Shooting Victim Dropped off at South El Monte Hospital

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

SOUTH EL MONTE - Investigators are looking for a shooter after a friend dropped off a gunshot victim at a hospital early Tuesday morning.

Hospital staff at Greater El Monte Community Hospital, 1701 Santa Anita Ave., alerted deputies to the gunshot victim just before 1 a.m. January 28.

Deputies were told the shooting occurred at Rosemead Boulevard and Garvey Avenue. A friend dropped the victim off at the hospital and left the vehicle there. Deputies found the vehicle, but no driver, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department crime broadcast.

Deputies were investigating a possible gang aspect to the shooting.

The victim’s updated condition is not immediately known. Whether a suspect is in custody is also unclear.