GUNSHOT WOUNDS SEEN AT A COUNTY HOSPITAL BEFORE AND AFTER A RIOT AND GANG TRUCE .2.

An analysis was undertaken of the number of gunshot wound victims seen at a Los Angeles County hospital both before and after the Los Angele s riot. Since the LA riot the gang truce between the ''Bloods'' and th e ''Crips'' resulted in a significant decrease in the number of gunsho t wound victims seen at a level I trauma center in Los Angeles. Unfort unately, this lasted for only three months. The resurgence of shooting s, mainly of the drive-by type (82%), to an occurrence rate higher tha n ever before, has negated any positive effect of the gang truce and i ndicates the need for additional measures to control gang violence.