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ae eo oe Pe ‘feof one . ‘6 ' . - - ‘ . > . CES Pen os : vee de . “ Center which was ‘directly south of where he was standing, The parking, slots are desipnated with white paint and are _angled so that the vehicles are parked in a northwesterly - Girection, He had a clear view of the Dassenger side 9f.0:. 2 the van but could not see the rear of the vehicle or the.,-.' Griver's side. The shooting had to be coming from the “ driver's side of the van as he did not see any weapon or. gunfire coming from the passenger side, yi. mars a He stated he was in the militery police while ins. the Army and is famillar with the sounds made by various’... weapons, .The gunshots which he heard were definitely coming, from an automatic weapon of some sort, which he believed was possibly a .45 caliber machine gun, He stated the firing did . not sound fo him Like it was coming from a rifle because a rifle produces a "clacking"” sound caused from the: bolt ading ” . back and forth, The shooting he héard was coming from a weapon a with a very smooth Sounding bolt, simi Lar, had the Sounds of aw. Machine gun. ; cos He advised that the shots were being fired ‘in ao, westerly direction, across Crenshaw Boulevard, toward Mel's Sporting Goods Store, to provide cover for a white male who was running in a orouehed position toward the van, It was his recollection that only one person was running across the , “ii + street, When the shooting started the Negro male whom he had- o'..- previously seen on the sidewalk, had taken cover behind the tac lamp post, The white male who ran across the street got into ae the white over red van, although did not see him get . into the passenger door, Within a minute or two the van backed -'. away from the parking area, stopped-and then turned south 2 fo, . through the parking lot and then east, passing in front of the pO Household Finance Corporation office and Holiday Hardware Store, | view was blocked when the van got in front of Holiday are, Gm::: there were three bursts of gunfire with about six roun ired during each burst, There was a short pause between bursts After the first burst of gunfire another station attendant, ran to an emergency telephone lo- cated on the southc rs r of Imperial Highway and Crenshaw Boulevard, to report the shooting. He stated that although this — appears to be a fire telephone it is apparently connected to the ..