A 38-year-old man was hospitalized after being shot in a drive-by shooting Saturday in the Central-Alameda neighborhood of South Los Angeles.
The shooting as reported at 2:13 a.m. and officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Newton Division responded to the 1110 block of East 33rd Street and Central Avenue regarding a shots fired call, authorities said.
Upon their arrival, witnesses told police two suspects drove up to the victim and the suspect in the passenger seat fired several rounds at the victim, hitting him once, an LAPD spokesman told City News Service.
The suspect drove away in an unknown direction.
The victim was taken to a hospital in stable condition.
There was no vehicle or suspect description.