(July 7, 2021, 12:15 p.m.) -- A man was shot.wounded while driving in the area of 10th St./Gaviota Ave. (CD 2/Allen, border CD 6/Saro) and two parked unoccupied vehicles were struck by gunfire on Tuesday night July 6 shortly before midnight.
LBPD Public Information Officer Brandon Fahey says that on July 6 at about 11:54 p.m., officers were sent to the 1000 block of Gaviota Avenue regarding a reported shooting, found evidence (casings) and obserfved that two parked unoccupied vehicles had been struck by gunfire. While officers responded to the crime scene, a shooting victim (a man/adult) turned up a local hospital, who told officers he was driving near the 1000 block of Gaviota with two adult pasengers "when an unknown male suspect approached his vehicle on foot and shot him. One of the passengers took control of the vehicle and drove the victim to the hospital, where he was in critical but stable condition." PIO Fahey says at this time the motive for the shooting is unknown but the incident is being investigated as gang-related. The July 6 shooting follows five shootings (three with persons hit) during the July 4-July 5 period (LBREPORT.com coverage here and here.) |
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