Monday, June 15, 2009

East Side, West Side, Violence All Around

10 TV: A man was shot to death Monday evening in what police are calling an ambush on the city's east side. Kenneth Jenkins, 31, was killed outside the Poindexter Village Apartments on Metro Avenue near Beatty Park around 9 p.m... Police said that Jenkins walked up to an apartment, where he was met by three men who chased him into a grassy area nearby. Jenkins was shot multiple times. Jenkins was transported to Grant Medical Center, where he died from his injuries. Children were outside playing when the shooting occurred, police said.

10 TV: Police said three masked men robbed a west side restaurant at gunpoint late Sunday. The men were wearing all black when they entered the Waffle House, located on Wilson Road, at about 11 p.m… Investigators said the robbers took money from the restaurant's safe. They also stole wallets and purses from several customers, police said. No injuries were reported.

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