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street gang, who were guarding the house, opened fire on the SUV in the belief that they were "defending crack house from gangland rivals", presumably the Lime Hood Piru. Price's boyfriend, who later stated he did not realize that Price had been shot, drove her to a relative's home, where he called
154:. According to media reports, Price, despite "accepting some financial assistance" from her sisters, continued to live with her children in their house in a 'run-down' district and continued to work as a nurse, also engaging in her personal-assistant responsibilities which saw her appear at 214:. The first trial ended in November 2004 with six jurors voting for acquittal, five for guilt, and one undecided. A second mistrial was declared April 29, 2005, when jurors deadlocked at 11–1 in favor of conviction. 217:
A murder charge against a second defendant, who was accused of firing a handgun during the incident, was dismissed after the first trial, when authorities stated he did not cause the fatal wound.
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in Compton for "victims of violence and their families", called the Yetunde Price Resource Center. Its tagline reads: "Committed to helping others heal".
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in the year of her death. According to the reports, Price was "determined to pay her own way in the world." Price was the mother of three children.
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on March 22, 2006, the day before his third trial for Yetunde Price's killing was scheduled to start. The first two trials had ended in a
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Both the prosecutor and the defense at the murder trial agreed that Price was an innocent victim passing through the area.
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emergency services. Price was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital, from a bullet wound in the head.
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On April 6, 2006, Judge Steven Suzukawa sentenced Maxfield to 15 years in prison with the possibility of
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street gang member Robert Edward Maxfield, 25 years old at the time of his conviction, pleaded
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For a time, Price worked as a personal assistant to her tennis-playing sisters and as a
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On the night of September 14, 2003, Price was chatting with her boyfriend in her
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said she learned of his release on July 31, through
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Yetunde Price

Saginaw, Michigan
Compton, California
Oracene Price
tennis
Venus and Serena Williams
drive-by shooting
Compton, California
Oracene Price
Venus and Serena Williams
Oracene Price
nurse
hair salon
Wimbledon
SUV
Compton
Los Angeles County
South Side Compton Crips
Crips
no contest
voluntary manslaughter
mistrial
jurors were unable to reach a verdict
parole
the Game
Dreams
community center
parole
Deuel Vocational Institution

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