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Man Is Shot/Wounded In South Wrigley Area Pine/Hill CD 6/Saro); Hours Later, Another Man Is Shot Area W. 16th St. (CD 1/Zendejas)

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(July 25 2021, 7:15 a.m.) -- In the second and third shootings in roughly 24 hours, a man was shot/wounded last night in the 2100 block of Pine Ave. (between PCH and Willow, CD 6/Saro) and a few hours later a man was shot/wounded in the 700 block of W. 16th St. (between PCH/Anaheim, west of Magnolia, CD 1/Zendejas.)

The first of the two most recent shootings was roughly two miles due north on Pine Ave. from LB's "downtown entertainment" district in the 200 block of Pine Ave. (CD 2/Allen) where less than twenty four earlier earlier two men were shot (a homicide with a second man not targeted but wounded). .

In preliminary information, LBPD Watch Commander Eric Fernandez tells LBREPORT.com:

  • July 24 2300, officers responded to a local hospital at about 11:00 p.m. where a man (adult) was being treated for non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. The victim stated that he was sitting in front of a residence in the 2100 block of Pine Ave. when an unidentified suspect walked up and fired multiple rounds at him.

  • On July 25 at roughly 2:30 a.m., a man says he was riding his bicycle in the 700 block of W. 16th St. when a vehicle drove up and an unknown suspect fired multiple rounds at him. LBFD transported him to a hospital where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Following the July 24 downtown entertainment district homicide (and the June 26 triple drive-by shooting in the Pike area), LBPD's release on the July 24 shooting stated: "In an abundance of caution, the Police Department will continue to have increased staffing in and around our downtown entertainment areas...." Based on prior LBPD statements, LBREPORT.com believes this is done using overtime.

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