LBPD Public Information Officer Nancy Pratt tells LBREPORT.com (preliminary information) that at about 11:00 p.m., an officer spotted a vehicle driving erratically and was trying to conduct a traffic stop when the vehicle pulled into a hospital's parking lot and the officer noticed that the vehicle's male adult passenger had been struck by gunfire.

The victim received treatment for his injuries (that appeared to be life threatening) and "through their investigation, the officers determined the victim had been in the area of 14th Street and Rose Avenue at the time he was shot," PIO Pratt says.

LBPD is investigating what took place as possibly gang-related.

As previously reported by LBREPORT.com, on Aug. 23, a double-shooting took place in the 1400 block of Walnut Ave. at about 1 p.m. in which two boys were shot/wounded and suffered "non-life-threatening" wounds.

LBPD asks anyone with information regarding Sept. 7 shooting to call its Gang Enforcement Section 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.

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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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