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Los Angeles police have arrested a suspect after what appears to be a series of random shootings that left one victim injured
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police have arrested a suspect after what appeared to be a series of random shootings that left one victim injured Saturday morning, a news report said.
The suspect allegedly fired randomly at people in East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights, with shooting occurring between 6:20 a.m. and 7:20 a.m., KTLA-TV reported.
The suspect, who was not immediately identified, was taken into custody after Los Angeles Police Department found an empty vehicle believed to have been used in the attacks. Officers later arrested a man matching the suspect’s description as he left a nearby home, KTLA reported.
During a search of the vehicle, the police found a rifle that is believed to have been used in the shootings, the police station reports.
Police said the first shooting happened around 6:20 a.m. when a man in his 30s was seriously injured while walking down a street. A suspect drove off with a gun. The victim was taken to a hospital and is in good condition, police said to KTLA.
The second shooting occurred around 7:20 am when a masked man armed with a rifle began firing shots before fleeing the scene in a car. A third shooting by a similar suspect with a rifle was reported in the Boyle Heights neighborhood. No one was hit in the second and third shooting scenes, KTLA reported.
The East Los Angeles shootings occurred on the same day that a suspect on a scooter in two New York City boroughs killed an 87-year-old man and wounded three others in a series of random shootings, police said.
A 25-year-old man was taken into custody by officers who recovered a scooter and a gun with an extended magazine, New York City Assistant Chief of Police Joseph Kenny said.
Los Angeles Police Department arrest suspect in apparently random shootings at 3 locations that left 1 person injured
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