LA Times · Sep 3, 2015
Dramatic rise in crime casts a shadow on downtown L.A.'s gentrification
Crime rises sharply in downtown L.A.As Lauren Mishkind was walking along 7th Street this summer in downtown Los Angeles, a man pulled a handgun and pointed it at another person standing behind her.
Terrified, she hid behind a car while the assailant tackled the victim.
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FOR THE RECORD
An earlier version of this post identified Lauren Mishkind as a licensed architect. She is an architectural designer.
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“I was just shaking for the rest of the day,” said Mishkind, who lives downtown and works at an architecture firm in the area. “You kind of assume it's par for the course living down here, which is kind of more shocking.”