Gunman Opens Fire On A Man And A Woman Walking on Lemon Ave. (6th Dist. Just North of PCH/Near LBCC); Man Is Hit/Wounded
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(Feb. 2, 2020, 12:15 p.m.) -- -A man was shot/wounded on Jan. 29 in the area of PCH/Lemon Ave. (6th Council district, just west of LBCC.)
LBPD Public Information Officer Jennifer De Prez tells LBREPORT.com that at about 9:15 p.m. on Jan. 29, officers responded to a report of shots heard in the 1800 block of Lemon Ave. (just north of PCH) and found a man (adult) with a gunshot wound. He told officers he was walking in the area with a woman (adult) when a man approached them in a vehicle, exited the vehicle and opened fire toward them, then fled in a white four-door sedan. The suspect is outstanding; the motive is currently unknown; LBPD's investigation is ongoing.
The shooting comes a little less than four months after a man was shot/wounded on Sept. 14, 2019 in the area of PCH/Lemon.
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The maps below show cumulated fatal, non-fatal and no-person hit shootings cumulated from Jan. 1, 2018 to date.
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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