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High school students killed as gangs brawled over stolen iPod
Colorado Springs The Gazette ^ | January 9, 2009 | Lance Benzel

Posted on 01/10/2009 7:50:04 PM PST by appleseed

A double slaying east of Colorado Springs on Thursday was the result of a gang-related clash over a stolen iPod, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office said.

The suspect, 19-year-old Juan Vasquez, was arrested early Friday in the shooting deaths of two male high school students at a park in the Cimarron Hills area, sheriff's spokeswoman Lt. Lari Sevene said.

The victims were identified as 18-year-old Uriel Rascon and 17-year-old Luis Burciaga. Rascon attended Sierra High School, and Burciaga went to The New Horizons School, an alternative high school. Both schools are in Harrison School District 2.

Vasquez is being held in the El Paso County jail on an immigration hold placed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, jail records show.

He is due to appear in court Monday. An arrest affidavit was not available.

Autopsies determined that Rascon and Burciaga each died of a gunshot wound in the chest. They were shot with an SKS semiautomatic rifle, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office said.

Sevene said Vasquez and the two victims were members of rival gangs. They met in the Cimarron Eastridge Park off Constitution Avenue, Sevene said, in what apparently was a brawl set off by a fight involving Sand Creek High School students the day earlier over an iPod music player.


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KEYWORDS: gangbanger; illegalalien; schoolviolence; yoots
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"Vasquez is being held in the El Paso County jail on an immigration hold placed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, jail records show."

Illegal alien?


1 posted on 01/10/2009 7:50:04 PM PST by appleseed
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To: appleseed

I’m a country mouse...this type of crap doesn’t happen out here. I’m just sayin”...


2 posted on 01/10/2009 7:52:01 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: appleseed

Did he get his iPod back?


3 posted on 01/10/2009 7:52:52 PM PST by perchprism
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To: gorush

Isn’t diversity grand?


4 posted on 01/10/2009 7:53:25 PM PST by Comparative Advantage
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To: appleseed

“Blue” comes to what was once a Red state.


5 posted on 01/10/2009 7:54:24 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (CIA Director!....So easy, a caveman can do it!)
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To: appleseed
They were shot with an SKS semiautomatic rifle,

Let me guess....semiautomatic rifles are illegal in this state, correct?

6 posted on 01/10/2009 7:54:52 PM PST by Lizavetta
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To: appleseed

Damn, Colorado Springs too. Colorado used to be a solid red state. Now it’s turning into an illegal alien cesspool.


7 posted on 01/10/2009 7:58:25 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: appleseed

Just doing the killing American highschoolers won’t do.


8 posted on 01/10/2009 7:59:22 PM PST by tbpiper (Al Gore is to Global Warming what Berney Madoff is to Finance .)
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To: appleseed
...an alternative high school.

Naturally.

9 posted on 01/10/2009 8:00:02 PM PST by rickmichaels (WHATCHA GONNA DO WHEN OBAMA'S TRUTH SQUADS RUN WILD ON YOU???)
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To: perchprism
Did he get his iPod back?

You laugh, but Mexicans really will kill each other over the stupidest stuff. A few years back, here in the Triangle area, we had a news story in which one Mexican guy killed (can't remember if he shot him, or what) another over whose village back in Mexico was better. Seriously.

10 posted on 01/10/2009 8:00:32 PM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Nihil utile nisi quod honestum - Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: appleseed

Does this fit under the “We are doomed category ?


11 posted on 01/10/2009 8:04:32 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: appleseed

He would look a lot more respectful with a bullet hole in his forehead.


12 posted on 01/10/2009 8:08:59 PM PST by OnTheDress (His legacy is a stain OnTheDress)
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To: appleseed

Nineteen year olds should not be in high school.


