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Murder Was the Case: L.A. Homicide No. 137: Fatal Drive-By Shooting in Pacoima

By Christine Pelisek, Friday, Jun. 26 2009 @ 10:30AM
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Categories: crime

A Hispanic male was killed June 24 in a drive-by shooting in Pacoima.

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According to police, 30-year-old Gerardo Cruz was standing out in front of his girlfriend's house with her brother drinking beer when three alleged gang members jumped out of their blue compact car and "shot up the place." Cruz, who had got off work a few hours earlier and was about to help the brother work on a car, was fatally wounded. His girlfriend's children were inside their duplex when the shooting happened.

Police say the shooting was gang-related but that Cruz was not a gang member. The three unindentified shooters are still at large. The incident occurred in the 13000 block of Weidner Street at 5:26 p.m.

This latest shooting is the fourth homicide in June to occur within the LAPD's Foothill Division.

Anyone with information on the shooting should call Foothill Division detectives at (818) 834-3115.

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Comments (24)

Anonymous says:

i miss u my negro ...ill see u soon bro from your brothers alex joe nacho and pistio no se me aguite mi negro everything got taken care of good ...will miss u pops favorite son...jkjkjk alrato mi negraso

Posted On: Thursday, Jun. 25 2009 @ 9:54PM
Anonymous says:

wooow... i can't believe you're gone Jerry ... u were such a cool & fun guy to hang around with ... I still remember when we all use to hang around @ ur house just to chill and laugh for any little reason... You will be missed Jerry !! rest in peace

Posted On: Friday, Jun. 26 2009 @ 6:12PM
Anonymous says:

negro...rip...we all miss u pulling up in ur car bumping that chalino...atleast ur bros took care of buisness if u know what i mean...were gona miss u deeply gone but never forgotten...ur dad is really sad and shocked with the rest of ur fam...ay te miro negro c u soon big dawg

Posted On: Saturday, Jun. 27 2009 @ 10:11AM
Anonymous says:

negro...rip...we all miss u pulling up in ur car bumping that chalino...atleast ur bros took care of buisness if u know what i mean...were gona miss u deeply gone but never forgotten...ur dad is really sad and shocked with the rest of ur fam...ay te miro negro c u soon big dawg

Posted On: Saturday, Jun. 27 2009 @ 10:11AM
Anonymous says:

so sorry for you're lost. I grew up aroung the block I heard what happen and went to see. Chocked for what happen so close to home it's a sad situation, you're in our prayers.

Posted On: Saturday, Jun. 27 2009 @ 10:33PM
Anonymous says:

Aww Jerry i miss you your never to be forgotten your a hero...
cant wait to see you again everything happens for a reason...
i love you
love always Breanna Garcia

Posted On: Sunday, Jun. 28 2009 @ 12:24AM
Breanna says:

Aww Jerry i miss you so much your a hero..
cant wait to see you again everything happens for a reason...
ill never forget you i love you
Love Always,
Breanna Garcia

Posted On: Sunday, Jun. 28 2009 @ 12:27AM
SMILEII ND SHY GURL says:

NEGRO I REMEMBER U LIKE IF IT WAS YESTERDAII WHEN U USTO COME TO MA TIAZ HOUSE AND DRINK ALL THE TIME.. AND FOR MA BIRTHDAII PARTII DAIIUM U WERE SO FUNN MA TIA LOVEZ U..!! AND WHEN WE HEARD IT WAS A SHOCKER TO ME ND HER AND THE LAST TIME I SEEN U.. U MEET MA LIL GURL AND I WAS SO HAPPI TO SEE AGAIN IN A LONG TIME BUTT A THINGZ HAPPEN AND WELL SEE U AGAIN WE LOVE U NEGRO..!!

LOVE,
SMILEII ND SHY GURL

Posted On: Sunday, Jul. 19 2009 @ 8:29PM
Anonymous says:

SMILEII ND SHY GURL says:
NEGRO I REMEMBER U LIVE IF IT WAS YESTERDAII WHEN U USTO COME TO MA TIAZ HOUSE AND DRINK ALL THE TIME.. AND FOR MA BIRTHDAII PARTII DAIIUM U WERE SO FUNN MA TIA LOVEZ U..!! AND WHEN WE HEARD IT WAS A SHOCKER FOR ME ND HER AND THE LAST TIME I SEEN U.. U MEET MA LIL GIRL AND I WAS SO HAPPI TO SEE U AGAIN IN A LONG TIME BUTT A THINGZ HAPPEN AND WELL SEE U AGAIN WE LOVE U NEGRO..!!


