Midnight Basketball Program Coach Hurt in Alleged Gang Attack
Press Telegram › April 09, 2008
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LONG BEACH - A pack of gang members attacked a player and a coach of the popular Midnight Basketball Program on Thursday night, landing the 37-year-old epileptic coach in the hospital and prompting a police investigation.
The victim - who asked that only his first name, Richard, be used to protect his identity - suffered fractures to his face and hand, bruised ribs and a gash above one eye that had to be stitched up.See the full content of this document
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Midnight Basketball Program Coach Hurt in Alleged Gang Attack
Richard told police he tried to stop an attack on a youth when the attackers turned on him.
No one came to Richard's aid when about 15 or 16 males, roughly 17 to 24 years old, surrounded him and backed him into a corner near the gym at McBride Park, formerly the Cal Rec Center, at 1550 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Richard ...See the full content of this document
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