No sense going to Isreal to find people getting killed when it's going on here atr home all the time.
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Yakima police Chief Sam Granato said the victim of Sunday's homicide was brutally "executed" after being surrounded by rival gang members in front of his home.
Police officers rushed to the scene about 4:45 p.m. after 18-year-old Daniel Rivera was shot multiple times in the 700 block of Pleasant Avenue, northeast of Yakima Valley Community College near Tieton Drive.
"He was begging for his life and they executed him," Granato said.
Asked how many times Rivera was shot, the chief said "a lot. We found 14 shell casings at the scene."
Rivera's death was the 14th homicide of the year in the Yakima Valley.
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Yet we hear little in the press as people here get slaughtered
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Gang-related homicides in the Yakima Valley in 2009:
Of Yakima County's 19 homicides so far this year [2009], at least seven are considered gang-related homicides. Here is a list of those that police say are gang-related.
* Jan. 4 — Jesus Tlaseca Sosa, 22, was shot to death by gang rivals at an AM/PM minimart in Sunnyside. Police later arrested suspect Oscar Torres, 25.
* March 5 — Estevan Silva Jr., 17, and 20-year-old Israel Diaz were fatally shot in Toppenish by a gang rival. Days later, police arrested suspects Anthony Sanchez, 22, of Buena and his sister, Isabel Sanchez, 20, of Wapato.
* May 18 — Leonardo A. Perez, 20, of Yakima is fatally shot somewhere around the 1000 block of North Fourth Street in Yakima. No one has been charged with his death.
* June 27 — Oscar Garcia, 16, died 10 days after he was shot in the head in the 400 block of South Fourth Street in Yakima. Police said he was a known gang member. No arrests to date.
* Sept. 29 — Yorbane Ortiz, 17, of Yakima is shot dead near the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Willow Street about 9 p.m. A witness says a car pulled alongside Ortiz before shots were fired.
* Oct. 10 — Nicholas J. Jimenez, 20, of Yakima was shot to death when someone opened fire on him and a 16-year-old former Yakima boy who were standing outside a house that hosted a party in the 700 block of North Fourth Avenue. Police say they were part of a group that gathered after the funeral of Yorbane Ortiz.
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Our government at it's best, when things are bad here then look somewhere else to draw away attention.
Any of you guys live in Washington?
jj
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Yakima police Chief Sam Granato said the victim of Sunday's homicide was brutally "executed" after being surrounded by rival gang members in front of his home.
Police officers rushed to the scene about 4:45 p.m. after 18-year-old Daniel Rivera was shot multiple times in the 700 block of Pleasant Avenue, northeast of Yakima Valley Community College near Tieton Drive.
"He was begging for his life and they executed him," Granato said.
Asked how many times Rivera was shot, the chief said "a lot. We found 14 shell casings at the scene."
Rivera's death was the 14th homicide of the year in the Yakima Valley.
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Yet we hear little in the press as people here get slaughtered
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Gang-related homicides in the Yakima Valley in 2009:
Of Yakima County's 19 homicides so far this year [2009], at least seven are considered gang-related homicides. Here is a list of those that police say are gang-related.
* Jan. 4 — Jesus Tlaseca Sosa, 22, was shot to death by gang rivals at an AM/PM minimart in Sunnyside. Police later arrested suspect Oscar Torres, 25.
* March 5 — Estevan Silva Jr., 17, and 20-year-old Israel Diaz were fatally shot in Toppenish by a gang rival. Days later, police arrested suspects Anthony Sanchez, 22, of Buena and his sister, Isabel Sanchez, 20, of Wapato.
* May 18 — Leonardo A. Perez, 20, of Yakima is fatally shot somewhere around the 1000 block of North Fourth Street in Yakima. No one has been charged with his death.
* June 27 — Oscar Garcia, 16, died 10 days after he was shot in the head in the 400 block of South Fourth Street in Yakima. Police said he was a known gang member. No arrests to date.
* Sept. 29 — Yorbane Ortiz, 17, of Yakima is shot dead near the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Willow Street about 9 p.m. A witness says a car pulled alongside Ortiz before shots were fired.
* Oct. 10 — Nicholas J. Jimenez, 20, of Yakima was shot to death when someone opened fire on him and a 16-year-old former Yakima boy who were standing outside a house that hosted a party in the 700 block of North Fourth Avenue. Police say they were part of a group that gathered after the funeral of Yorbane Ortiz.
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Our government at it's best, when things are bad here then look somewhere else to draw away attention.
Any of you guys live in Washington?
jj