James Edwin Richards
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[[File:Boundary map of Venice neighborhood in Los Angeles, California.png|thumb|left|Oakwood is a neighborhood located in Venice, California.]]James Edwin Richards was known as a "controversial" figure in the community, according to Ruth Galanter, a Venice city councilwoman. She called Richards' killing "a straightforward assassination." Galanter said Richards' stance and activism against crime had made him a highly visible obstacle to crime elements and attracted many enemies as a result. |
[[File:Boundary map of Venice neighborhood in Los Angeles, California.png|thumb|left|Oakwood is a neighborhood located in Venice, California.]]James Edwin Richards was known as a "controversial" figure in the community, according to [[Ruth Galanter]], a Venice city councilwoman. She called Richards' killing "a straightforward assassination." Galanter said Richards' stance and activism against crime had made him a highly visible obstacle to crime elements and attracted many enemies as a result. |
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Police believed that two assailants murdered Jim Richards. Police said his murderers waited for him and shot him several times in his driveway after he returned home in his camper van from a workout at an all night gym around 4:15 a.m.{{cite web |first1=Gina |last1=Piccalo |first2=Kurt |last2=Streeter |title=Venice Anti-Gang Activist Killed in His Driveway |newspaper=LA Times |date=Oct 19, 2000 |access-date=2013-11-08 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-19-me-38801-story.html |archive-date=2012-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315182958/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/oct/19/local/me-38801 |url-status=live }} |
Police believed that two assailants murdered Jim Richards. Police said his murderers waited for him and shot him several times in his driveway after he returned home in his camper van from a workout at an all night gym around 4:15 a.m.{{cite web |first1=Gina |last1=Piccalo |first2=Kurt |last2=Streeter |title=Venice Anti-Gang Activist Killed in His Driveway |newspaper=LA Times |date=Oct 19, 2000 |access-date=2013-11-08 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-19-me-38801-story.html |archive-date=2012-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315182958/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/oct/19/local/me-38801 |url-status=live }} |
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