Two Men Shot Overnight, area 1400 block Elm Ave.

(Feb. 5, 2012, 4:30 a.m.) -- LBReport.com has learned that two people were shot in the after-midnight hours today (Feb. 2) in the area of the 1400 block of Elm Ave.

Initial information is sketchy, but LBPD Public Information Officer Lisa Massacani says that officers responded to a man who walked into a local hospital with a gunshot wound. A second victim was transported from the 1400 block of Elm.

Both victims were men (adults). They suffered non-life-threatening wounds.

LBPD's investigation is ongoing.

On January 23, at midmorning, a man was shot in the 1500 block of Linden Ave.

On Jan. 11, a man (adult) was shot and killed in the 200 block of W. 14th St. (at Pacific Ave.).

On January 9, a 17 year old was shot in the 1600 block of Locust Ave.

On January 7, a male juvenile was shot in the area of 14th St./Cedar Ave.

The above shootings are all in the 1st Council district of Councilman Robert Garcia, chosen by Mayor Bob Foster in 2010 to chair the City Council's Public Safety Committee.

On map above, Blue Xs = shooting/victim hit (since Aug. 2, 2011, date Mayor/Mgr. released their 2011 proposed budget); Purple Xs = shooting/victim not hit (since Aug. 2); Red Xs=Murders 2011 to date