The overnight gunfire west of the L.A. river comes barely ten hours after afternoon gunfire (Feb. 19) with no persons apparently hit near Veterans Park in the Wrigley district (crime scene 100 block E. 28th St. east of Magnolia Ave., 6th district.)

It's the second shooting in four days in LB's 1st Council district; on Feb. 16 a man was shot (and killed) found in an alleyway in the area of at 6th St./Lime Ave. in LB's East Village.

LBPD Public Information Officer Sgt. Alvino Herrera says LBPD responded at about 2 a.m. afer a 20 year old man said he heard a loud "pop," observed his injury and went to a family member's residence who took him to a hospital and couldn't provide officers with any suspect information.

LBPD says the motive for the shooting is currently unknown.

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

For context, the second map shows shootings cumulated from Jan. 1, 2014 through Dec. 31, 2017.

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