Los Angeles Double Homicide in Skid Row Motel
According to reports, on April 12, 2009 two unidentified men, one appearing to be in his mid fifties and the second appearing to be in his mid twenties, were shot. Lt. Paul Vernon, head of detective for the LAPD’s Central Police Division said, “The motive for the shooting is not clear. And, while this may have happened on Skid Row, the crime had nothing to do with the homeless. These types of disputes tend to be about drugs and money.”
According to police reports, they received a call around 5 a.m. of shots fired at the Lamp Lodge, located at 630 S. Stanford Street. Upon arrival paramedics pronounced both men dead. The two murders in Los Angeles are the first in downtown for 2009.
Vernon said, “Twenty years ago we would have seen scores of these killings in a year. But last year closed with only six homicides.”
Police records show that almost 6,000 Los Angeles drug crime narcotics arrests were made in downtown for year 2008, mostly on Skid Row.
Vernon added, “We find far fewer guns downtown now that the criminal element has found it’s harder to work here. That’s made Skid Row safer for everyone.”
Police urge anyone with information to call Central Area Detectives at 213 842-0727.
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