A gunshot victim finds cracks in the system
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 16:00
in Psychology & Sociology
After a 28-year-old was shot in head, he receives top-notch critical care but therapy is inadequate.On Valentine's Day 2009, Danny Rodriguez, then 28, was leaving a party with friends in Pico Rivera when they were accosted by a group of young men from a gang active in the neighborhood. Rodriguez and his friends explained they belonged to no gang and just wanted to go home. But as they drove away, they made a turn down a dead-end street. Gang members followed them, opening fire.