Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Another black on white hate crime? The first story from LA NBC News neglected to mention the perp's race.

Production assistant shot dead as she walked with her boyfriend in Hollywood: Cops hunt shotgun-wielding gunman who fled in sedan

  • Carrie Jean Melvin, 30, was killed on Sunday night when a gunman crept up behind her and shot her in the head as she was strolling with her boyfriend
  • Police are still looking for the black male suspect in his mid 20s who fled the scene in a sedan 
  • Homicide Detective John Skaggs said that a motive is still unknown though they say the shooter targeted Melvin and no one else

Homicide detectives searched for clues on Monday to the shocking shotgun slaying of a Hollywood production assistant ambushed while walking along a street in the heart of Hollywood.
The woman, Carrie Jean Melvin, 30,  was killed on Sunday night when a gunman crept up behind her and shot her in the head as she was strolling with her boyfriend near Sunset Boulevard, police and coroner's officials said.
The suspect then made his getaway in a black sedan and was still at large as of Monday, according to police. 
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Mysterious slaying: Carrie Jean Melvin, 30, was killed on Sunday night when a gunman crept up behind her and shot her in the head as she was strolling with her boyfriend near Sunset Boulevard
Mysterious slaying: Carrie Jean Melvin, 30, was killed on Sunday night when a gunman crept up behind her and shot her in the head as she was strolling with her boyfriend near Sunset Boulevard
Dead: Melvin is taken by medical personnel on a stretcher after being shot to death by an unidentified shooter. Police do not know whether the attack was random or is Melvin was targeted nor they do they have a motive
Dead: Melvin is taken by medical personnel on a stretcher after being shot to death by an unidentified shooter. Police do not know whether the attack was random or is Melvin was targeted nor they do they have a motive


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3151693/Woman-shot-head-shotgun-walked-boyfriend-Hollywood.html#ixzz3fDnchJee

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