Man Killed While Cleaning Graffiti

[mrtonguetwista]

LOS ANGELES -- A man was shot and killed Thursday while removing graffiti from store fronts for an anti-gang organization, police said.



Miguel Rafael Gomez, 35, died in the Boyle Heights neighborhood where he was working for Homeboy Industries, an organization that helps former gang members stay off the streets and contracts with the city to clean graffiti.

Two suspected gang members were being sought in connection with the shooting, said Los Angeles police spokeswoman Sandra Escalante.

Gomez came to the organization to turn his life around after being released from prison, said the Rev. Gregory Boyle, founder of the organization.

"He was a real good kid," Boyle said. "These things are senseless, and it's hard to find reason in it."

Boyle told NBC4's Nerissa Witherspoon that Gomez will be the 126th slain homeboy he's buried since 1988.

Mayor Jim Hahn called the killing a tragedy.

"Young men should not be at risk for their lives while they are participating in an anti-gang program," Hahn said.

[Don Seer]

not that i'm try to defend whoever shot him..

but at no point do they mention it is likely he was removing territorial markings.. to the gang members it just be like crossing out their stuff. if it wasnt clear who he was, and what he was doing its not surprising is it?

[...'BfCfC'...]

how can someone shoot you for cleaning off grafitti

fucking idiots  

[michael jackson]

word,some crazy muthafuccas probelly took it ass a diss. thatss a hisspanic area,on east LA

[Eddie G.]

Wow, that's sad, also pretty ironic.

[DAYUM]

that sucks

[Sikotic™]

Fuckin clown ass muthafuckas man. He's just doin some service for the community and gets killed for it.

[ZILLA THA GOODFELLA]

dats the way it is, it's a HUGE disrespect in the streets, and like overseer said, it was prolly a case of mistaken identity, them cats prolly reacted real quickly and thought it's somebody fuckin wit they shit.......it's a shame. R.I.P to them. this world is comin to a stage where it's just ready 2 explode, whether it's poverty, the raise in bangin, crime, drugs, deaths in our streets or the deaths & chaos caused by george bush and the members of his gang with deaths at a higher stage.....it's mind boggling.   

[GoodLuvn169]

Fuck gang warfare.
It's so gay and idiotic.

[RXL]

It's stupid, but he was taking a chance.  I'm sure he knew he'd be pissing of someone.  No one wants their work taken down, whether it's supposed to be up there or not.

[bez]

fucked up.  R.I.P!

[smerlus]

dats the way it is, it's a HUGE disrespect in the streets, and like overseer said, it was prolly a case of mistaken identity, them cats prolly reacted real quickly and thought it's somebody fuckin wit they shit.......it's a shame. R.I.P to them. this world is comin to a stage where it's just ready 2 explode, whether it's poverty, the raise in bangin, crime, drugs, deaths in our streets or the deaths & chaos caused by george bush and the members of his gang with deaths at a higher stage.....it's mind boggling.   

move to the suburbs you don't have to worry about any of that

[GoodLuvn169]

fucked up.  R.I.P!

It shouldn't be like that.  Gang warfare is just a bunch of assholes who don't have jobs killin' each other.