IT'S BEEN GETT'N' PRETTY CRAZY IN COSTA MESA THIS SUMMER, I HOPE MY FOLKS DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN THE MADDNESS!!
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Costa Mesa police on Monday continued to search for clues in the Aug. 2 shooting that left one man dead and four others wounded., Police said they were considering every angle, including the possibility it was a hate or gang-related crime.
"We're not ruling out anything, but we're not saying it's gang-related, race-related we're not ruling it out, but we're looking at the possibility that it had nothing to do with race or gangs," Det. Sgt. Don Holford said. "There's no clear answer, but we're going down every path and every lead to its conclusion to ensure whoever is responsible for the crime is brought to justice."
Israel Maciel, 23, was shot to death Aug. 2 in an alley behind apartment buildings in the 1300 block of West Baker Street in Costa Mesa.
The other victims Ivan Barcenas, 18, of Costa Mesa, Edgar Eduardo Perez, 18, of Costa Mesa, Carlos Gutierrez, 25, of Huntington Beach and a 17-year-old boy — have been released from the hospital.
Police are looking for a suspect who was described as a man in his 20s with white or light skin, a shaved head and goatee. The night of the shooting, the man drove away from the scene in a Chevrolet Impala after firing multiple shots out of the car.
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Costa Mesa police on Monday continued to search for clues in the Aug. 2 shooting that left one man dead and four others wounded., Police said they were considering every angle, including the possibility it was a hate or gang-related crime.
"We're not ruling out anything, but we're not saying it's gang-related, race-related we're not ruling it out, but we're looking at the possibility that it had nothing to do with race or gangs," Det. Sgt. Don Holford said. "There's no clear answer, but we're going down every path and every lead to its conclusion to ensure whoever is responsible for the crime is brought to justice."
Israel Maciel, 23, was shot to death Aug. 2 in an alley behind apartment buildings in the 1300 block of West Baker Street in Costa Mesa.
The other victims Ivan Barcenas, 18, of Costa Mesa, Edgar Eduardo Perez, 18, of Costa Mesa, Carlos Gutierrez, 25, of Huntington Beach and a 17-year-old boy — have been released from the hospital.
Police are looking for a suspect who was described as a man in his 20s with white or light skin, a shaved head and goatee. The night of the shooting, the man drove away from the scene in a Chevrolet Impala after firing multiple shots out of the car.
http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2006/08/09/publicsafety/dpt-baker08.txt
