On May 28, 2000, Lori Gonzalez, granddaughter of then, Los Angeles police chief, Bernard Parks, was shot and killed while driving with a friend in her car in L.A.
She was an innocent victim caught up in what is believed to have been a gang-related attack, just a week shy of her 21st birthday.
A first-year student at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California, she had graduated from Universal College of Beauty and planned to open her own salon one day. On June 7, 2000, Samuel Sharad Shabazz, age 18, was arrested for the murder of Lori and is now serving a life sentence.
I was blessed to know Lori. A true angel always smiling . Gone way to soon, she is so missed. As a animal rights activist, I enjoyed her passion for animals also. She will NEVER be forgotten !!! WE LIVE YOU LORI !! YO