Bicyclist Fatally Shot in Alleged Gang Attack
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A 23-year-old bicyclist was shot and killed after several men asked whether he was in a gang, Anaheim police said Monday.
Francisco Betancourt-Celis of Anaheim was shot in the chest about 10 p.m. Sunday near a home in the 100 block of Beacon Avenue, Anaheim Police Sgt. Rick Martinez said.
Betancourt-Celis died at the scene, Martinez said.
Witnesses saw three men in their 20s getting into a burgundy four-door car after the shooting, he said.
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