Rosemead : Man Dies in Gang Shooting; Companions Escape Injury
A young Rosemead man died after he and two companions were chased on foot through a city park by two gun-wielding gang members who fired several shots at them.
Albert Escarsega, 21, died at Garvey Memorial Recreation Center, 7954 Dorothy St., shortly before 3:55 p.m. Wednesday. His two companions escaped injury.
Sheriff’s investigators said the three, all from the same Rosemead-area street gang, were sitting in the park when two young men from a rival gang arrived and began chasing them and firing shots.
Escarsega was wounded and fell on the north side of the park. The two assailants fired more shots into Escarsega’s prone body before fleeing in a waiting car on nearby Emerson Avenue, officers said.
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