13 posted on 01/10/2009 8:09:56 PM PST by Eva (CHANGE- the post modern euphemism for Marxist revolution.)
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To: gorush

So sad! We can produce these young kids, while we make laws that forbid what really is needed in our homes, and our schools!
“By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.” (Proverbs 16:6)


14 posted on 01/10/2009 8:12:26 PM PST by LetMarch (If a man knows the right way to live, and does not live it, there is no greater coward. (Anonyous)
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To: gorush

So sad! We can produce these young kids, while we make laws that forbid what really is need in our homes and our schools!
“By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.” (Proverbs 16:6)


15 posted on 01/10/2009 8:13:38 PM PST by LetMarch (If a man knows the right way to live, and does not live it, there is no greater coward. (Anonyous)
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To: appleseed

I expect a lot of school shootings and stabbings will increase now that Obama is President. Especially among inner-city schools where black teens will be empowered.


16 posted on 01/10/2009 8:16:34 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: appleseed
Sound like he deported two other illegals!!
17 posted on 01/10/2009 8:18:34 PM PST by org.whodat (Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts for Super-Rich Bankers! Republicans do!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Damn, Colorado Springs too. Colorado used to be a solid red state. Now it’s turning into an illegal alien cesspool.

It is hard to find one that isn't.

18 posted on 01/10/2009 8:19:36 PM PST by org.whodat (Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts for Super-Rich Bankers! Republicans do!)
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To: appleseed
An HONEST headline would say "High school students Gang members killed as gangs brawled over stolen iPod"
19 posted on 01/10/2009 8:20:52 PM PST by sionnsar (Iran Azadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY)|http://trad-anglican.faithweb.com/|RCongressIn2Years)
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To: Eva

But he was in the tenth grade. LOL That’s a joke!!!


20 posted on 01/10/2009 8:21:11 PM PST by org.whodat (Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts for Super-Rich Bankers! Republicans do!)
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To: gorush

I live in the country also but work in the city. About a year ago at 0200 AM I had a blacked out SUV coming at me at about 80mph the wrong way on a one way street. I hit the lights and he turned down a deadend. Dude had just left a bar and was drunk as a skunk - had puked all over the inside of the SUV that had out of state plates. Couldn’t even stand up - had no DL only ID was from out of country. Stories like the one from Colorado are tragic. Even more so when perp. shouldn’t be here in the first place.


21 posted on 01/10/2009 8:27:27 PM PST by appleseed
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To: appleseed

It must have been the Ipod Touch!


22 posted on 01/10/2009 8:28:41 PM PST by divine_moment_of_facts
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To: divine_moment_of_facts

It is clear that iPods are killing children. We must ban them.


23 posted on 01/10/2009 8:32:59 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: appleseed
They met in the Cimarron Eastridge Park...

I'm soooo glad law-abiding citizens aren't allowed to carry weapons in parks. Heck, that way the gang kids can feel safe. :-/ These laws are so effective, thank heavens there was no rash, quick-thinking citizen there with a firearm. Why, they might have shot poor Vasquez. Chalk up another life saved... :-/

Seriously though, that park is just off Constitution Ave. and heck, I drive right by there on C. on Sundays on my way too/from Church! Great, just flippin' great.

24 posted on 01/10/2009 8:33:35 PM PST by CodeMasterPhilzar
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To: appleseed

And Jorge Bush is “saddened” that he couldn’t get amnesty passed in 2006. Unreal. Take your legacy and shove it.


25 posted on 01/10/2009 8:35:20 PM PST by montag813 (www.FreepShop.com)
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To: Irish Eyes
OBAMA IS COMING I think so... Sorry, had to post it.
26 posted on 01/10/2009 8:42:49 PM PST by odin2008 (EVIL TRUMPHS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING)
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To: appleseed

27 posted on 01/10/2009 8:43:07 PM PST by Gritty ("Racist" means you're discombobulating scupulously non-judgmental progressive sensibility-M Steyn)
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To: Lizavetta
Let me guess....semiautomatic rifles are illegal in this state, correct?

Boy, I hope not...

28 posted on 01/10/2009 8:53:50 PM PST by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: appleseed
Illegal alien?

Sounds like it.

"Vasquez is being held in the El Paso County jail on an immigration hold placed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, jail records show. "

29 posted on 01/10/2009 9:03:38 PM PST by South40
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To: appleseed
Is this the wonderful “socialization” that homeschoolers are missing? ( Just wondering.)

