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two vehicles’ were pulling away from the curb from the .Said he would call for help, © When the gunfire ceased he again looked in the ~ vicinity of Mel's Sporting Goods Store and the people that had been lying on the sidewalk had disappeared, At that time vicinity of Mel's Sporting Goods Store and a Negro male was runn ote across Crenshaw Boulevard in the direction of where he ie was Standing. .The Negro male came within ten to twelve him and disappeared from view southeast of the Chevron Station in the Crenshaw-Imperial Shopping Center. He did not see where the Negro male went as his view was blocked by the service = station building. At about the time he lost sight of the Negro - - male he saw two Inglewood Police Department squad cars come into the area. One of these squad cars was proceeding east on Imperial Boulevard and one was going south on Crenshaw Boulevard, His thoughts were that the Negro male had robbed Mel's Sporting Goods Store and was trying to make his get away in the parking lot of the shopping center. Upon seeing the two squad cars he assumed the police officers would apprehend the Negro male and he did not pay too much attention to what else might have gone on in front of Mel's Sporting Goods Store other than people started to congregate, , ; . os advised further that upon the ceasing of the gunfire one of the Chevron Service Station attendants, who he could describe only as having red hair, ran into the service _ station office and the other attendant, who he could describe only as being dark compleeted, ran to the emergency telephone located on a red pole at the southeast corner of Imperial Highway and Crenshaw Boulevard, The dark complected attendant waS questioned as to whether or not he recalled seeing any vehicles parked in the west end of the shopping cen-. ter parking lot, adjacent to the sidewalk which is located ° directly south of where he was standing. He said that to the. best of his recollection there were no vehicles at all parked at that location, . 7 . _ Le mording vehicles in the area of Mel's Sporting Goods . Store, Said he recalled there were no vehicles parked directly in front of Mel's, but there were two vehicles parked south of Mel's and possibly one or two parked north of Mel's, all oo facie in a southerly direction on Crenshaw Boulevard. He récalled - -90- - 1