Shoppers step over dying shooting victim
Associated Press
May 31, 2002 12:45:00

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - "Pretty callous" is how the Santa Cruz police chief describes it.

Customers in a convenience store stepped over a dying man to get to the counter.

Surveillance tapes show the man being shot in the back of the head. Two men had cornered him and a third fired in what police believe was a gang dispute.

The tapes also show the convenience-store customers continuing their shopping while the victim was on the floor.

The man later died at a hospital.