Crime & Safety
Man Injured in Hollywood Shooting Outside Nightclub
A road crew member for an act performing at Wonderland is hit in the upper back early Monday morning, witnesses say.
A man was wounded today in an outbreak of gun violence outside a Hollywood nightclub, police said.
The 25-year-old man was shot in the back as he walked near Cahuenga Boulevard and Yucca Street, said Los Angeles Police Officer Gregory Baek.
He was transported to a hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, Baek said.
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Police were seeking the shooter, described only as man in his early 20s who fled in a vehicle, Baek said.
The shooting occurred outside Wonderland near Franklin Avenue and Cahuenga Boulevard around 1:45 a.m. after a concert by Compton rapper Problem and Inglewood hip-hop group Cali Swag District, witnesses told news camera crews at the scene.
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Some words were exchanged between audience members, and people started rushing for the doors, they said, adding that during the ensuing chaos outside, two shots were fired, and a road crew member for one of the acts was struck in the upper back.
The shooter fled in a Ford Mustang, according to reports from the scene.
— City News Service
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