A man was hospitalized after he was shot while walking in the Historic South-Central area of Los Angeles, authorities said Monday.
The shooting happened at 8:10 p.m. Sunday in the 200 block of Vernon Avenue, according to a desk officer at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations Center.
The 28-year-old man said he was approached by another man in his 20s who confronted him with a gun, and shots were fired at him when he tried to run away, the officer said.
The suspect fled, he said.
Paramedics took the victim to a hospital where he had stable vital signs, the officer said.