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Police: Victims aid police in Calif. church attack

RICHMOND, Calif. — Two teenage brothers wounded during a brazen shooting inside a Northern California church were cooperating Monday with police in the search for a hooded gunman and two other suspects.

TERRY COLLINS | AP | Published: 02/16/2010 11:49

Richmond police Sgt. Bisa French said police now have leads on two of the men involved in the shooting Sunday at the New Gethsemane Church of God in Christ. The suspects are thought to be in their late teens or early 20s.

The brothers, aged 14 and 19, "probably have an idea of why" the three men came looking for them, French told the San Francisco Chronicle.

The victims and several other witnesses had initially been reluctant to aid investigators but have since provided leads, French said.

"If I knew something, I'd say something, but others can't see an advantage in that," said Frank Robinson, a Richmond native who lives near the church. "If those guys were bold enough to shoot up a church, who's to say they won't come up to your front door and shoot you?"

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