Glassell Park gang sweep
Drew Street resident Patricia Gomez scolds police officers because her children were frightened by the early morning raid on her building targeting reputed gang members. The Avenues gang’s Drew Street clique has kept control over the neighborhood despite a series of efforts by federal and local law enforcement agencies over the years, officials said. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
An LAPD officer talks to a youngster who was not arrested after the multi-agency raid in Glassell Park. The raid included abatements served on the owners of 10 houses or apartment buildings, who are now required to remove gang members from their buildings. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Residents read flyers distributed by police as they wait to be allowed back into their homes at Fletcher Drive and Estara Avenue in Glassell Park. Police scheduled a community meeting for 6 tonight at the Glassell Park Community Center, 3750 N. Verdugo Road, to talk to residents about the arrests and indictment. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
LAPD gang Det. Chris Vasquez helps pack up the command post in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium, where suspects were brought to be processed. The chart has pictures of the alleged gang members targeted, most of whom are now in custody. (Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times)
Guns confiscated in the gang sweep in Glassell Park. Twenty-three weapons were seized in the raids, as well as unspecified amounts of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana and cash. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Christopher Shaefer of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives holds an assault rifle seized during raids targeting gang members indicted for murders, drug trafficking, carjackings, home invasion robberies and witness intimation. At right is LAPD Chief William J. Bratton. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
The main room at the Glassell Park Community Center is filled with residents who turned out en masse to learn details about the authorities’ massive sweep of gang members Wednesday. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
At the Glassell Park Community Center on Wednesday, officers show local residents the photos of those indicted in the gang sweep. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
