“Maria said, ‘What kind of police are...
“Maria said, ‘What kind of police are these that won’t send help? If he comes and kills people, what are we going to do?’ ”
--Martin Gamboa, a guest at an East Los Angeles house where four women were shot to death, recalling Maria Navarro’s reaction after a sheriff’s 911 dispatcher told her that a unit would not be sent in response to a warning that her estranged husband was en route to kill her.
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