Opinion ID: 1172635
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Cakewalk shooting

Text: Karry Island, Mary Nixon, Barbara Nixon and Deontray Turner testified that, on the morning of July 19, 1980, defendant and two other Blood gang members fired shotguns at a crowded church carnival or cakewalk, being attended by rival gang members, between Mary and 89th Streets in Los Angeles. Thelma Turner and Michael Hardwick corroborated their testimony. Several adults and a child were injured in the shooting. Two shotguns were used. Defendant was the leader of the attack and the one who fired the first shot. Defendant yelled, This is Neighborhood Family Blood 89th Street. Criminal charges were filed in connection with the cakewalk shooting, but the case, ultimately, was not prosecuted.