Burbank Residents Nervous After Gang Shootings
Burbank residents blast mayor at city council meeting after back-to-back gang shootings in August.
Facing a council room of scared residents, Burbank Mayor Harry J. Klein blamed parents, city interlopers and the court system for the town’s uptick in gang violence during a city council meeting on Aug. 15. After two gang-related shootings is as many weeks, 150 residents packed Burbank City Hall and demanded their local elected officials to “get these people out of our neighborhood.” Subscribe to the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. In the early morning hours of Aug. 2, four people were shot during a party outside a home on the 6400 block of West 86th Street. All four were treated at Advocate Christ Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries. The second shooting occurred around 10 p.m. Aug. 12, on the 8200 block of…
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Kathy Kline
8:39 am on Friday, March 22, 2013
What you all don't realize is that the mayor spends a lot of time in local taverns he is sympathetic for people who are like him. more ›