Two teenagers were fatally shot during a confrontation between street-gang members
Sunday, 7 December 2008
Two teenagers were fatally shot during a confrontation between street-gang members and partygoers in the Valencia Park neighborhood here, police said.
Monique Palmer, 17, and Michael Taylor, 15, were at a party when gang members attempted to crash the event, San Diego Police Lt. Kevin Rooney said.The gang members displayed handguns and yelled gang challenges, Rooney said, before leaving. Shortly after midnight, Palmer, Taylor and several other partygoers were walking on the street when two young men confronted the group and began shooting, Rooney said.
Palmer was declared dead at the scene; Taylor died at a trauma center at 1:36 a.m.
