***PLEASE PRAY SOMEONE GETS CAUGHT***4M.O. BOY DIES***

[chela17]

Police searching for two men suspected of killing 4-month-old baby

Daily News Wire Services

Updated: 09/28/2009 08:01:01 AM PDT

Four-month-old Andrew Garcia was fatally shot in the head last weekend in Van Nuys. (Courtesy of LAPD)

VAN NUYS - Two gang members suspected of killing a 4-month-old boy in Van Nuys and wounding his pregnant baby sitter and a man were at large today, police said.

Anna Contreras, 28, was sitting in a car and feeding 4-month old Andrew Garcia, the son of a friend, in the 14300 block of Kittridge Street about 1 a.m. Sunday, said Los Angeles police Officer Norma Eisenman.

Eric Ramirez, 18, and some other friends, including the infant's parents, were standing outside, she said.

The group got into an argument with two men walking across the street, and one of them opened fire, said Eisenman.

Six shots were fired, striking Contreras and baby Andrew in the head, and also hitting Ramirez, the officer said.

Firefighters airlifted the infant to UCLA Medical Center, where he later died.

Contreras, whom Eisenman said is pregnant, was also taken to a hospital and is expected to survive.

Ramirez, who walked to Valley Presbyterian Hospital, was treated and released.

Police asked for the public's help in finding Andrew's killers and have circulated a photo of the baby.

One suspect was described as Hispanic, 18-22 years old, about 5 feet 9 inches, with a shaved head. The other suspect was described as Hispanic, about 5 feet 5 inches and 200 pounds.

Anyone with information about the suspects was asked to call Van Nuys Area Homicide detectives James Nuttall or Marc Martinez at [phone].

***PLEASE PRAY FOR THIS BABY'S FAMILY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THAT SOMEONE GETS CAUGHT FOR THIS HORRIFIC CRIME. IT IS A SHAME THAT HE HAD TO LEAVE THIS EARTH FOR THIS KIND OF REASON, ONE MADE BECAUSE OF SOME STUPID PEOPLE THAT COULD NOT REALIZE WHAT KIND OF SITUATION THEY WERE PLACING THIS BABY IN. IT IS MIND BOGGELING HOW THEY COULD NOT HAVE JUST LET THEIR PRIDE DOWN AND NOT THINK FOR A SECOND THAT THIS WOULD END UP TAKING A LIFE OR TWO, HOW THEY DID ALL OF THIS FOR A GANG THAT CLAIMS "XYZ BLOCKS" WHEN IN THE END ALL OF THE STREETS BELONG TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THEY WILL NOT TAKE THE BLOCK WHEN THEY THEMSELVES ARE IN A CASKET. R.I.P. LITTLE ANDREW...YOU WERE BORN AS AN ANGEL, LIVED A SHORT LIFE AS AN ANGEL, AND LEFT THE EARTH AS AN ANGEL, DRINKING WHAT WAS YOUR COMFORT (YOUR BOTTLE) I JUST CAN'T EXPLAIN THE WAY I FEEL AND IT'S NOT EVEN MY KID.

[davecswife]

Sep. 28, 2009 at 3:16 PM

This is so sad I hope these @^^ho*&s get caught an get what they deserve!! R.I.P. Baby Angel Andrew