Two Shootings Overnight/Early a.m. Mon (Aug. 29); One in Central LB North of MacArthur Park, Another With Exact Location Possibly Less Than Half A Mile East But Unconfirmed

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Two Shootings Overnight/Early a.m. Mon (Aug. 29); One in Central LB North of MacArthur Park, Another Roughly Two Blocks Away Says Second Victim

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(August 29, 2016, updated Aug. 30) -- Two people were shot in the overnight/early morning hours Monday (Aug.29), roughly a half hour apart: one in the area of 15th St./Gundry Ave. north of MacArthur Park (6th Council district) and perhaps roughly two blocks east of another shooting at a location indicated by the victim but unconfirmed by officers who searched in the darkness for evidence.

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LBPD Watch Commander Lt. John Kenaley tells LBREPORT.com that at roughly 1:30 a.m., a man (adult) was struck by gunfire in the area of 15th St./Gundry Ave.; it may have been a "drive-by" (based on a vehicle driving-by in the area) but that's unconfirmed; the victim's wounds are considered non-life-threatening.

Roughly a half hour earlier at about 1:15 a.m., a man (adult) showed up at a local hospital with a gunshot wound (apparently dropped-off by friends); he said he was shot in the area around 15th St./Walnut [location subsequently updated by LBPD PIO Arrona] just two blocks west of the 15th St./Gundry shooting about a half hour later. Officers searched the 15th St./Walnut area but in the overnight hours were unable to find evidence of a shooting at that location. Lt. Kenaley said LBPD considers the 15th/Walnut shooting unrelated to the 15th St./Gundry shooting.

2014 to date: Red Xs=homicides; Blue Xs= shootings, person wounded; Brown Xs=shots fired at victim(s), not hit; Purple Xs=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 NLB.

As recently reported by LBREPORT.com:

Aug. 22: Man (adult) shot, area 11th St./MLK Ave. (6th dist.), coverage here.
Aug. 11: Man (adult) shot, 200 block of 69th Way (9th district), coverage here
Aug. 11: Juvenile shot, 11th St/MLK Ave. (6th dist.), coverage here
Aug. 6: Mother and daughter (age 4) are shot to death, 9th St./Locust Ave. (1st distict), coverage here
Aug 6: Group fight, two stabbed, one of whom dies, 2600 block E. Anaheim St. (6th dist.), coverage here
Aug. 5: Body of 19 yr old found at Willow St./San Gabriel River, a homicide (5th dist.), coverage here