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Lo Ben. suncas oF mvesniarogg’ O- oe BUREAU OF F INVESTIGATION May 30, tort Dete of transcription ‘ furnished the following information concerning - a shooting Incident which occurred in the vicinity of Mel's * Sporting Goods Store on May 16, 1974, in the late afternoon: | At 420 p p.m., on May 16, 1974, he was servicing a "is GDineoln Continental owned by an Assistant Manager or part owner mk of the Five Torches Restaurant, name not recalled, when another came to him and asked what ~ attendant “tos time it wa 2 told *:: it was 4:20 | fo m, In this regare | ne ne ue vo get off work at a Tl 64330 p.m., but a man puiled he station on the north side fee of the building with battery trouble and did not want to no get involved in a long job thet would keep him on duty past his had the customer pull his vehicle Pe normal quitting time. | . ase’ rack areas, into one of the norther While was servicing the Lincoln Continental he vas gazing around the area while working on the vehicle from the front. The vehicle was facing north. He looked across oi Crenshaw Boulevard in the vicinity .of Mel's Sporting Goods Store “Bde and saw a yellow motorcycle parked at the curb in front of the UNREST lamp post in front of Mel's, He saw a Negro male and another foi" 4ndividual down on the sidewalk but he could not determine what they were doing as the motorcycle blocked his view. He then heard automatic weapon fire which appeared to have been coming. - from a white over red van that was parked in a parking slot in the shopping center parking lot of the Crenshaw-Imperial Shopping. File @ LOS Angeles 7-1627 Inzlewood, Californias toe 7 2 ® z J a ° tr] /deb/KAH | 5/28/7h Dote dictoted oh This document contning ocilher recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the properly of the FBI and is loaned to way Your agency; it and ite contenis aro not to be distributed outmide yeur agency. . ; oben eed — — pene ae _— - | POAT teas ge AE achive Sara tn KS: Rae