-Caveat Lector- 5 wounded at Jewish community center in L.A. Copyright © 1999 Nando Media Copyright © 1999 Associated Press By JEFF WONG LOS ANGELES (August 10, 1999 4:08 p.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - A young man sprayed the lobby of a suburban Jewish community center with gunfire Tuesday, wounding five people, including three children, before escaping. A manhunt was under way. Police searched the grounds of the North Valley Jewish Community Center and the Granada Hills neighborhood, police Cmdr. Dave Kalish said. "He burst into the lobby of the community center and began firing 20 to 30 shots from a 9 mm Uzi. He then walked down a hallway, left the building and left campus," fire spokesman Steve Ruda said. He said the shooter, described as a white male, was in his teens. The motive for the shooting was unknown. Authorities said they had no idea if it was a hate crime. Twenty-two other little children were taken from the center to a nearby temple after the 10:50 a.m. shooting. Ruda described the children as "wide- eyed." The children were attending a summer camp at the center. Ruda said an 8-year-old boy was in very critical condition. The older woman, whose age was given as 55 or 65, also was in critical condition. Two other boys, ages 8 and 6, were in stable condition. A 16-year-old girl was in stable condition. Paramedics and police descended on the center in the initial confused moments after the gunfire. One woman was seen being treated on a sidewalk adjacent to the parking lot. A young boy was rushed out of a rear building on a stretcher and put aboard a fire helicopter. Groups of little children were led away by adults and officers. Worried parents gathered behind yellow police tape as officers worked to assure them that their children were all right. Some wept as they clutched each other, waiting for word of their children. "He's OK! He's OK!" one mother shouted when she heard about the fate of her son. Other parents spoke with school officials who tried to arrange rendezvous point with their children elsewhere in the area. Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, said that older children from the Jewish center were touring the Museum of Tolerance at the time. They were not immediately told of what happened at the center, he said. At the White House, Vice President Al Gore offered Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan federal assistance in capturing the gunman. He offered his thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families. "We're monitoring the situation very closely," Gore said. "There is still a great deal we don't know, except the fact that we've seen a neighborhood and a community shattered by violence." The North Valley Jewish Community Center, 30 miles northwest of downtown in the Granada Hills area of the San Fernando Valley, provides nursery programs, child care and camp activities. The center has large main building, a smaller houselike structure, pool and tennis courts. Parents and relatives in tears rushed to the school. "I have a granddaughter and don't know how she is or anything," one distraught woman said. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Wingate California Director SKYWATCH INTERNATIONAL Anomalous Images and UFO Files http://www.anomalous-images.com DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
