A 51-year-old man is in custody in connection with a shooting in Koreatown and police Tuesday are continuing their investigation of the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
Los Angeles Police Department officers from the department’s Olympic Division responded at 10:20 p.m. Monday to the 800 block of South Mariposa Avenue, near Eighth Street, regarding a shots fired call, LAPD Officer Tony Im told City News Service.
Officers found the victim, a 20-year-man, who told them the suspect fired several shots at him before driving away from the scene in a U-Haul box truck.
Police quickly located the suspect in the U-Haul one block away on Normandie Avenue and took him into custody, according to reports from the scene.
The victim was taken to a hospital in stable condition, an LAPD spokeswoman told City News Service.