BREAKING NEWS: Victim Wounded in Likely Gang Shooting

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

BASSETT - One victim was shot by a suspect who fled in a vehicle Wednesday.

The shooting occurred near Amar Road and Puente Avenue around 7:30 p.m. September 25. The suspect, reportedly the passenger in a vehicle, yelled out a gang moniker before the vehicle sped away, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department radio traffic.

The vehicle, a dark-colored four-door sedan, was driven north on Puente Avenue and out of view.

The gunman was described as a Latino man, 18 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall and 160 pounds. He wore a gray hooded sweatshirt, a black hat with the letter “B” on it, according to Sheriff’s radio traffic.

The condition of the shooting victim is not publicly known.