LOVE,
SMILEII ND SHYGIRL

Posted On: Sunday, Jul. 19 2009 @ 11:50PM
pacas says:

shut up cry babies! i know one thing he really liked to pistear!lol!

Posted On: Thursday, Jul. 23 2009 @ 10:06AM
Anonymous says:

I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE GONE...JERRY BEAN...RIP...MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU.

Posted On: Friday, Aug. 14 2009 @ 10:49AM
pistillo says:

i still remember when we where in sun valley we will always wear the mexica shirts thought we were rolling cause we were the first to have them freshly made you will be heading to san fernando high and ill go to poly at the time damn my negro i fucking miss you you always like working i thank you for teaching me what you knew at work you always be in my heart and prayers i know some how you sneek a bear in heaven ill be joining you soon have a spot for me or ill sneak my way in there much love my brother this is the first time i read this stuff

Posted On: Friday, Sep. 25 2009 @ 12:44PM
Anonymous says:

Jesus Contreras tu padre, Alejandro, Pistillo, Ramon, Ricardo y Roberto no lo creian que tu murte fuera sierto.
Es un dolor muy profundo pues as dejado a tus hijas solas en el mundo. Yo ya no quiero cantarte pues me duele recordarte. Solo te digo una cosa, los que te amaron nunca podran olvidarte. En el panteon de San Fernando tu cuepo descansa en paz y el que compuso estos versos fue Nacho tu carnal.

We miss you from Northern Cali...

Posted On: Thursday, Dec. 3 2009 @ 5:56PM
Nacho Contreras says:

its been almost 6 months since u been gone & it just feels like yesterday i hold u in my harms i cry every nite i wish u wouldnt have died in my arms i love & miss u and every day just gets harder and harder 4 me i try 2 stay stong 4 my lil girl but its just 2 hard 2 hold the tears all i know is 1 day will b together again & i no u loved us just like we love u and always will

Posted On: Friday, Dec. 4 2009 @ 11:23PM
JEWLES says:

I JUST GOT THE NEWS TODAY....I STILL CANT BELEIVE IT, ITS BEEN 6 YEARS SINCE WE BROKE UP AND 4 A LONGG TIME I WANTED TO SAY IM SORRY YOU WERE THE BEST I LET YOU GO, YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME YOU ALWAYS MADE ME SMILE AND I DIDNT VALUE THAT, IM SORRYYY JERRYYY IM SO SO SORRYYY!!!

Posted On: Saturday, Dec. 5 2009 @ 12:46PM
LA HUERRA says:

MI AMOR OUR SON IS FINALLY BORN HE LOOKS JUST LIKE U ITS BEEN 6 MONTHS SINCE U BEEN GONE AND THE PAIN IS STILL THE SAME I MISS U LIKE KRAZY BUT ONE DAY WE WILL BE BACK TOGETHER SOON I WILL TAKE OUR SON TO U I NAMED HIM JUST LIKE U WANTED IZAIAH VICTOR CRUZ I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU U WERE THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPEN TO ME THANKS FOR GIVING ME A BEAUTIFUL SON I LOVE YOU

Posted On: Friday, Jan. 1 2010 @ 10:09PM
Anonymous says:

You all really cared? I highly doubt any of you that profess to have loved or cared for him in any shape of form ever did to begin with. You can't even love yourselves let alone anyone else. I want to know what exactly does "everything got taken care of good" mean? Does it mean no one did anything? Or does it mean that no one bothered to talk to the police and state the truth? Because that's exactly what happened. "Brother" is a word you all yet to learn the true definition of. When someone you truly love and care for is MURDERED because of your cowardly actions well you're just as guilty as the other pieces of shit that pulled the trigger. As the 7 month of the murder approaches and the case has gone nowhere, not because no one knows who did it, but because those that always surrounded him didn't care enough to do him justice. I hope that this weighs heavy on your consciences, which is obvious you all have none. Because of you his children no longer have the love and protection that they so obviously need and only received from him. While you continue to cover up for one another’s infinite array of Bullshit and do nothing to seek justice for him you will not be able to escape the truth forever. Everything has a way of coming into light. Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves. May you all burn in hell you plague ridden drug addicted cowardly rats.

