LBPD Public Information Officer Jennifer De Prez tells LBREPORT.com that officers were dispatched to the location at about 3:25 p.m. and their preliminary investigation indicates the shooting followed a verbal altercation between two men (adults). No physical injuries were reported as a result of the rounds that hit the unoccupied vehicle and a building. The suspect and victim were both gone prior to officer arrival. LBPD describes the suspect [preliminary information] as a man driving a four-door sedan...and LBPD's investigation is ongoing.

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. Area doesn't include Central LB shootings. Map is unofficial.

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For context, LBREPORT.com provides a map below showing cumulated shootings in the area Jan. 1, 2014-Dec. 31, 2017. Doesn't include NLB area shootings.

For context, LBREPORT.com provides a map below showing cumulated shootings and stabbings in the area Jan. 1, 2014-Dec. 31, 2017

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