LAPD Cops Mistakenly Shoot Two Female Newspaper Carriers

Posted on: March 1st, 2013 4 Comments
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When 47-year-old Margie Carranza and her mother, 71-year-old Emma Hernandez, drove off to deliver newspapers like they do every day, they had no idea they would become the victims of trigger-happy LAPD cops.

The two women work as newspaper carriers and travel around in a pickup truck, and following their usual route could have been fatal for them. On Torrance street, several police officers were on patrol in front of their captain’s house, protecting him from a suspected gunman. Christopher Dorner is a former Los Angeles Police Harbor Division officer who recently set out on a vengeful mission, trying to kill his former colleagues who fired him three years ago.

In a bloody rampage, he killed the daughter of one of the officers and her fiance, and shot three cops in Riverside County, killing one. Dorner even posted a manifesto online to explain his intentions, and in the light of recent events, the police were alert and ready for Dorner. Unfortunately, while defending their captain, they made protocol violations that could have cost two innocent women their lives.

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Carranza and Hernandez drove through Torrance street when the police opened fire at them. The truck the two women were in was a different shade of blue and a different model from Dorner’s, but no one bothered to double check the suspect info before shooting.

They opened fire without a warning or the attempt to stop the vehicle, shooting to kill. The 71-year-old Hernandez was shot twice in the back while her daughter was hit in the hand. One of the neighbors said he heard around 20 shots, and one of the photos from the scene shows the newspaper truck riddled with bullets.

Carranza is physically okay but still deeply shaken, and her mother is in intensive care and it’s still unknown whether she’ll suffer permanent physical damage. The police called it a case of mistaken identity.

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4 Responses

  1. Did this site write this article? Im surprised. You assume that Dorner killed those two people. He was never convicted. The police deaprtment which he accused of corruption is your source that he did kill those two people.

    You also describe the shooting of the two innocent women as if it was Dorners fault Lapd fires on civilians without regard for due process or the lives of innocent.

  2. cheryl maudsley says:

    GOVENOR SCOTT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT WHEN IS SOMETHING GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS ???? ITS OBVIOS THE GOOD COPS AND ITS OBVIOS THE REPEAT OFFENDERS THAT HAVE BADGES AND BREAK THE LAW REGULARLY .THEY BEAT PEOPLE THEY TAZEW PEOPLE THEY KILLING PEOPLE AND FOR WHAT ??????AND ITS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE WORLD MY NAME IS CHERYL MAUDSLEY I SAY GOVENOR SCOTT BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER DANIELLE MAUDSLEY HAD HER LIFE TAKEN AS SHE KNEW IT IN STPETE FLORIDA BY DANIEL COLE . SHE WAS VERY COMPLIANT CONSIDERING HE IS 256 POUNDS SHE IS 98 POUNDS HE YELLED AT HER CONSISTANTLY TOOK HER SOMWHERE SHE HAD NO PLACE BEING ,DO YOUR PAPER WORK ON YOUR OWN TIME I KMOW?? BUT ANYWAYS I NEED TOUR HELP I HAVE LAWYERS FOR THIS CASE A GREAT GUARDIAN BUT THEY TOOK HER SKULL FLAPS OFF FFROM THE SWELLING BEING SO BAD SHE ALMOST DIED AND I SAID WILL NEVER BE THE SAME IF YOU LOOK UP HER NAME YOULL SEE WHAT HAPPENED WHY AND THE HORROR SHE WENT THRU BUT ITS BEEN 15 MONTHS AND ITS BEEN HELL TRYING TO GET THIS SURG CORDINATED PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU CAN HELP ,,,PLEASE!!!!!TY FOR YOUR TIME GOD BLESS.

  3. Disgusted Citizen says:

    1st: Ms. Maudsley – deepest condolences regarding your daughter.
    2nd: Almost a month has passed & no action taken regarding these criminally negligent (to be kind) cops. No word from LA’s district attorney, Jackie Lacey if she’ll press charges..This is why we need to push to have separate arm of government where they have a prosecutor that deals with elected officials and police..Until then you can call LA DA’s office at (213) 974-3512 or email them webmail@da.lacounty.gov ..You can email Chief Beck at contact.lapdonline@gmail.com

  4. Debbi says:

    I sent this email to Feinstein:
    As the fight continues against senseless shootings, and it should, is there any focus against unnecessary shootings by police? Any new legislation proposed to protect innocent civilians or animals? There are many, many incidents. In particular, I would like to know if the Los Angeles DA’s office is taking any action on the senseless shooting of the two women who were delivering newspapers? Like many other civilians, I feel that we have written a blank check to law enforcement to shoot first, ask later with no consequences, under a blanket of immunity. We see a growing police culture of unquestionable totalitarianism and brutality which is alarming because the rate of gun violence involved. Do you find it unacceptable and will you do something aggressive about it for your constituents?
    Please do the same.

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