◆ SpookStack

poe | cn -* ee: oe €& FEDERAL BUREAU OF. INVESTIGATION. 8... as May 23, 1974 Date of tronscripiton advised t ing: . : He stated he was pumping gas at the station on the “0-70: Crenshaw. Boulevard side of the southeast corner of Imperial |: and Crenshaw when he heard what sounded Like firecrackers and -° turned toward Mel's Sporting Goods Store at which time he saw ‘two individuals fighting on the sidewalk in front of Mel's, He . Said at this point he heard another series of sounds which he eee then distinguished as gunshots, and he thought one of the indi- es viduals fighting on the sidewalk had a gun, . After the second :; %." + gertes of shots the two individuals stopped fighting and one a male, possibly white, ran across the street and two people ran a back into Mel's Sporting Goods Store, He said the person oe Tunning across the street was wearing a red jacket, was of — fo. medium build, and had long hair. _ — . He said he did not see any vehicles or see where the . gunfire was coming from because at this point he ran to his . telephone and began to call the emergency operator to report Ch. ; the jncident., He said another employee, believed to be qe 6", said, "They're in the van", and at that point he sav * . red and white Volkswagen van exiting the parking lot east of wpoit -his service station onto Imperial and proceed east, So S EB/ekh/KAH 5/22/74 b Date dictated Yy ‘" This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FIN. I is the property of the FGI and is loaned to “" your agency; it and its contents ore not to be distributed outside your agency, : : -114-. eh — en, ae mrt, koa ns Ce esl