Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LA PUENTE – A beef between gangs likely led to a 5-year-old boy receiving a gunshot wound to his upper right thigh Wednesday.
A mother, father and their boy arrived home in the 14200 block of Nelson Avenue around 9:15 p.m. As the mother and father exited their vehicle, a dark-colored sedan pulled up. A man within the sedan yelled “Puente” and gunfire rang out, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau. The mother and father drove their wounded boy to an area hospital where he was treated for his wounds. The boy was later released, but he will require further medical care, the Information Bureau said. No suspect description was given. Anyone with information on the shooting is urged to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Industry Station at 626-33-3322. Information can be provided anonymously by calling LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3Tips mobile app, or at lacrimestoppers.org. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LA PUENTE - Another shooting rocked a La Puente neighborhood, leaving a 5-year-old child wounded, a Sheriff’s sergeant said.
A mother and her boy had just arrived home after going shopping for food January 13. A gunman in a vehicle drove by and opened fire towards the woman in the vehicle. The child was struck by gunfire and was transported to an area hospital by family members, according to Sgt. Pulito of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Industry Station. “He was in stable condition when he got to the hospital and was later discharged,” Pulito told SGV CityWatch. The shooting unfolded in the 14200 block of Nelson Avenue around 9:15 p.m. Pulito did not know if the woman, or a specific home nearby was the intended target. No one else was injured. Pulito did not have a vehicle, or suspect description available. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LA PUENTE - The victim of a shooting wound up in the hospital Monday night and deputies are searching for the gunman.
A Hispanic man in his late 20s received as many as four gunshot wounds And was possibly taken to the hospital by a friend or family member January 4, according to Sgt. Molina of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Industry Station. Deputies were informed of the shooting around 8:30 p.m. Being told that the shooting occurred in the area of East Amar Road and Echelon Avenue, they descended to the location to search for evidence of the shooting. Deputies did not find spent shell casings, but did locate some blood at the scene, Molina told SGV CityWatch. The victim was uncooperative with deputies. A suspect description was unavailable, Molina told SGV CityWatch. |
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