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ter the March 3 incident/' he said.<br />

"Once we found out about it, we<br />

took it away from Foothill and.<br />

reassigned it to robbery~homicide"<br />

detectives downtown.<br />

"<strong>The</strong>y now ate just collecting<br />

the paperwork and getting the<br />

information together."<br />

Capt. William Gartland, who superVises<br />

the robbery-homicide bureau,<br />

said: "<strong>The</strong> only information I<br />

have is that the suspect was armed<br />

with a gun. We're not sure what<br />

kind. It was described as either a<br />

sawed-off shotgun or a sawed·off<br />

rifle, and the victim dld sustain a<br />

gunshot wound."<br />

However, other police officials<br />

interviewed Wednesday did<br />

not confirm whether someone was<br />

shot.<br />

ln another development<br />

Wednesday, police said another<br />

possible witness to the King beating<br />

stepped forward. this week. <strong>The</strong><br />

witness claimed that King was<br />

uncooperative in the moments be-'<br />

fore the beating. .<br />

"We were informed that he [the<br />

witnessJ had some very important<br />

information · regardlng the. incident,"<br />

Dinse .said. "I don't think<br />

there is any big revelation in<br />

anything he says."<br />

Times staff writer Lealie Berger<br />

contributed to this ste1y.

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