A 17-year-boy suspected of burglarizing a car was wounded Monday morning by a North Hills homeowner ho mistook a tool for a handgun, police said.
A 46-year old man saw three people around 12:30 a.m. removing wheels from his vehicle in the area of Gledhill Street and Gloria Avenue and shot at them, according to Los Angeles Police Department Officer Norma Eisenman.
One of the suspects, a 17-year-old male, was wounded and was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he was reported to have stable vital signs, Eisenman said.
A tool the teen was holding may have been mistaken for a handgun, according to a report from the scene.
Two other suspects ran away were not immediately apprehended, police said.