Compton 'groid chase ends in fiery crash;4 'groids dead, including groid bystander

COMPTON, Calif. (KABC) -- A high-speed chase ended in a fiery
crash in Compton early Saturday, killing four people, including
an innocent bystander.

It all stemmed from a shooting in the 100 block of East Indigo
Street. Witnesses told investigators the suspect's vehicle was a
red Pontiac sedan, possibly a Grand Prix.

At about 12:30 a.m., deputies spotted Grand Prix and conducted a
traffic stop. When the deputies stepped out of their patrol car,
the vehicle sped away.

Deputies chased the Grand Prix westbound on Greenleaf Boulevard.
The vehicle blew through a red light and struck a Chevrolet
Monte Carlo traveling northbound on Wilmington Avenue. The force
of the crash flipped the Pontiac, which crashed into an iron
gate and erupted in flames.

Three people in the Grand Prix were pronounced dead at the
scene. The driver was identified by family members as 20-year-
old Shawnice Osborne, and one of the passengers was identified
by family as 35-year-old Larry Gilmore. A coroner will need to
use dental records to officially identify the suspects.

"It wasn't like her to run, so I don't really know what
happened," said Nadine Starks, the suspect's grandmother.

The Monte Carlo slammed into a power pole, trapping the female
driver inside. The victim, identified as 30-year-old Stacey
Garcia Gray of Los Angeles, was pronounced dead at the scene.

"It sounded like something exploded," said Le Barron Yates, a
witness.

Friends say Gray had just dropped off her husband at his second
job and was returning home to her three young girls when she was
killed.

"We were just making plans for her birthday party next weekend.
She just bought her shoes," said Shameka Smith, a friend.

Authorities say the shooting, pursuit and crash remain under
investigation. If you have any information about this incident,
you're urged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's
Department's Compton Station at (310) 605-6500 or Crime Stoppers
at (800) 222-TIPS (8477).

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?se...al/los_angeles
&id=9360828

*

Jayle Byrds:

This sounds like third-world country kinda sh_! 'S wrong with people, needlessly killing themself and others??