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LA Jewish centre shooting commemorated on 20th anniversary

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FILE - In this March 26, 2001, file photo, Lilian Santos Ileto, left, the mother of slain Filipino American postal worker Joseph Ileto, with his sister, Deena, wiping tears from her eyes, and brother Ismael talk with reporters in front of the Los Angeles Federal Court after Buford O. Furrow, was sentenced to two life sentences plus 110 years in prison for the crime and the wounding of five people at a Jewish Community center. A moment of silence marked the day 20 years ago when Furrow, a white-supremacist gunman wounded children and staff at a Los Angeles Jewish center before killing Ileto. The Los Angeles Times reports family and friends of victims were on hand outside a U.S. Post Office where a plaque commemorates Ileto, who was gunned down Aug. 10, 1999. His brother, Ismael Ileto, called for stricter gun control laws, citing the rise in mass shootings. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

LOS ANGELES – A moment of silence marked the day 20 years ago when a white-supremacist gunman wounded children and staff at a Los Angeles Jewish centre before killing a Filipino American postal worker.

The Los Angeles Times reports family and friends of victims were on hand Saturday outside a U.S. Post Office where a plaque commemorates letter carrier Joseph Ileto (“ill-LET-oh”), who was gunned down Aug. 10, 1999.

His brother, Ismael Ileto, called for stricter gun control laws, noting the rise in mass shootings and recent violence in California, Texas and Ohio.

Before killing Ileto, Buford Furrow shot a woman and four children at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in the San Fernando Valley. All survived.

Furrow, a member of the white-supremacist group Aryan Nations, was eventually sentenced to life in prison.

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Information from: Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com/

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