Posted On: Thursday, Jan. 21 2010 @ 10:30AM
ignacio contreras says:

you talk with big words and u got 2 keep ur self anonymous and i think the only 1 thats going 2 burn in hell is u no dout ur a coward & a rat who ever u r let my brother rest in peace if u got some thing else 2 say say it 2 my face but i dont think u got 1 this is nacho contreras o yea 1 more thing fuck you

Posted On: Thursday, Jan. 28 2010 @ 6:17PM
Anonymous says:

I would tell you to your face, but didn't you run up to Northern Cali? Simple words for simple minds. I wouldn't have expected anything else from a low life such as yourself. You know as well as I do that bullet wasn't meant for him. It was meant for the other low life, you're real brother, the one who ran from the scene so he wouldn't be implicated in the murder because surprise surprise he has a record! Nothing got taken care of. No one did anything. The person who murdered him is still enjoying life because no one has nor will ever tell the truth to the police. Or because you, Nacho kept changing your story time and time again. That's some love for him Way to love your "brother". Please you're a pathetic excuse for a human being. You know damn well none of you will ever do anything. Save your "grieving" because if you loved or cared for him you would have gone to the end of the Earth to help bring his murderer in. What a waste of skin and bones. Too bad they didn’t get who they were really after. In due time everyone gets what they deserve. I'll let him rest in peace the day there is justice done for him and his children because I'm sure he isn't resting in peace.

Posted On: Monday, Feb. 1 2010 @ 7:34AM
Anonymous says:

u talk lik a pig u sound like a pig so u must b a pig and honestly i hope u du get them but dont try 2 disrispect me cause ill do the same u want 2 see me u no were i live

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 2 2010 @ 5:15PM
Anonymous says:

Just because I know how to complete a sentence and spell doesn't make me a pig. It's just common knowledge. Stop trying to sound like a big man and step up. While you're being "Strong" for your little girl ask yourself this who is being strong for his little girls while they are in foster care? It sure as hell isn't their mother. All words and no action never got you anywhere always claiming different affiliations with different hoods, Poser. You ran because you know damn well no one, not even you're real bothers, would have your worthless back. You can't run forever. You can't stay out of trouble forever. None of you can live a clean productive life you'll slip sooner or later because that's just the type of worthless existence you all have been accustomed to. Stop using his name and image to cleanse your dirty conscience. It must weigh pretty heavy on you that 3 kids were left fatherless because of your actions. It's your fault he's gone. Tell the truth if you have nothing to hide tell the truth. What got taken care of what? NOTHING! No one got taken care of. No one did anything besides lie and that came from you, the ones who claim to love him. All you ever cared about was saving your worthless hides. If you love him like a brother get him the justice that he deserves. He’s DEAD because of YOU. Plain and Simple. That's the truth no matter which way you spin it.

Posted On: Wednesday, Feb. 3 2010 @ 7:25AM
Anonymous 2 says:

All you little gangsters think you are so loving and think you show such respect to Jerry. But all you can post is stupid things such as drinking memories. Is that the way a person should be remembered. I think not. And at least do him the courtesy of spelling your stupid shallow comments correctly. It shows that most of you have the IQ of a parasite and the characterstics of one too. And for Ignacio, Nacho, whatever your idiotic name is, have some balls (if you can find them) and step up and say what you know. Just as anonymous has posted. You are truly a poor excuse for a man and I feel sorry for your little girl (who is precious I am sure, just as all children are)who has such a poor rolemodel to look up to. How can you look at her and say that you want her to do the right things in life when you yourself hide like a weak hurt animal in the corner, protecting yourself and not bringing justice to a life lost and His children who are left behind. Let me give you some advice...go get some balls, go get a brain and heart, and try a dictionary (its ok sound it out slow if its hard for you to pronounce it)...

Posted On: Wednesday, Feb. 3 2010 @ 9:39AM
Anonymous says:

u could post wat ever you want 2 make u feel better ur the 1 that needs the balls tell me ur name and beleave me u will see me A.S.A.P i am Ignacio Jesus Contreras o and for ur info i am still in the valley

Posted On: Wednesday, Feb. 3 2010 @ 2:07PM
Anonymous says:

I'm not posting anything that isn't the truth or facts. Once again you fail to answer any questions just like with the investigation. Do you feel like a big man posting idle threats over the internet? You’re just Sad & Pathetic. Besides you know damn well you can't deliver on them. Where is all the "LOVE" you had for him? Because if I knew who was the scum responsible for his murder he would be in jail. You can pump your chest all you want. You can type all the trash you desire, but at the end of the day you’re still the same leech on society you’ve always been. When will you be honest? Oh that’s right that takes some conviction and strength, which I’m sure you’ve never been familiar with any of those concepts. You have no idea how to do the right thing. You’re a selfish, inconsiderate coward. How can you negate any of that? How about you start by telling the truth? How about you start answering some of the questions I have asked in previous post, but you won’t because once again it all comes back full circle to the start; you’re a good for nothing pathetic low life. Be the man in real life that you pretend to be on the internet, Actions speak louder and than words and so far you’re a mute.

Posted On: Thursday, Feb. 4 2010 @ 8:18AM

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