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Deadly violence returns to LAPD Northeast Division
First homicide all year in Northeast area
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Community policing programs of all sorts are being
scaled back across the country |
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Deadly violence returns to LAPD Northeast Division
First homicide all year in Northeast LA area
EDITOR'S NOTE: The two LAPD Divisions that border the community where I live, Hollenbeck and Northeast Divisions, have experienced less and less crime in the decade since community based policing has become a part of the philosophy of the Department. Both are gang infested areas. Now one of them, Northeast Division, has had its first homicide all year, a remarkable statistic. Community policing programs of all sorts are being scaled back across the country, as law enforcement budgets are being drastically reduced, and police departments are being asked to do more, for less. We hope this is not a sign of things to come.
The EastsiderLA
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
A shooting in Cypress Park early Sunday morning left one man dead, ending a nearly four-month long period when no homicides were reported in the LAPD Northeast Division . The shooting in the 600 block of Romulo Street on Sunday at about 1 AM also left two other males injured, said Capt. William Murphy.
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"It appears to be gang related," Murphy said in an email. "Two were struck and unfortunately, one passed away at the hospital."
Earlier this month The Eastsider reported that the Northeast Division - which is home to about 250,000 residents from Echo Park and Silver Lake to Eagle Rock and Highland Park - had gone without a murder during the first three months of the year.
In contrast, the Northeast Division was scene of 5 murders during the first three months of last year year; in 2008 there were 12 murders during the same period.
In response to the Sunday killing in Cypress Park, Murphy said the division has deployed extra gang units in the area to prevent retaliation.
Anyone with information about the shooting should call Northeast Division detectives at 213-485-2566. |
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