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# Mean streets just got a little meaner
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/mean-streets-just-got-a-little-meaner-editor/
- Published: 2007-02-21T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:06:09.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Pico, #archive-import

*By Mathew Millen Santa Monica*

I read the story about the arrests for the shooting at the low-income housing project behind Edison School, and the murders of Eduardo Lopez and Miguel Martin ( “Raids net alleged killers,” Feb. 9, page 1). I checked the LA County Sheriff’s Web site Sunday evening and discovered that Noah Farris, Victor Torres and Jon Carrillo — three of those arrested and accused of involvement in the gang-related shootings in Santa Monica — were released.

Why wasn’t the public advised of their release? With every shooting in the Pico Neighborhood in close proximity to a low-income housing project, are those of us who live adjacent to the projects in the Pico Neighborhood really safe?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 21, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/022107.pdf?ref=smdp.com)