Summary

AM 8-YEAR OLD BOY FROM COMPTON IS DEAD TONIGHT, ANOTHER VICTIM OF A SENSELESS AND RANDOM GANG SHOOTING. HIS FAMILY HAD GREAT HOPES FOR VICTOR NEAL. TODAY THERE IS ONLY GREAT SORROW. THE BULLET HIT VICTOR NEAL IN THE HEAD. DAVID BROWN HAS BEEN LIKE A FATHER TO VICTOR THE PAST FEW YEARS. VICTOR HAS TWO BROTHERS. ONE IS ONLY A TOT. THE OTHER, SAY FAMILY MEMBERS, WITNESSED THE SHOOTING. FAMILY AND FRIENDS DON'T BELIEVE VICTOR'S DEATH HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH GANG ACTIVITY. EIGHT-YEAR OLD VICTOR NEAL JUST MADE HIS FIRST BASKET A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR AN EIGHT-YEAR OLD. AND NOW, AND IMPORTANT MEMORY FOR HIS FAMILY.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 52908
Story Slug 8-YEAR OLD KILLED IN DRIVE BY SHOOTING (11/19/1995)
Location COMPTON, CALIFORNIA
Format RAW
Date 11/19/1995
Archive Time 47:16
TRT 2:02
Supers Compton, California David Brown, Family Friend
Video Description PHOTO OF VICTIM, CU STUDENT OF WEEK AWARD (VICTOR NEAL), SOT OF MAN (CU OF MAN'S FACE CRYING),
Description AM 8-YEAR OLD BOY FROM COMPTON IS DEAD TONIGHT, ANOTHER VICTIM OF A SENSELESS AND RANDOM GANG SHOOTING. HIS FAMILY HAD GREAT HOPES FOR VICTOR NEAL. TODAY THERE IS ONLY GREAT SORROW. THE BULLET HIT VICTOR NEAL IN THE HEAD. DAVID BROWN HAS BEEN LIKE A FATHER TO VICTOR THE PAST FEW YEARS. VICTOR HAS TWO BROTHERS. ONE IS ONLY A TOT. THE OTHER, SAY FAMILY MEMBERS, WITNESSED THE SHOOTING. FAMILY AND FRIENDS DON'T BELIEVE VICTOR'S DEATH HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH GANG ACTIVITY. EIGHT-YEAR OLD VICTOR NEAL JUST MADE HIS FIRST BASKET A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR AN EIGHT-YEAR OLD. AND NOW, AND IMPORTANT MEMORY FOR HIS FAMILY.
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