TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. WE BEGIN WITH KING5'S NATALIE.
>> DETECTIVES ARE SEENG
OUT SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AND
TALKING TO WITNESSES AS THEY
WORK TO GET DESCRIPTIONS FROM
THE PERSON OR PEOPLE BEHIND THE
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING. IT ALL HAPPENED RIGHT HERE NEAR
22ND AND EAST UNION.
IT UNFOLDED ON A BLOCK WHERE
THERE ARE HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
TODAY WE HEARD FROM FRIGHTENED
PEOPLE WHO DESCRIBE A VOLE OF
GUNFIRE, THEN THEY SAID THEY HAD
TO RUN AND TAKE COVER.
IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, IT WAS A
HARD DAY.
HARD DAY.
HARD DAY. >> THIS HURTS.
>> THE BLOCK COVERED IN CRIME
TAPE QUICKLY CAUGHT TIFFANY'S
ATTENTION.
ATTENTION. >> THIS IS A FAMILY MIDDLE CLASS
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. UH,
AREA. UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
LIVING HERE ALL AFTER THEIR
LIVES LIKE MYSELF.
IT IS SADDENING TO SEE THIS.
I PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES.
>> WOW WOULD HAVE NEVER EXPECTED
THIS TO HAPPEN TO ROYALE.
>> SHE SAID HER COUSIN WAS SHOT
AND KILLED.
AND KILLED. >> I CAN UNDERSTAND IF HE WAS IN
THE GANG LIFE OR GANG MEMBER.
HE WASN'T.
HE WASN'T. THAT WAS NOT HIS LIFE.
ANYBODY THAT KNOWS HIM KNOWS
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. >>
THIS. >> SHE SUSPECTS HE WAS WITH THE
WRONG PEOPLE WHEN THE SOUND OF
GUNFIRE TOOK OVER NEAR 22ND
AVENUE THROUGH AND EAST UNION.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS A FIRE
CRACKER AND I KIND OF DUCKED
AND -- COME TO FIND OUT IT'S A
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING.
SHOOTING. >> PROBABLY AROUND TO 30 SHOTS.
>> CRAIG LIVES ACROSS THE SHOT
FROM WHERE IT HAPPENED.
>> ON THE BALCONY, LOOKED OUT TO
THE WINDOW AND COULD HEAR PEOPLE
YELLING FOR HELP.
SAW A PERSON RUNNING AWAY.
THEN SAW A CAR GOING --
SOUTHBOUND ON 22ND WITH BOTH
DOORS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE
OPEN.
OPEN.
OPEN. >>
OPEN. >> IN BROAD DAYLIGHT, IT WAS A
CRIME SCENE THAT KEPT GETTING
BIGGER.
BIGGER.
BIGGER. >> AT THE BOTTOM AREA OF THE
SIGN YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE A
HOLE.
HOLE.
HOLE. >>
HOLE. >> THERE IS A TINY FRAGMENT ON
THE SIDE.
THE SIDE.
THE SIDE. >> A BULLET HOLE IN A BUILDING A
BULLET FRAGMENT FOUND ON THE
SIDEWALK.
SIDEWALK.
SIDEWALK. >> WHEN YOU HAVE SHOTS FIRED IN
A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THIS,
EVIDENCE WILL GO ALL OVER THE
PLACE.
PLACE.
PLACE. >>
PLACE. >> IT LEFT NEIGHBORS AND
BUSINESSES CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
>> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
HAPPENING. >> IT'S SCARY.
VERY SCARY.
VERY SCARY. >> ON A DAY LIKE THIS, TIFFANY
SAYS AS MUCH AS IT HURTS, HER
FOCUS NOW IS ON HEALING.
>> WE ALL WANT TO BE SAFE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE LOVE EACH
OTHER BUT -- THINGS CHANGE AND
THERE IS CONFLICT BUT I THINK WE
CAN -- COME FROM THIS AND WORK
AS A COMMUNITY.
>> POLICE HAD A SECOND
SCENE TO WORK AS WELL.
THAT'S BECAUSE AFTER THE
SHOOTING THE VICTIMS LEFT AND
DROVE TO THE HOSPITAL.
THAT IS WHERE MY COLLEAGUE
MICHAEL CONTINUES OUR COVERAGE.
>> YEAH, IT WAS A CHAOTIC ASK
EMOTIONAL DAY HERE.
