by guns—more than in New York but not as many as in Chicago. Last week brought not only the Furrow case but 22 other homicides. Among them:

1 Fri., Aug. 6 Sunny Elijah Peralez, 8, shot in the head as he stood in the doorway of a relative's home. Declared brain dead.

2 Brian David Harris, 15, shot while sitting in the back seat of a car. Possibly gang-related.

3 Bruce Battle, 31, shot and killed on a street corner.

4 Sun., Aug. 8 Male Hispanic adult shot and killed in an alley. Motive unknown.

5 Jos‚ Luis Salinas, 21, shot and killed after exiting his vehicle. Killing believed to be gang-related

6 Mon., Aug. 9 Mohammed Abdul Khaled, 26, shot and killed while working as a night clerk, an apparent robbery.

7-10 Victor Lopez, 42, Jaime Pacheco, 48, Oscar Pacheco, 37, Andy Pacheco, 14, shot and killed at a home, allegedly by a former boyfriend of one of the home's residents who was upset over a broken relationship.

11 Tues., Aug. 10 Joseph Ileto, 39, postal worker shot and killed by Buford Furrow Jr.

12 Clarence Henry Forrest, 24, shot and killed in a gang-related incident.

13 Wayne Alvarez, 24, shot and killed. Motive unknown.

14 Wed., Aug. 11 Edward Rojas, 36, shot and killed by officers when he pulled a gun after a car chase.

15 Thurs., Aug. 12 Deandre Windom, 19, shot and killed. Motive unknown.

*1992-94 DATA. RESEARCH BY ELLEN FLORIAN, ANA FIGUEROA AND BRET BEGUN. SOURCES: ATF, CDC, FBI, KENNETH GREEN-SAAMI, THE MACMILLAN VISUAL DICTIONARY

Newsweek, August 23, 1999

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