Gang Member Arrested In Death of A Sailor

MORENO VALLEY -- A man has been arrested on suspicion of killing a U-S Navy sailor on leave from Iraq and the attempted murder of the sailor's family.

Authorities say 23-year-old Raul Martinez was arrested yesterday in Moreno Valley and remains jailed without bail in connection with the shooting death of 20-year-old Osiel Hipolito according to Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Scott Gage.

Hipolito was shopping at a strip mall near Compton with his wife and brother when he was assaulted by two men believed to be gang members.

Gage says that when Hipolito tried to defend himself, an alleged gang member opened fire on him and his family.

Authorities say Hipolito's then-pregnant wife was hit in the abdomen and her baby was born prematurely with a leg wound. The sailor was pronounced dead at the same hospital where his wife gave birth.

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