Isaias Rueda, 23
Isaias Rueda, a 23-year-old Latino man, was shot while waiting for a taxi in the 200 block of Kenmore Avenue at about 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6. A second Latino man, 30, was also struck by gunfire and was hospitalized in critical condition.
Rampart Det. Fred Faustino said Rueda was a construction worker with no ties to gangs. He lives in the neighborhood, and was seeing off his friend, who was waiting for the taxi to take him home. A dark SUV drove up. Rueda walked up to the SUV window, thinking it was the taxi. Words were exchanged, and gunfire erupted. A possible "mistaken identity" killing, Faustino said.
The shooting took place in the Normandie Hill area, right at the apex of a little rise in a neighborhood with sweeping views to Griffith Observatory. Fourteen-year-old Erwin Escobar was killed two blocks to the south on the same street last month. Anyone with information is asked to call Rampart homicide at (213) 207-2060.
It was 3:30 AM, not p.m. Happened just outside our bedroom window.
Posted by: Neighbor | October 08, 2007 at 11:46 AM
This is one block from where Erwin Escobar age 14 was killed just a few days ago. This has be 18th st. gang related because they are the ones who hang out at the corner of Kenmore and Beverly selling drugs.
LAPD you need to get tougher on the 18th street gang in this area. People who live here need to start educating their kids about gangs and working more with the cops and the cops need to form better relationships with the people in the area. LAPD get out of you cars and start getting to know the people in the area.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/homicidereport/2007/10/erwin-escobar-1.html#comments
Posted by: hector | October 09, 2007 at 07:53 AM