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The boy, Jelani Isaac, was shot in the head and chest in an apparent robbery about 9 p.m.

Police Chief Richard Rowan said there was a "correlation" between the explosions and an attempted robbery about 8 A.M. at the First Grand Avenue State Bank.

The police received a report of an armed robbery about 6 35 a.m. on Summer Avenue in which gunmen forced their way into the home, she said.

But why on earth has this Baedeker of the business boneyard -- the author of "Nightmare on Wall Street," about the way a Salomon Brothers trader finagled the Treasury market, and "The Greatest-Ever Bank Robbery," about the savings and loan quagmire -- written "The Fed"?

The incident began as a report of an armed robbery about 9 15 p.m. Monday, said Sgt. Hank Ortega.

The robbery occurred about 3 p.m. at AMC Inc., at 336 West 37th Street, between Eighth and Ninth Avenues.

The robbery occurred about 8 43 p.m. in the Verdugo Liquor parking lot at Honolulu Avenue and Verdugo Boulevard.

The robbery occurred about 2 56 p.m. at the Chevron in the 800 block of North Central Avenue, Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said.

The robbery occurred about 12 56 p.m. at the Bank of America on the 3100 block of Foothill Boulevard, said Lt. Greg Sisneros of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Department.

A witness who watched the robbery unfold about 1 32 p.m. at the pizza joint in the 1200 block of South Central Avenue notified police, Sgt. Tom Lorenz said.

"Residents ask me, 'What are we doing about crime, about robberies, about homicides?' This isn't a plan to address one or two instances.