"If he knew ahead of time there were guns in the church
— guns can only lead to disaster
— he should have called police."
THE PASTOR SHOULD HAVE CALLED THE COPS
BUT WHO KNEW THAT THEY WOULD HAVE
ACTUALLY DESTROYED THE SACTUARY OF A
CHURCH'S GROUNDS.
Beckles's grandmother said police "failed my grandson.
They can't correct that failure. He's dead.
"Anybody with any kind of sense at all would know there
should have been somebody (from the police) there.
In my opinion they did not serve and protect my grandson."
Police Chief Bill Blair said Beckles had spoken to homicide
officers about Hemmings's slaying, but said police had no
reason to believe the man was at any risk.
"There was no indication that he was attending that funeral
service or that he was at any risk, otherwise steps would
have been taken."
Blair's spokesman Mark Pugash could not say if police will
attend Beckles's funeral.
"Assessments are made in each case on what is necessary.
Clearly one of our greatest concerns
... is protecting public safety."
Beckles's family said yesterday they believe he died simply
because he knew what happened the night Hemmings was
shot.
IT IS BEING ASKED WHY HE HAD NOT BEEN HONEST
WITH POLICE IN THE BEGINNING
WHICH MAY HAVE SAVED HIS LIFE?
Police confirmed yesterday that Beckles was a
"potential material witness" to Hemmings's killing.
But DiTommaso said he was more than a witness:
police had also been looking into Beckles's own activities.
He was known to police and was
"the subject of an ongoing investigation,"
DiTommaso said, adding the teen was interviewed once
after Hemmings's death.
"His information was not very accurate," DiTomasso
said.
"If he had been more forthcoming to police,
it's entirely possible the people responsible for the
original homicide (of Hemmings) would have been
arrested," said Pugash.
Although the shooting occurred in the heart of Crips
gang territory DiTommaso said the death was not
gang related.
DiTommaso said police have narrowed witnesses'
descriptions to a single suspect. He was described
as wearing a three-quarter-length blue, hooded coat,
a dark baseball cap and dark pants.
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