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~ May. 20, ott Dote of tronserlption — During the Late afternoon hours of May 16, Lo7s,. exact time unrecalled, he had just left Doctor BETTERMAN'S Office, L1445 South Crens shaw Boutevaini, Inglewood;-€yiifornis: ae and was on the sidewalk in front of the office, several buildings south of Mel's Sporting Goods Store,- 11425 South Crenshau * Boulevard, when he heard one gunshot followed by two more quick shots being fired from a Volkswagen van parked directly across the street from Mel's Svorting Goods Store, Cvised this. van was barked in the parking lot on the east sice of Crenshav Boulevard, Jie then heard epproximsately fifteen to twenty more shots being fired from what appeared to be an automatic weapon, perhaps” an M2 carbine. ; : Loe . When he observed the van he noticed that it was parked in a southwesterly direction and the passenger's windoy was rolled down end the automatie weapon fire was coming from that window. The van was positioned so that the pessenger's window was in direct Line with the front door of Mel's Sporting Goods Store. He described the van as being an older model Voliswagen van with curved body, bright red in color, with a temporary license plate affixed to the right rear window... It also had lilac.or Lavender curtains in the windows, The indivicual who was iring the automatic weapon from the van had a medium Afro hairstyle and was wearing a Light. colored T-shirt or tank shirt. This individual appeared to be firing at a male Negro who was lying on the sidewalk behind a lamp post in front of Mel's Sporting Goods Store, He, later learned that the male Negro lying on the sigewa Lic was an employee of the store. The employee fired two or three shots from a handgun at the van across the street. As the shots were being fired'from the van he noticed that there was a female Caucasian wearing a white T-shirt behind the driver's wheel of the van. Sometime during the shooting she climbed into the back of the van a DC /eer/KAH 5/20/74 Date dictated ayers. a 4 Thies document conlaing neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the BI and is Joaned to your agency; it and ite contents are not to be distribuled outside vour mency. ; Ite!