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ae ea . . : . & . a & | ™ BUREAU OF INVESTIGATICNS | Ary ose oe ' Date of transcription a 0, 1974 ers ae dice tae SN ae os tly after™4:00 plm., OTH , - mother left her residence enroute to the ” shopping center at Crenshaw Boulevard- and Imperlat-Highway. ~— Sa then heard gunshots from the area of the above shopping center located about five or six cks away, Being concerned’: '” for the welfare of her nother ao ised she immediately “- got into her car and proceeded to the shopping center, She .-- parked across the street from where she later found out the Shooting took plage at Mel's Sporting Goods, 11425 South Cren- ~ shaw Boulevard. QURERED ov? se0 she observed a red Volkswagen |. van, further deseription unknown, going eastbound through the ‘Shopping center and entering Imperial Wiighway., She noticed this vehicle because an unknown man yelled out, "There they. go", at which time he jumped into. his own Light brown or w/ - epeam colored Chevrolet and attempted to follow the van, This Bm. man is described as a short Philippino wearing glasses and a business suit, st . mo advised she never saw who was driving the van . or any of the passengers. Several minutes Later units. from the- an Inglewood Police Department arrived at the scene, She talked mS, to one of the officers and they began a search for empty shell a casings and succeeded in locating one which the officer picked up with his pencil and presumably saved for evidence, advised there was a group of children around and they probably ae recovered most of the shells. She further advised she observed wiF*.. a shiny object in the center divider of Crenshaw Boulevard lo- Sil.» gated directly in front of the above store and she directed the oi" officer to search that area. It is not known if he recovered ; anything more, dvised she heard at least 30 shots fired nea ls and-the shots came from an automatic weapon, ; . ; She further advised the Inglewood Police Officer inter- viewed the Philippino man at length upon-.his return to the above: store, , re ‘ an at Inglewood California File # LOS Angeles 7~1627 | - ae DwM/cer/KAH © 5/20/74 oe by Dote dictated - “5 This document contains neither recommend: .2* nor conclusione of the FLI. It ie the property of the FIB] and is louned to ‘la Your agency; it and ile contents are not to by sistributed outaide your agency. 7 a. -70-