Somebody’s kid was forced to sit next to these thugs. Would you like it to be your kid?

Finally, there are school with a social, moral, and ethical environment that is sooooooo toxic that it would be better for the child **never** to go to school! This is true even if it meant that child was illiterate and innumerate. ( I **seriously** mean it!)

30 posted on 01/10/2009 9:17:16 PM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are NOT stupid)
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To: MileHi

Good answer.


31 posted on 01/10/2009 9:18:15 PM PST by appleseed
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To: MileHi
Let me guess....semiautomatic rifles are illegal in this state, correct?

That's not an ordinary semi-automatic rifle. It's an SKS!

32 posted on 01/10/2009 9:20:35 PM PST by umgud (I'm really happy I wasn't aborted)
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To: appleseed

What kind of IPod was it. Makes a difference. /sarcasm


33 posted on 01/10/2009 9:23:40 PM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: appleseed

AT least it was over something important! [/sarcasm]


34 posted on 01/10/2009 9:26:13 PM PST by TheBattman (Pray for our country....)
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To: odin2008

LOL


35 posted on 01/10/2009 9:32:08 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

Triangle area = RDU? Johnston County-ite here.


36 posted on 01/10/2009 9:38:54 PM PST by perchprism
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“What kind of IPod was it. Makes a difference.”

Yes, it does. Especially if it’s ‘Hecho en Mexico.’


37 posted on 01/10/2009 9:41:38 PM PST by Ben Reyes (Palin 2012)
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To: umgud

Most people never saw an SKS let alone fired one. The MSM has made it the poster child for naughty anti-gun phoey. My question is was it Russian or Chinese? Chinese made couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn from 10 feet but can be bought for under $100. That’s why it’s the choice of most wannabe rapper/gangbangers.


38 posted on 01/10/2009 9:42:30 PM PST by appleseed
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To: umgud

Oh, No!!


39 posted on 01/10/2009 9:42:43 PM PST by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: appleseed

Well, I would hate to think that guy that bought all my stuff a year or two ago might be in trouble. I have no idea how to contact him. Don’t even remember his name.


40 posted on 01/10/2009 9:46:47 PM PST by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Haha they should do those iPod commercials with the silouettes except stabbing each other. That would be cool.


41 posted on 01/10/2009 9:48:55 PM PST by exist
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To: appleseed

Solution? Ban iPods!!!


42 posted on 01/10/2009 9:49:53 PM PST by aquila48
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To: umgud
I have an SKS.

It's just a semiauto rifle.

43 posted on 01/10/2009 9:53:16 PM PST by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: appleseed
Not quite. My SKS is Chinese made. Nice, tight groupings at 100 yds. Maybe I got the one made by a conscientious employee.
44 posted on 01/10/2009 9:54:49 PM PST by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: MileHi

HAHAHA! Even better answer.


45 posted on 01/10/2009 9:58:15 PM PST by appleseed
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To: CodeMasterPhilzar

I’m sure the park was a Gun Free Zone.


46 posted on 01/10/2009 9:58:29 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Democracy, two wolves and one sheep deciding what's for dinner.)
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To: Thumper1960

You missed my satire. BTW, I had an SKS too, many years ago. The fact is that the MSM catagorize them as assault weapons. I don’t call anything other than full auto an assault weapon.


47 posted on 01/10/2009 10:01:08 PM PST by umgud (I'm really happy I wasn't aborted)
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To: Thumper1960

Okay. I’ll trade Ya and throw in the pig sticker mine came with.


48 posted on 01/10/2009 10:01:25 PM PST by appleseed
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To: umgud
Sorry, must've missed that.

I know the MSM couldn't find their a$$e$ with both hands and firearms scare the crap out of them.

49 posted on 01/10/2009 10:03:58 PM PST by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: appleseed
How would that fit with my flash suppressor?

Come what may, such a tool would be a useful implement on any front line. In fact, considering the sorts who would be coming after my nut, I could probably be dead tired and full of fine rum and still pop the fools before they came as close as a barn turned sideways to me.

50 posted on 01/10/2009 10:07:20 PM PST by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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