Wapato Tagging Creates Concerns

Wapato Tagging Creates Concerns

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Story Published: Nov 17, 2008 at 5:48 PM PST

By Steve Wellman

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The recent fatal shooting of a sixteen year old boy in Wapato has some residents on edge...thinking there's more gang related trouble brewing.
We got calls from viewers about tagging all over Wapato that appeared last night. It reads "R.I.P. Ricky".

Ricky is 17-year old Ricardo Cabrera who was gunned down last week in what cops say was a gang related killing.
The tagging is on stores...downtown building walls...even a school building.

Some residents think it means more shootings could be coming.
“I think it stinks. It's horrible, like you don't go outside at night and during the day you watch and see who's here before you come out,” says an unidentified resident.
Cops in Wapato have told action news that there is no gang problem there.

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