hundreds of witnesses, so it is not as common as someone might think. most of these gangsters are cowards, and they are not going to do anything. the gangs only need to make a few examples to send a message. take the case of bobby singleton, a homeless man who was murdered to prevent him from testifying against a gang member. singleton s body was found under this l.a. bridge. he d been shot in the head and in the neck five times. police said it was overkim. designed to send a message. a warning to others never to speak to police. soledad brock was still grieving for her son ronald when seven months after her son was killed, her other son, angel, who was in a gang was killed in a barrage of gunfire. he was approached by a couple of different gang members, rival gang member, he and another fellow, and a major gunfight ensued. the problem with that one, anderson, was that even though we know how many guns were
lifted from a cough drop lifted from ronald s body was not enough to match a profile. some people say that, you know, people in the community, you talk to people and they say, that look, people don t come forward because they are scared to talk to the police for fear of retaliation. is that a valid fear? yes, in any community, because anybody who reports a crime worries about that, but in 29 years on this job, i have lost one witness in 29 years and i have dealt with hundreds and hundreds of witnesses, so it is not as common as someone might think. most of these gangsters are cowards, and they are not going to do anything. the gangs only need to make a few examples to send a message. take the case of bobby singleton, a homeless man who was murdered to prevent him from testifying against a gang member. singleton s body was found under this l.a. bridge. he d been shot in the head and in the neck five times. police say it was an overkill, designed to send a message, warning others to
take the case of bobby singleton, a homeless man who was murdered to prevent him from testifying against a gang member. singleton s body was found under the l.a. bridge and he was shot in the head and the neck five times and it was overkill say police, and a warning to others never to speak to police. soledad brock was still grieving for her son ronald when seven months after her son was killed, her other son, angel, who was in a gang was killed in a barrage of gun fire. he was approached by a couple of different gang members, rival gang member, he and another fellow and a major gun fight ensued. the problem with that one, anderson, was that even though we know how many guns were involved, we had .009 millimeter, and seven rounds and carbine rounds and it was a gun fight. the problem with it is that we know how many guns were there and who was involved, but we don t know who pulled the trigger first.
message. take the case of bobby singleton, a homeless man was murdered to prevent him from testifying against a gang member. his body was found under this l.a. bridge, shot in the head and in the neck five times. police said it was overkill, designed to send a message, a warning to others never to speak to police. soledad brock was still grieving for her son ronald when seven months after her son was killed, her other son, angel who was in a gang was killed in a barrage of gunfire. he was approached by a couple of different gang members, rival gang members he and another fellow and a major gunfight ensued. the problem with that one, anderson, was even though we know how many guns were involved, we had .9 millimeter, 7.62 rounds, 30 caliber carvings, it was a gunfight. problem is we know how many guns were there, how many were involved, we don t know who pulled the trigger.
and i ve dealt with hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of witnesses. so it s not as common as someone might think. most of these gangsters are cowards. they re not going to do anything. reporter: gangs only need to make a few examples to send a message. take the case of bobby singleton, a homeless man was murdered to prevent him from testifying against a gang member. his body was found under this l.a. bridge, shot in the head and in the neck five times. police said it was overkill, designed to send a message, a warning to others never to speak to police. soledad brock was still grieving for her son ronald when seven months after her son was killed, her other son, angel who was in a gang was killed in a barrage of gunfire. he was approached by a couple of different gang members, rival gang members he and another fellow and a major gunfight ensued. the problem with that one, anderson, was even though we know how many guns were involved, we had .9 millimeter,