Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Discharged firearms in the news: Fri 27 July - Thur 2 Aug 2012 [View all]struggle4progress
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... Authorities have identified the man whose body was found behind a row of homes in Diamond Heights yesterday as 18-year-old Elijah Hopkins.
Press reports say police were called to Carnelian Way, a dead-end street off Diamond Heights Boulevard, yesterday afternoon after a neighbor discovered the bloody body in a concrete drainage gully.
Sunday evening, police inspectors were still investigating the brush and hillside behind the homes, trying to piece together what happened to Hopkins, who had gunshot wounds to his body.
Neighbors told ABC News that they heard what they thought were gunshots around 11 p.m. on Saturday, however, they dismissed the loud noise as fireworks ...
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2012/07/elijah_hopkins_diamond_heights.php
SF Teen Found Dead In Diamond Heights
... Officers responded at 9:38 a.m. to a report of a dead body on Carnelian Way, a stretch of road described by ABC7 as "a secluded dead end street off Diamond Heights Boulevard."
Police found the victim, identified by the medical examiner's office as 18-year-old San Francisco resident Elijah Hopkins, dead of an apparent gunshot wound and are treating the case as a homicide.
According to ABC7, Hopkins' body was discovered in a concrete drainage gully by an area resident "who takes care of the landscaping." ...
http://sfappeal.com/news/2012/07/man-dead-after-apparent-diamond-heights-shooting.php