Shootings on SB Block May Be Tied (06142006 SB SUN) Retaliation is 'a good Possibility' in light of gang activity, say police...

We must hope that the Retaliation has been met, because when they keep shooting at each other, they kill inocent people to death!! They drive into those neighborhoods, and they feel like they are Harry Callihan, of those Clint Eastwood Movies Fame, but in that they are shooting all blanks and the strikes on the vehicles are all planned corriagraphed hits. When it is a stupid kid, they hit what ever moves and what ever that doesn't killing most all that complies with their shouts.

Stupid Gang wars and what are they fighting over. What they feel is theirs. a Corner a place to sell their junk. sick stuff, that is why I pray that hey got the retaliation out of them, becaus let us have it all over with.

all of IT...
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Shootings on SB block may be tied Retaliation is 'a good possibility' in light of gang activity, say police Selicia Kennedy-Ross, Staff Writer

SAN BERNARDINO - Police said a drive-by shooting at a home on North Lugo Avenue near East 14th Street on Monday might be linked to another last week that killed a San Bernardino teen. Gunfire rang out on the same block Friday, killing 17-year-old Anthony Johnson of San Bernardino. "We're aware of the gang activity and the caliber of people that hang out in that location," said San Bernardino police Lt. Ernie Lemos. "It's a good possibility this was retaliation-type shooting." The neighborhood, which is part of a 20-block area bordered by 16th Street on the north, Waterman Avenue on the east, Base Line on the south and Sierra Way on the west, is poised for change. It is the testing ground for Mayor Pat Morris' new anti-crime plan, Operation Phoenix. Friday's shooting occurred the night before the Operation Phoenix kick-off party. "This speaks loud and clear about why we've identified this area as the most degraded, the most violent and the most in need of assistance in this community," Morris said of Monday's shooting. "This speaks exactly to why we're there." "This particular home is a problematic home filled with troubled people," Morris said. "We'll address that as well. We've identified every home in this 20-block area as to who lives there and what they're about." Officers already on patrol at East 15th Street and North Sepulveda Avenue were called to the scene of Monday's shooting. Lemos said police encountered some uncooperative witnesses and found little physical evidence at the scene, but investigators do have a clear description of the car, a black Ford Taurus. Glenn Baude, director of Operation Phoenix, said authorities have identified at least 90 gang members in the target area. "If those things weren't happening here, we'd probably be in another area," Baude said. "We want to get them (criminals) out and keep them moving out of San Bernardino." Morris said the neighborhood is home to "some real problem people," and added that the city will "invite them in the most persuasive way to leave." He offered no other details. Morris said he knows good people live in the area, too, and that the city hopes to work with them. He said he was encouraged by all of the law-abiding families he met Saturday at the barbecue kick-off for Operation Phoenix. "They signed up by the hundreds to be involved with us in rebuilding the community," Morris said. "We'll use those good people as our foundation to take back that community."