A shooting rampage in the streets of Hollywood has resulted in the death of 40-year-old music executive John Atterberry, who died on December 12 from his injuries after being shot three times. The incident occurred when a 26-year-old man walked down Sunset Boulevard and began firing indiscriminately at passing vehicles and pedestrians with a .40-caliber handgun, according to The Los Angeles Times.
The gunman was reportedly distraught after breaking up with his longtime girlfriend and was fatally shot by police after wounding several and refusing to drop his weapon. Atterberry was reportedly out running errands when he was shot three times in the face and neck by the gunman. He passed away three days later at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Atterberry had worked with musical acts including Jessica Simpson and the Spice Girls, worked as vice-president of Death Row Records, and founded Infusion Music Group. He was the only seriously wounded victim of the shooting.
California homicide crime is understood to be the killing of a person by another, which can be punished under several different forms as either first degree murder, second degree murder, voluntary homicide, and involuntary homicide. California Penal Code 187 defines murder as "the unlawful killing of a human being, or a fetus, with malice aforethought." While first degree murder is the most serious of these criminal charges and can result in lifelong imprisonment or the death penalty, involuntary homicide can result in several years of imprisonment or parole. The factors of the crime and the mental state and intentions of the defendant define what the crime can be charged as.
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Source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/12/a-music-executive-wounded-by-a-gunman-who-opened-fire-on-motorists-in-hollywood-has-died-of-his-gun-shot-wounds-los-angele.html
