One of the youngest politicians in California — Fairfield Councilman Matt Garcia — might have been gunned down recently for his anti-gang efforts, say friends in a television news report.  Matt Garcia later died after being removed from life support systems.

Fairfield police and other agencies are searching for the gunman who shot Matt Garcia and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect.

While police search for a suspect, friends of Matt Garcia had nothing but praise for the 22-year-old who sought to make a difference in his community.  Said friend Ryan Kelly in a San Francisco Chronicle report: “Most kids in Fairfield couldn’t give a damn about this city, but Matt loved Fairfield.”

“I don’t know what it was, but he thought this was our place, and he was going to make it better no matter what,” said Ryan Kelly.

Video: Friends say Matt Garcia was targeted because of his anti-gang efforts 

Video: Friends and supporters remember Fairfield Councilman Matt Garcia

 

If the allegations are true about those who attacked Fairfield Councilman Matt Garcia, it reminds people that gangs and criminals are terrorists among us who are willing to destroy the fabric of our nation for their own interests.

However, some questions have been raised about the suspect’s description, reports CBS 5 KPIX.

Police continued searching for the gunman, who fired multiple shots at Garcia while he was talking in a female friend’s driveway in the 5000 block of Silverado Drive on Monday night.

Sources close to the investigation told CBS 5 on Friday that Garcia’s friend, Jennifer Tarbell, had offered police three different accounts of what happened that night and provided detectives a “questionable suspect description.”

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Workers are rescued in Indianapolis after their scaffolding fails, leaving them dangling on the side of a high-rise.

Video: Workers rescued from side of Indianapolis skyscraper

The rescue came a day after window washers left dangling outside of their Miami, Florida building were also rescued in a similar way.

Miami window washers are rescued by firefighters

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