Thursday, July 12, 2018

Redondo Beach? Murder Capital of the World?

Richie has been wandering around the house murmuring this statement ever since the 7 a.m.. news.  Except he uses an exclamation point instead of a question mark.  The news that put him quite a bit closer to "around the bend" which is, I am assured by those in the know, a standard medical opinion in psychiatric circles.  Next ranking down is "bat-shit crazy."

Here are the scant details as reported:  at around 10:15 p.m. 7/11/18, a call to report shots fired resulted in the RB police arriving at a condo among the many at 700 The Esplanade.  There it is reported they found three dead bodies.  Of gunshot wounds one presumes.  No identities were given; Esplanade was blocked off through the night and as of the 7 a.m. news.

Based on the fact that the police statement said no one outside of that condo is a suspect; the police said that the general population is safe.

I didn't catch this part of the news but someone called or messaged out to say that they loved the recipient which would lead one to assume some ghastly murder/suicide pact.  With no other information than the above, I have to wonder if it is four teenagers for two reasons.  Suicides are up in that age group.  Redondo Union High would be the school of choice for families with teens on Esplanade or Catalina Streets.

To refute Richie (and maybe get him to STFU) I found the following.

The current population of Redondo Beach is 67,867 souls

The chance that any of us in Redondo will be the victim of an armed robbery or aggravated assault or rape or murder is one in 141 people or two per 1,000 people.  Good enough for me.

Update  3 p.m.  
Victims were:  Ivana Waz, 49; Makani Wz, 13.  Shooter was Marc Waz, 48, a Senior Project Manager at Forensic Analytical, Las Vegas.

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