A man is in the hospital Thursday after he was wounded in a shooting in the Westlake District.
Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Rampart Division responded to the intersection of Seventh and Witmer streets regarding reports of a shooting at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. When they arrived, they found the victim lying in a parking lot suffering from at least one gunshot wound, an LAPD spokesman told City News Service.
Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics were called to the scene and took the victim to a hospital in an unknown condition.
The suspect ran away from the scene. There was no suspect description.