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Home Front: WoT
Four Killed in Mediterranean Restaurant in LA
2010-04-04
May not be terror, but 'just' mid-eastern organized crime, but something to keep an eye on.
Four people were killed and two others wounded in a shooting at a Valley Village cafe Saturday. The shooting took place at the Hot Spot Cafe on Riverside Drive, which bills itself as a Mediterranean restaurant but which neighbors described as often oddly empty.

Police said a group of men was gathered inside the restaurant around 4:30 p.m. when at least one other man walked in and opened fire, striking at least six people. Three men died at the scene, while the fourth died at a local hospital and two others underwent surgery and were later listed in critical but stable condition.

The main suspect was described only as a white male, possibly Armenian, around 30 years old.
Posted by:Glenmore

#9  Sounds like an episode of "weeds" to me.
Posted by: newc   2010-04-04 21:50  

#8  The TV series "The Shield" had this running theme of Armenian gangs doing big heroin deals. I wonder if this was part of some territorial beef.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2010-04-04 18:33  

#7  I know that it is North Hollywood, but Ry Cooder's song just popped into my head:

Going down in hollywood
You better hope that you donÂ’t run out of gas
Down in hollywood
HeÂ’ll drag you right out of your car and kick your ass
Down in hollywood
TheyÂ’re standing on a corner waiting for a sucker like you
Down in hollywood
Now, if you want to stay healthy just keep a-moving right on through
Be careful, donÂ’t look back, keep moving, keep moving
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2010-04-04 13:44  

#6  Four dead, two wounded in an LA cafe shooting? I'll be the locals never thought it would ever happen there.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-04-04 12:20  

#5  
Sounds like the West Coast Armenian version of Satriale's Pork Store.
Posted by: Parabellum   2010-04-04 12:16  

#4  "How do you run a business when there are no customers?"

Old school. Today, you create 'community organizations' to laundry money. You draft insert your favorite special interest group here 'customers' to cover the creative bookkeeping.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2010-04-04 11:43  

#3  money laundering.
Posted by: Frank G   2010-04-04 11:31  

#2  Matt Edwards, a neighbor who heard the gunshots, said he immediately knew it happened at the Mediterranean eatery. "The place is so shady," he explained. "It opened like five years ago... I went in there to get something to eat and they didn't even know what they were doing making the food."

Sources tell LAist the shooting "was no accident." According to the LA Times, it "might have involved Armenian gangs" while other media gathered at the scene spoke of the Armenian mafia. Police said they had no further information in that regards, citing it's too early to say.

But neighbors said they were always suspicious of the cafe. "How do you run a business when there are no customers?" questioned Bettye Hicks, who lives down the street. An employee at Marie Et Cie, a coffee house catty corner to the restaurant, said no one ever goes in and out of the business.
Posted by: tu3031   2010-04-04 11:30  

#1  Hot Spot reviews. Check out the comments.
Posted by: tu3031   2010-04-04 11:06  

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