Shooting, Midmorning Saturday, Area 55th/Atlantic Ave. (8th dist)

(Jan. 19, 2013, 2:40 p.m.) -- A shooting took place at mid-morning Saturday (Jan. 19) in the area of the 55th/Atlantic...while LB's 25th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. parade was taking place in Central LB.

[Red X's are 2011 + 2012 murders; Blue X's are shootings since Aug. 2, 2011]

LBPD Public Information Officer Nancy Pratt tells LBREPORT.com that at about 10:50 a.m., officers responded to 55th/Atlantic regarding a shots fired call and found a man (adult) who'd been hit.

The victim was transported to a hospital with what appear to be non-life-threatening injuries.

There's no suspect information immediately available but may be gang related.

The shooting comes two weeks after another 8th district shooting, this one in the 4900 block of Grisham Ave. (west of LB Blvd., north of the RR tracks, south of Del Amo Blvd.

A little less than a month earlier (Dec. 22), two people were shot -- and one of them died -- when gunfire broke out in the 200 block of E. Pleasant St., north of the RR tracks and south of Del Amo Blvd.

LBREPORT.com has also recently learned of two possible shootings unmarked on our map: (1) an assault with a firearm (we presume a shooting, awaiting confirmation) on Jan. 5, 2013 in the 400 block of W. 57th St...about a block west of Atlantic and just south of South St; and (2) an assault with a firearm (we presume a shooting, awaiting confirmation) in the 5700 block of Orange Ave. on Jan. 7.

LBPD asks anyone with information on today's (Jan. 19) shooting to contact its Gang Detail at (562) 570-7370. Anonymous tips may be submitted by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), texting TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or visiting www.lacrimestoppers.org.