Fourth Central LB Shooting Within 10 Days: Wounded Man Arrives At Hospital, Says He Was Shot Saturday Nite Near MLK/16th St.

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Police say he was uncooperative, can't find evidence of shooting at victim-specified location

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(April 28, 2019) -- In the fourth Central LB shooting within the past ten days, a man (adult) showed up at LB Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound on Saturday night (April 27), said he was shot in the area of MLK/16th St. (6th Council district) but when officers checked the area, they were unable to find evidence of a shooting at that location.

LBPD Public Information Officer Jennifer De Prez says officers responded to the hospital at about 10:05 p.m. to speak with the victim but described him as "uncooperative"...and officers were unable to find evidence of a shooting at the victim-indicated location..

In recent days, Central LB neighborhoods have experienced

April 24: An argument was followed by shots fired with evidence of shooting-strikes on a residence and an unoccupied vehicle in the 1000 block of Cerritos Ave. (6th dist.)

April 20: A verbal dispute was followed by shots-fired at an unoccupied vehicle in the area of MLK/19th St. (6th dist.)

April 18: A man was shot/wounded in a drive-by shooting in the 800 block of Alamitos Ave. (1st dist. across 7th St. from LB's Museum of Latin American Art and Gumbiner Park.)

LBPD's investigation is ongoing.

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; Blue * asterisk=victim hit, police unable to locate crime scene. Map is unofficial.

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

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