3 Killed, 1 Wounded in Gang Shootings
Three more people--including a teen-age boy--were killed in three separate gang-related shootings on the streets of Los Angeles and Compton, police said Thursday.
Johnny Kinslow, 15, died at Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center after he and a friend, Johnny Lucien, 14, were shot with a semiautomatic weapon by a gunman in a car Wednesday afternoon as they walked along North Dwight Avenue in Compton. Lucien was reported in critical condition.
About three hours later, Los Angeles police said, Harold Kenneth, 18, identified as a member of the Bloods street gang, was killed at 92nd Street and Central Avenue as he walked with his girlfriend. Officers were told that a man in a car pulled up and fired several shots from a handgun after saying he was going to kill a Blood.
An hour later, Lt. Rob Watters said, shots fired from a stolen car killed Jorge Ricky Hernandez, 18, as he walked with friends at Belmont Avenue and Temple Street in the Echo Park area.
Officers later arrested a 16-year-old boy as well as Martin Aguilar and Julio Escobar, both 18. They were identified as gang members.
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