Opinion ID: 844263
Heading Depth: 6
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Crime Scene Investigation and Autopsy

Text: An investigating officer arrived at 12:48 a.m. and found Skyles and Price lying dead on the ground. Skyles was wearing a long sleeve black-and-white checkered shirt, red pants, and a red belt with the letter P. In the opinion of one of the investigating detectives, Skyles's clothing was consistent with that of a Bloods gang member. Bloods gang members commonly wore the letter P, which stands for Piru, a street in the Compton/Willowbrook area of Southeast Los Angeles where the original Bloods gang members lived. Price wore a light blue windbreaker jacket and blue baggy pants. Blue baggy clothing was consistent with membership in the Crips gang. At the scene, investigators recovered 11 expended shell casings from a nine-millimeter weapon. Skyles's autopsy showed nine gunshot wounds, eight of which were nonfatal. The fatal wound was a shot that entered on the left side of his back and travelled through his vital organs. The trajectory of the fatal wound was consistent with Skyles's having been shot from behind while kneeling on the ground with the shooter standing over him. Price had seven gunshot wounds, including two fatal wounds to the head and one to the abdomen.