WE KNOW OF THE FIVE THAT ARRIVED
HERE ONE WAS DEAD ON ARRIVAL.
TWO WERE TRANSPORTED TO
HARBORVIEW.
HARBORVIEW. TWO OTHERS FLED.
AGAIN, FAMILY WERE SHOWING UP
HERE AS THE HOSPITAL WAS ON
LOCK-DOWN EVEN THOUGH IT HAS NOW
SINCE REOPENED.
SINCE REOPENED. THAT MEANT PATIENTS WERE BEING
SENT AWAY AND PEOPLE COMING HERE
LOOKING FOR ANSWERS HAD A
DIFFICULT TIME.
DIFFICULT TIME. FIVE PEOPLE DROVE TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM, THEN CAME
POLICE.
POLICE.
POLICE. >> JUST COMING ONE AFTER
ANOTHER.
ANOTHER.
ANOTHER. I'M GOING OH MY GOD, WHAT IS
GOING ON?
GOING ON?
GOING ON? >> PUTTING SWEDISH CHERRY HILL
ON LOCK-DOWN WITH FAMILY OF THE
VICTIM NOT FAR BEHIND.
ALL THIS BECAUSE OF WHAT
LAY OUTSIDE THE ER DOORS.
A CRIME SCENE THAT CAME RIGHT TO
THE HOSPITAL'S DOORSTEP.
>> FEW COP CARS AROUND IT.
A STRETCHER.
A STRETCHER. A GUY LAYING ON THE CURB.
UM -- IT SEEMED LIKE SOMEONE --
PEOPLE GOT SHOT.
>> SO TO THE SOME A SHOOTING
VICTIM THAT RAN OUT OF TIME, TO
HIS GROWING GROUP OF FAMILY
OUTSIDE, 19-YEAR-OLD ROYALE
LEXY.
LEXY.
LEXY. SEVERAL TRIED TO PUSH PAST
POLICE TO REACH HIM.
BUT THEY WERE KEPT BACK.
>> ITS JUST SAD.
ITS JUST SAD CAUSE I MEAN --
THEY FROM PROBABLY NOT THAT OLD.
IT'S JUST -- IT'S A BUMMER.
ITS JUST -- ITS TERRIBLE.
>> POLICE SAY HE WAS THE VICTIM
OF A BROAD DAYLIGHT SHOOTING
JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY.
>> COUPLE OF CARS STARTING
COMING UP THE HILL.
TURNED DOWN AND ONE ROLLED THE
WINDOW DOWN AND FROM IN FRONT --
STARTED SHOOTING.
STARTED SHOOTING. >> WITH A FEW WORDS FROM THE
MEDICAL EXAMINER -- WORST
FEARS BECAME REALITY.
ROYALE WAS GONE.
>> MY BABY, HE'S A GOOD KID.
HE JUST WAS AT THE WRONG PLACE
AT THE WRONG TIME.
>> AND HIS STEPMOTHER IS LEFT
WONDERING WHY.
WONDERING WHY. >> AND MY POOR BABY WAS ONLY 19.
HE DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT TO 20
YET.
YET.
YET. I
YET. I HAVE TO GO HOME AND TELL HIS
BROTHER AND SISTER THAT THEIR
BROTHER ISN'T GOING TO COME AND
VISIT THEM.
VISIT THEM. WE JUST NEED THIS TO STOP.
JUST STOP.
JUST STOP. >> TONIGHT GUNFIRE HAS SHATTER
ADD FAMILY.
ADD FAMILY. >> LOOK AT THIS FAMILY.
THEY ARE HURT AGAIN.
AGAIN!
AGAIN!
AGAIN! ITS NOT FAIR.
WE ARE SHOOTING EACH OTHER.
>> FIVE PEOPLE DROVE TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM BUT ROYALE DIDN'T
MAKE IT.
MAKE IT.
MAKE IT. >> WE -- WE REALLY HAVE TO STOP
THE KILLING.
THE KILLING. ANOTHER INNOCENT CHILD SHOT DEAD
IN THE STREET IN THE BROAD
DAYLIGHT AND NOBODY KNOWS
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING. ITS JUST GOT TO STOP.
>> AND THAT LOCKDOWN HAS
SINCE BEEN LIFTED HERE AT
SWEDISH CHERRY HILL.
AS FOR ANSWERS FOR THAT FAMILY,
THAT WILL