LBPD Watch Commander Lt.Lee Debrabander tells LBREPORT.com that at about 1 p.m. on Aug. 23, officers responded to shots fired, and found two male juveniles had been hit. LBFD transported the victims to hospitals. Detectives from LBPD's Gang/Violent Crime section responded...and there's no known motive or gang involvement known at this time as LBPD's investigation continues.

It's LB's ninth shooting (including one homicide) since Aug. 5 (three in 1st dist; two in 8th dist; on in 6th, 2nd and 7th-border-with-5th.)

Three days ago (Aug. 20) an alleged walk-up shooter opened fire but missed hitting a group of men standing outside in the area of 15th St./Daisy Ave. (1st Council district), about two miles west of the Aug. 23 double-shooting.

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Jan 1, 2018 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) shows shootings in NLB

For context, LBREPORT.com provides a map below showing cumulated shootings in the area Jan. 1, 2014-Dec. 31, 2017:

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