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Los Angeles Gang Counselor Shot Dead for Approaching 16yr-old Tagger
9 February 2010
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES - When Ronald "Loony" Barron urged a young graffiti tagger to put away his paint cans, he was doing what he viewed as his mission — steering kids away from crime — but he paid for it with his life.
Los Angeles police arrested a 16-year-old boy on Tuesday, saying he would be charged with murder for shooting Barron to death Sunday night after Barron confronted him.
A 40-year-old former member of the notorious Crips gang, Barron in more recent years had... (GunPolicy.org)