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    Prep soccer goalie shot dead outside own home

    The life of a popular high school soccer goalie was cut short on Wednesday night when he answered his door and was shot dead in suburban Los Angeles.

    As reported by the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles ABC affiliate KABC and a handful of other Southern California media sources, 17-year-old Winnetka (Calif.) El Camino Real High soccer goalie Francisco Rodriguez Jr. was killed just hours after making four saves in his team's scoreless draw with Los Angeles (Calif.) Taft High.

    While no motive has emerged for the killing, Francisco Rodriguez's sister, Jessica Rodriguez, provided a description of the girl who came to the door before he was shot, noting that she had red hair and appeared to be around the same age as Rodriguez. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Police Department has insisted that the shooting was certainly not a random act of violence.

    "This was not a random shooting," LAPD Det. David Peteque told the Los Angeles media. "This was definitely targeted toward a specific individual."

    A neighbor and longtime family friend of the Rodriguez clan was reportedly first on the scene after the goalie was shot, and provided chilling details about his final moments.

    "I didn't move him. I was talking to him. He moved his eyes. I thought he heard me. I told him, 'Just hold on, they'll be here right now,'" Jesse Meza told KTLA. "He couldn't say nothing."

    Hours later, scores of Rodriguez's classmates at El Camino Real collectively mourned the loss of a widely beloved member of the school's broader community who was known simply as "Poncho."

    "I really looked up to him," 16-year-old El Camino Real student Spencer Smith told the Times. "He was a mentor to me. This is so sad."

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    • an  •  4 months ago
      he went to my high school. really a great neighborhood. i actually used to live where he lived, some 10 miles away from that high school. and it has really gone downhill the last 20 years.
      • TheOracle 4 months ago
        'Downhill'....? It's called diversity. Most of our great cities are full of diversity. This is one of the benefits of being a culturally diverse nation, we can accept decadence without guilt.
      • DL 4 months ago
        What a completely ignorant statement...Oracle...NOT
      • Julian 4 months ago
        Even before I decided to read TheOracle's comment to An, I knew it would basically be someone's negative comment about Hispanics. Sure enough, there it was. All too predictable.
    • Work1ders  •  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  •  4 months ago
      If this was a girl, could be a relationship gone wrong. My condolences to his family and friends who are grieving.
      • savthefishies 4 months ago
        These days it does not have to be a girl.
      • damacles 4 months ago
        Could be the girl had another boyfriend. The story did say that the girl was there moments earlier.
      • Sgt S. Pepper 4 months ago
        I know I am showing my age, but in my days of high school I had a thousand and one girlfriends; none serious. It was all about learning to interact with the opposite sex and not having sex. But today's relationships are based on sex and that leads some to contemplate murder.
    • EJ  •  Phoenix, Arizona  •  4 months ago
      My condolences to his family
      • YEAH 4 months ago
        It's amazing as to how primitive and heartless people can be. Do the shooters not realize that he has a mother and a family that loves him? RIP to Fransisco Rodriguez
      • googoo 4 months ago
        A, were you the shooter? Do you not care for another human? What if you were shot? Have a heart. You are totally sick.
      • Hector L.C 4 months ago
        Amen to that Googoo.
    • superdog  •  Bonita Springs, Florida  •  4 months ago
      What the hell happened to the time when two guys who disagreed, would just square off. times certainly have changed. If you disagree, you get your brains blown out. Wonderful. world we live in.
      • Melody 4 months ago
        It's not the world, it's some of the evil and crazy people in it.
      • db 4 months ago
        this was a girl that shot him....
      • Matt 4 months ago
        Wonderful world of immigrant culture....
    • Leo  •  Cincinnati, Ohio  •  4 months ago
      people are punks with guns they cant fight man to man anymore.
      • Snuffaluffapuss 4 months ago
        Or woman to man.
      • Chingala 4 months ago
        You got it right Leo. Take away the weapons and see who messes with you.
      • Peter 4 months ago
        fighting man to man takes to long .
    • R  •  4 months ago
      RIP young man
    • hardhitter  •  Lorain, Ohio  •  4 months ago
      what is wrong with this generation? do they think this is tv or the movies?its for real when you pull that trigger - there is no cool background music or do overs the person is dead - wake up
    • JakeG  •  Longmont, Colorado  •  4 months ago
      Hey folks, vow not to make this a wasted life. Hold your kids tighter, love them more, and try to make them happy every chance you get ... in honor of Poncho.
    • Jeff  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  4 months ago
      When I was a kid back in the 60s and 70s we would not hang out with anyone that was not easy going and fun to be around. Now kids dont laugh anymore and dont even tell jokes let enough understand a good joke and they seem angry about everything. They are all in competition with each other and go into rages at the drop of a hat.
    • Tracey  •  Dallas, Texas  •  4 months ago
      The laws of the land will prevail...meaning that when they catch you, you wll pay...Miss Red head...you and whoever else involved will reap the seed that you all decided to plant the nite that you took this young man's life. All I can say is turn yoself in and God bless you,
    • Bud Weiser  •  Gratis, Ohio  •  4 months ago
      This is why you live by a moral code and teach a moral code in society. "Do What Thou Wilt." Does not work!!! Pray for this family.
    • Mary  •  Roselle, Illinois  •  4 months ago
      How sad that aperson would ring his bell and lure him outside I feel so heart sick for the parents I know what it is to lose a son. MayGOD be with his family and friends.
    • WaltP  •  4 months ago
      Gang violence killing our youth. The filth that were allowed to roam the streets and commit this crime should get the death penalty. Our prayers go out to the family
    • FLIP  •  4 months ago
      Once again, being a teenager this girl will be merely given a slap on the wrists. I believe in being lenient with young people if they are able to make restitution. If restitution can't be made then they should be punished as adults.
    • LOUISIANA GIRL  •  New Orleans, Louisiana  •  4 months ago
      May god be with you Francisco Rodriguez & also with your family R.I.P
    • Nohemi  •  Irvine, California  •  4 months ago
      My condolences to the family, the girl wont be able to sleep the rest of her life.
    • Myra  •  Jacksonville, Florida  •  4 months ago
      i really don;t know whu people kill other people, sham on them, rest in piece little guy you are with god now. god take care of his family, god bles.
    • IRIS  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  4 months ago
      Humanity is lost. Makes me cry.
    • WhereIsTheCommonSense  •  4 months ago
      For those who believe only white people can have red hair....there are these brand new hair alteration devices called hair dye and wigs
    • odessito4ka  •  Rancho Cordova, California  •  4 months ago
      My daughter goes to this high school. everyone was really sad today. when she told me, I thought it was gang related but does not seem like it. Why?! My deepest condolences to his family, especially mother. As a mother, I can only imagine what she is going throught right now. I really hope they will find those who did it really soon and punish them. Unfortunately, this won't bring back this bright young man :-(

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