Gabriel Rodriguez, 17, a Latino youth, was shot at 1465 E. Witmer St. in the Westlake area of Los Angeles about 7:10 p.m. Sunday, July 8.
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Gabriel played soccer for the Belmont High School team, said Angel Martinez, 27, a friend from the neighborhood. His parents are from Mexico. He was admired on the block for his intelligence, Martinez said, because he had to maintain his grades to play soccer.
Perhaps Mr. Rodriguez was highly intelligent. But just inferring that he was based on the fact that he had to maintain a C-average in a majority non-white public high school in Los Angeles is simply not reasonable.
