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# Drive-by shootings put pair in hospital
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/drive-by-shootings-put-pair-in-hospital/
- Published: 2005-10-06T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:51:25.000Z
- Author: Carolyn Sackariason
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*Police: Homicides in city this year all gang-related*

16th Street — Two men are listed in stable condition at a local hospital after they were shot here on Tuesday night.

At about 8:55 p.m., Santa Monica Police responded to the alley west of 16th Street near Broadway after they received a call of shots fired. Officers found two gunshot victims at the scene. The first victim, a 16-year-old male black who lives in Los Angeles and is currently on probation and wanted for robbery, was shot once in the stomach. The second victim, a 19-year-old Hispanic male from Santa Monica and a known Los Angeles gang member, was shot twice in the lower torso. He is on felony probation, police said.

While he has not been cooperative with police on any information about who shot him, the Santa Monica man who was shot told police he was taking out the trash when the suspects drove by and fired shots from a vehicle — described as a possible white or silver, late 1980’s sedan similar to a Pontiac Grand AM.

The suspects are described as two Hispanic males.

The second victim has been documented by law enforcement agencies as a gang member, police said.

One way police document gang members, whose population is estimated to be about 150,000 in LA County, is through an organization called Cal Gangs. It is a cooperative automation project between the California Department of Justice, the Bureau of Investigation, Division of Criminal Justice Information Services, Hawkins Data Center, local law enforcement agencies and ORION Scientific Systems, to electronically share information on criminal street gangs and gang members via a statewide automated Intranet.

SMPD officials also use the following criteria to determine if a person is a gang member: n Is a self-admitted gang member. n Has tattoos symbolizing a gang. n Is arrested alone and/or admits to being affiliated with gangs, or is arrested with gang members. n Frequents gang areas or affiliates himself with gang members. n Wears attire that symbolizes a particular gang.

Tuesday’s incident was the third gang-related shooting in Santa Monica in the past month — all of them involving outside gangs from Los Angeles, police said. Saturday’s shooting at the beach, which involved Los Angeles gang members, marked the third homicide of the year in Santa Monica. All three homicides this year have been gang-related, police said. And in Los Angeles late last month, a Santa Monica man, who was known to be affiliated with gangs, was fatally shot in the back of the head after he attended a party at 21st Street and La Brea Avenue.

Anyone having information regarding Tuesday’s incident is encouraged to contact the robbery/homicide unit of the SMPD at (310) 458-8451 or the watch commander’s office at (310) 458-8426\. Callers who wish to provide anonymous information also may call the We-Tip national hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463). Callers with information that leads to an arrest and conviction become eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 6, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/100605.pdf?ref=smdp.com)