'Brazen assault in the middle of the day' leaves a boy dead, a neighborhood shaken

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Alexander's death compounds the horror and anger already roiling Los Angeles over a high-profile homicide in Beverly Hills and other recent crimes.

The reaction to Alexander’s death has been far more subdued. It was followed by another double homicide just two hours later in an equally beleaguered neighborhood about 14 miles away, according to LAPD Chief Michel Moore. Two 25-year-old men who had been living in a homeless encampment were shot to death at 7 p.m. Monday.

Los Angeles school police talk to school officials in front of Wilmington Park Elementary on Tuesday.During a news conference from his L.A office, Moore also said one of the guns “was a very powerful one by the nature of the casings we’ve recovered,” but he declined to specify the type of weapon. Moore said Alexander’s stepmother was shot in the stomach, and that he believed the 12-year-old was shot in the head.

Wilmington and the surrounding area have long been haunted by gang violence. In 2016, more than two dozen members and associates of the Wilmas street gang, who were named in a federal racketeering indictment, were arrested on suspicion of murder, attempted murder, narcotics trafficking, robbery and witness intimidation. They were also charged in a series of armed attacks on law enforcement officers dating back to 2008.

There have been 21 homicides so far in 2021 in the division, compared with 17 last year, a jump of 23%, according to the LAPD. Violent crime is up 8.2%, while property crime has dropped by 4.4%.home Monday, she couldn’t help but think of her 18-year-old grandson, who was shot to death near his home in September of last year. The young man also lived in Wilmington.Meza, 74, said her grandson, Jesse Adrian Meza, was studious and had just graduated from high school.

Mayra Zamora, who lives a block from Wilmington Park Elementary, said crime in her community had declined through the years, but recently it has escalated again.

 

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