Woman Shot/Wounded Sat Night, Area Cedar/Louise (8th dist.)

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(Aug. 19, 2015, 10:25 p.m.) -- LBREPORT.com has learned that a woman (adult) was shot and wounded in the 8:00 p.m. hour on Saturday (Aug. 22) in the area of Cedar Ave./Louise St, in the 8th Council district.

Initial information is sketchy. LBPD Watch Commander/Lt. Ali Assef says that at about 8:10 p.m., officers responded to the area and found a waoman (adult) who had been struck by gunfire. Her wound is believed to be non-life-threatening and she was transported to a hospital.

LBPD is investigating the circumstances of this shooting.

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Red Xs=2014 and 2015 murders to date; Blue Xs=2014 and 2015 shootings, person wounded; Brown Xs=shots fired at victim(s), not hit; Purple Xs=2014 shots at occupied residence/vehicle; Green Xs=shots at unoccupied vehicle/residence; Grey Xs=shots fired (no hit, no target identified); Orange X's=non-fatal stabbings. Map is unofficial. A separate map (not shown here) indicates add'l shootings in downtown and Central LB.

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As previously reported by LBREPORT,com, on June 5th an 18 year old man was shot -- and killed -- in the 5400 block of Elm Ave. (two blocks west of Atlantic Ave. at roughly Market St.) just hours before the start of the "Beach Streets Ciclovia" (a bicycle-promoting event.)

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