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o . - e” BUREAU OF nvesnea ‘a oS. oR olan s, May 23, aot! ‘Dote of tronscription — - - PATIN stated that on May 16, 197k, he-aPFived™ at oe . the ‘residence of his son, THOMAS LEON PATIN, JR. 2049 West : Bede . 115th Street, Hawthorne, California, around "hs 00’ p m, He had ‘ . - borrowed an @lectric lawn edger from his son and had placed it ot in his 1963 Chevrolet Nova station wagon, Light blue in color, on bearing California license plates GOE. 575. PATIN stated that... around 4:30 p.m., he was preparing to leave his son's residence -. - and he and his son were standing in front of the house in the’ °™ ‘driveway alongside the above station wagon, . eae a ‘At this time, he noticed a yelloy Pontiac with black °° vinyl top stall in front of his son's driveway, near the middle.. of the street, heading in an easterly direction. The white _ female that was Sravang | the vehicle 1 was attempting to reatart oe the car, ; a ; A, white man jumped out of the passenger ‘side - - approaching the PATINs. The man said, We're the. SLA. We've © got to have this car, quick, right avay" During this time, the man was pointing a gun, which PATIN described as approxi- mately two and one half feet long, barrel diameter about three quarters of an inch, which looked brand new, The gun had a : sight on the end of the barrel and further back, toward the stock, there appeared to be “new wood" color. The man had the gun tucked under his right arm, left, hand holding ¢ the under. . part of the. gun, wee Vat At this time, PATIN wags attempting to take his car keys off a key ring in’ order that he would not have to give up oo. his house keys, PATIN's son was encouraging him to hurry and rs: - - give up his keys. The man said to the effect "Don't worry Be, about your car, we'll drop it off. Nothing's “going to happen ~ ee to it" « lnterviewed on 5/20/74 o __uwynuood, California —File d Los Angeles ‘T- 1827 S/pm aH S/2u/TH * A by , Date Sictated - This document contains: neither recommendations nor conclusioner of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is ioaned to 7 oe your agency; it and ita contents are not to be distributed outaide your agency. . BBB