ALEJANDRO ALBERTO POSADA / ESTER ELIZABETH POSADA

Motion - On Sunday, May 7, 2006, at approximately 12:45 a.m., 49-year old Alejandro Alberto Posada and his 43-year old wife, Ester Elizabeth Posada, were killed when a car, fleeing gunfire, ran into their van in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Posada and their two children, and a friend, were returning home from a concert by the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts at the Downey Civic Theater, where their son plays for the orchestra. The tragedy was initiated when three men in their 20's were chased under gunfire out of Ramon D. Garcia Recreation Center by unknown gang members. Reports indicate that the victims, fearing for their lives, fled in their yellow Chevrolet Caprice eastbound on Atlantic Street towards Lorena Street at a high speed. The driver of the Caprice continued across Lorena Avenue and ultimately collided with a late model, silver Toyota Van, which contained five additional passengers. Mr. and Mrs. Posada, who were the driver and the right front passenger of the Toyota Van, were pronounced dead at the scene. The remaining victims in the van, and those found in the Caprice, were transported to local hospitals where they are reportedly in stable condition. The person or persons responsible for this crime represent an ongoing threat to the safety of the people of Los Angeles; therefore it is appropriate for the City of Los Angeles to offer a reward for information leading to the identification, apprehension and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the death of Alejandro Alberto Posada and Ester Elizabeth Posada. THEREFORE MOVE that, by adoption of this motion, the City Council provide an offer of reward for information leading to the identification, apprehension, and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the death of Alejandro Alberto Posada and Ester Elizabeth Posada, residents of the City of Los Angeles, on May 7,2006, and in support thereof make the following findings pursuant to Division 19, Chapter 12, Article 1 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code: 1. The death of Alejandro Alberto Posada and Ester Elizabeth Posada., and the injuries caused to the six additional victims were caused by willful misconduct of one or more persons. 2. That this offer of reward is consistent with and taken for the immediate protection of the public peace, health and safety of local residents, as well as visitors to the City, and is consistent with the need to arrest and convict the person or persons who, because of not being apprehended, could by their actions further terrorize and present a continuing and immediate menace to the rights of persons in the City. 3. That what happened to Alejandro Alberto Posada and Ester Elizabeth Posada, and the six other victims are especially disturbing crimes and therefore, as a matter of public policy, the City hereby offers a reward as an added inducement for persons to come forward with information leading to the identification and apprehension of the person or persons responsible for the death of Alejandro Alberto Posada and Ester Elizabeth Posada, and the injuries caused to the six additional victims. 4. That the sum of $75,000 shall be the aggregate maximum sum of any payment or payments of a City reward in this instance. 5. That the offer of reward shall be in effect for sixty days from the date of the advertisement of the reward by the City Clerk. FURTHER MOVE that the City Clerk be directed to cause notices and/or advertisements to be duly published according to the requirements of Division 19, Chapter 12, Article 1 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code, and to thereby cause the offer of reward to become effective.

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