Another CD1 Shooting -- Anaheim/Chestnut (Northern Edge of Willmore City Just Blocks From Drake Park Where Man Was Shot Less Than 24 Hrs Earlier)

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(December 12, 2020, 9:25 p.m.) -- A man was shot/wounded tonight (Dec. 12) in the area of Anaheim St./Chestnut Ave (CD1/Zendejas) at the northern edge of the Willmore City historic district, less than 24 hours after a man was shot in the head juat few blocks south in Drake Park.

LBPD Public Information Officer Allison Gallagher tells LBREPORT.com (preliminary information) that at about 7:35 p.m. on Dec. 12, officers were sent to the area of Anaheim/Chestnut where they found a man (adult) shot/wounded. LBFD transported him to a hospital at last report in stable condition.

Less than 24 hours erlier, nearby Drake Park had its second shooting within less than two weeks as a man was shot in the head (Dec. 11) in Drake Park (as of daybreak Dec. 12 last reported in critical condition.)

By way of context:

On December 3, 2020, a man was shot/wounded in Drake Park

>On Feb. 4, 2020, a 16 year old boy was shot/wounded in the 900 block of Maine Ave.

Two days earlier on Feb. 2, 2020, a 20 year old man and a 16-year old girl were shot/wounded in the 900 block of Park Circle (and said the suspects tried to rob them.)

Since June 2, 2020, residents of LB's mainly working class 1st Council district have experienced the highest number of shootings (total wounding + fatal + casings found/vehicles-buildings hit) of any LB Council district. Since early December 2020, CD 1 has been represented by Councilwoman Mary Zendejas, elected with the support the LB Police Officers union political action committee (LBPOA PAC), Mayor Robert Garcia and immediate past CD1 Councilwoman (now state Senator) Lena Gonzalez.