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Gang Related Shooting In Arleta California
In my neighborhood of Arleta at around 5pm an expedition pulled up along side a vehicle that was parked and hispanic males exchanged words with a rival gang member. His friend who was standing close by thought the people in the expedition were joking around but soon realized they were serious as the men in the vehicle open fired on his friend shooting him 4 times before finally shooting the young man in the head.
The critically injured 22 year old man was taken to a local hospital where his condition is currently unavailabe. Several people were detained in handcuffs and the friend of the victim was distraught as he sat on a curb as i spoke with him briefly.
News reports that this happened in Pacoima but it actually happened in Arleta because I also live just down the street and we are on the West Side of the wash and a block away from Arleta High School. Pacoima is one block east of Arleta Ave which is on the East Side of the Wash.
Video Footage from CBS 2 NEWS
www.cbs2.com/video/?id=80878@kcbs.dayport.com
More Pictures available at my flickr account...
www.flickr.com/photos/chrisyarzab/sets/72157608249283896/
A man was killed in 2006 by a next door neighbor on the same block because of an on going fued over parking and things esculated around 2am when the victim came home from work blasting his car stereo and was shot.
www.cbs2.com/local/pacoima.shooting.neighbor.2.794033.html
Latest Video Update
www.cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=10320523
Filiberto Ramirez, 22 of Arleta was shot about 4pm just south of Woodale Ave on Filmore Ave., and died at Olive View Hospital in Sylmar, California.
Anyone with information about the case was urged to call homicide detectives Heather Gahry or Jose Martinez at (818) 834-3115, or the 24-hour number (877) LAW-FULL.
My friend who is a police chaplin and 20 year veteran with the Los Angeles Sheriff Department wrote a blog about the crime. Please click on the link below to read his thoughts on the tragedy
http://3minutestolive.blogspot.com/2008/10/drive-by-at-filmore-and-woodale.html
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fourbyfourblazer
Pacoima, California, United States
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at 07:17 on October 22nd, 2008
fourbyfourblazer, great report and photos - thanks.
at 08:13 on October 22nd, 2008
fourbyfourblazer, I like this story. It's good stuff.
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fefe (not verified)at 08:59 on October 22nd, 2008
I like your story but I think you can get more information like ask if the where fighting before the shooting happend you be surpised what happen ask around the nieborhood on the othe side of the wach.
at 09:08 on October 22nd, 2008
Well... I spoke to the victims friend who watched his friend get shot in the head. They were just hanging out when a car pulled up.
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junior aguirre (not verified)at 19:36 on October 22nd, 2008
do u recall the name of the man u spoke to the friend of the victim because the man shot was my cousin but the man u spoke to and was in the picture has disspaeared apparently they say he was alone when he got shot
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raul aguirre (not verified)at 19:15 on October 25th, 2008
another thing he was only shot once in the head and that single shot took his life,,,
at 09:33 on October 22nd, 2008
fourbyfourblazer, I like this story. It's good stuff. Nice coverage on this & the on the scene photos
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NO NAME (not verified)at 11:05 on December 8th, 2008
LOOK U KNOW WHAT LIVE HIM ALONE HE IS DEAD NOW PLEASE I WAS HIS LADY AND I HAVE A DAUGTHER SHE IS SO SAD PLEASE DONT FUCK WITH HIM ANYMORE IS NOT A GOOD STORY IS SO SAD I HELP TO DONT PASS FOR THIS BECAUSE IS SO SAD:(
R.I.P FILIBERTO RAMOS
at 12:15 on October 22nd, 2008
fourbyfourblazer, that is crazy. Good report.
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madroka818 (not verified)at 18:38 on October 27th, 2008
fourbyblazer, I actually live a couple of houses away and knew the victim and his brother. There is a couple of things you got wrong, like the victim was actually taken to Holy Cross Hospital were he later passed awa.y Also, don't you think you could have blocked the license plates on the vehicles in the pictures?
This is a big tragedy for the family. The shooting that supposedly happened a couple of months ago actually happened 2 years ago, In which the father of the victim of this shooting was also murdered by a psycho neighbor that shoot the father over some parking spaces that were not even in his property, Also since you are so quick to call the victims friend to ask if there was argument before the shooting , why don't you call the family and ask if there is anything you can do to help like raise some money for the victims family? Please, use your resources for good a cause not just for a good story.
R.I.P FILIBERTO RAMOS 10/21/08
at 12:16 on October 28th, 2008
Thanks Madroka for your comment. I don't see where I got it wrong that the young man was taken to a hospital. That is what happened. You mentioned blocking the license plate numbers. I will consider that in the future. No one else has mentioned this and I don't see how the numbers will have any effect negatively on the situation.
With the report of what happened a few months ago I updated the date to reflect the correct year.
I never called the friends victim but I was there at the scene talking with the victim's friend face-to-face. He told me what happened.
I didn't call the family but I went over to the familys house the next night and shared the gospel with 3 of his friends that were standing around a memorial for Filberto. I then went to the mother who was sitting the front yard of a neighbors house and hugged her and cried with her and gave her money to help bury her son.
Please don't be so judgemental. It's a sad thing for things like this to happen but God tells us that it is appointed for us to die once but after this comes judgement. (Hebrews 9:27) While I don't know where Filberto will spend eternity, I hope that you will ask yourself the question, "Where will you spend eternity?" Goto www.needgod.com and find out. I know that Filberto believes more in God than any of us can imagine now and by what he knows he wants you to know the truth before your appointed time is up.
at 12:22 on October 28th, 2008
typical of arleta
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NON NAME (not verified)at 10:52 on December 8th, 2008
he was my boyfriend
what are u talking about he was not alone he was with my brother and i was inside the house and he was shoot about 5 pm and he dead about 7 pm
and he never plays like that so shut up that fucken bitch in the expedition he was a PUSSY ASS NIGGA thats why they shoot him from the truck they dont let him to defense his self ...so fuck them and all his haters
R.I.P FILI AKA MENACE
LOVE U ALWAYS AND FOR EVER
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silencer (not verified)at 13:33 on January 30th, 2009
fuck u white people. u don't know shit