Two men were wounded in two shootings within a few blocks about 20 minutes apart in the Watts area of Los Angeles Saturday evening and investigators did not know whether the crimes were related.
The first shooting occurred at 8:58 p.m. Saturday in the alley behind the10400 block of South Wilmington Avenue, Los Angeles Police Department Officer Drake Madison told City News Service.
A man in his 30s was found in the alley unconscious and not breathing and paramedics rushed him to a hospital for treatment, Madison said. The suspect was described as a man in his late 30s.
At 9:20 p.m., another shooting was reported at 107th Street and Wilmington Avenue, he said.
The victim, described as possibly a man about 60 years old, was attacked by two men aged 18 or 19, at least one of them wielding a semiautomatic handgun, Madison said.
That victim was also taken to a hospital by paramedics in unknown condition, he said.