Bullets shattered the calm of a Pomona neighborhood Saturday night as two men fell victim to gun violence on W. Ninth St., announced the Pomona Police Department in an episode that ended with one dead and the other clinging to life. According to a statement released by Sergeant Rick Aguiar, the officers responding to the 911 call at 10:11 p.m. discovered one man already down, his body wounded by gunfire, his chances of survival slipping away. A second man, still fighting through the agony of his injuries, was rushed to a local hospital where he remains in a critical condition.
The 1100 block of W. Ninth St. quickly transformed into a crime scene. Running through the night's chill, first responders and L.A. Co. Fire Personnel, battling against a narrative of desperation, transported the victims in a race against death. But for one, it was too late - the breath of life escaping him despite the rush of sirens and the urgent hands of medics.
The Pompey Police Department's Major Crimes Unit mobilized, sweeping through the scene as "Homicide Investigators began an extensive investigation," detailed by Aguiar's official report. But the suspects remain shrouded in mystery, their motives obscured that took two men. The victims' identities remain concealed from the public gaze.
As detectives canvass the area for clues, the department has extended a call to arms for justice, urging anyone with information connected to the tragedy to step forward and reach out to the Pomona Police Department or to tread the path of anonymity offered by "Crime Stoppers."
