$10,000 Reward for Inglewood Father's Killer and Trayvon Martin Updates

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In our very own backyard the man killed after using his body to shield his 8-year-old son from gunfire was identified. Frederick Martin, 28, was fatally wounded in a shooting that took place in the 3200 block of West 109th Street.  According to the Inglewood Police Department, Martin, his best friend, and his son were cleaning up the family’s garage when two men with gun walked up to them.

“All of a sudden I was on the phone, I hear five shots,” grandmother Darley Tankey said. “And I ran to the door, and he’s standing there and he says, ‘call 911, I’ve been shot.” Martin died later at a hospital.

As the men opened fire, Martin turned to block his son, cradling him with his body to shield him from the gunfire. Martin was hit in the abdomen and upper torso, and his son was grazed in the ankle.

Police have few leads in the shooting and no motive. There is a $10, 000 reward for any information leading to the arrest.

Martin’s son considers his father is his hero.

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Also in Los Angeles, a day of demonstration for the Trayvon Martin tragedy. The special prosecutor in the Trayvon Martin case has decided "not" to send the case to a grand jury.  With these key developments, activists nationwide have staged rallies adding their voices to the nationwide calls for the arrest of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Florida Teen Trayvon Martin.

 Hundreds came out to support in Los Angeles and the streets in downtown were filled with those who want justice for Trayvon. In the heated really, protesters said that they were determined to keep Martin’s name in the news, as they marched to the steps of City Hall. They wore hoodies, like the one that Martin wore on the night he was fatally shot. The protesters also carried a box that was filled with hundreds of letters for city leaders, calling for action.Hundreds of protesters took part in what organizers called “the million hoodie march” to as call for justice for Martin.

“I feel so upset, so moved, so angry, so hurt, so disappointed, and I wrote in my letter that we deserve better,” one of the protesters said from a podium to the crowd in Pershing Square.

Martin, who was unarmed, was shot by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman. Many of the civil rights activists made it clear that they wanted to see Zimmerman behind bars.