Moratorium is called a success
A symbolic 40-hour “murder moratorium” in Los Angeles, timed to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, concluded Sunday, with organizers pronouncing it a success.
“We never had any illusions that we were going to end murder,” said Earl Ofari Hutchinson, one of the organizers.
“The point was to get people to think about it. Get engaged. Get involved. This is your community.”
Los Angeles Police Officer Norma Eisenman, a department spokeswoman, said there were two homicides in the city during the moratorium.
On Sunday evening, an unidentified male was shot several times and killed as he left a liquor store at Sherman Way and Lankershim Boulevard about 9:30 p.m. in North Hollywood, said LAPD spokeswoman Officer Sara Faden. A male suspect was seen fleeing the scene in a burgundy Toyota Scion. The killing may have been gang-related, Faden said.
Outside the city, a man was shot and killed and another man wounded in the 400 block of Edgley Avenue in Monterey Park early Sunday morning, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Oscar Butao.
No other details of the shootings were released, nor had any arrests been made, Butao said.
-- Tiffany Hsu
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