GANG SHOOTING VICTIM CRITICAL.Byline: Greg GREG Great Egg Harbor National Scenic and Recreational River (US National Park Service) Botonis Staff Writer PALMDALE - A 19-year-old Palmdale man was in critical condition after being shot three times before he crashed his car into a parked vehicle, authorities said Saturday. Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. said a 16-year-old Palmdale boy, whose name was not released because of his age, was arrested soon after the shooting Friday afternoon. Gang investigators said they recovered two 9 mm handguns from the boy's apartment. ``Witnesses said the unidentified victim was speaking with three male Hispanic Hispanic Multiculture A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race Social medicine Any of 17 major Latino subcultures, concentrated in California, Texas, Chicago, Miam, NY, and elsewhere men when one of the men produced a pistol and shot the victim three times,'' said sheriff's Lt. Loyace Mauldin. Officials said the shooting occurred about 4:50 p.m. Friday on 3rd Street East near Avenue Q-3 as the victim, whose name was being withheld for his safety, was speaking with three men later identified as known gang members. A brief argument ensued and one of the gang members fired several times, striking the victim three times in the upper body, officials said. The three gang members fled on foot while the victim ran to his car and fled toward Palmdale Boulevard. Officials say the victim plowed plow also plough n. 1. A farm implement consisting of a heavy blade at the end of a beam, usually hitched to a draft team or motor vehicle and used for breaking up soil and cutting furrows in preparation for sowing. 2. into a parked van near the 38500 block of 3rd Street East. When deputies from the Gang Enforcement Team arrived, witnesses directed them to a location where the suspected shooter was last seen. The deputies said they located the 16-year-old boy a short time later at his apartment on Sumac sumac or sumach (sh  `măk, s Avenue and arrested him after discovering the handguns. The victim was taken to Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital. The 16-year-old boy was taken to a juvenile facility, where he is being held on suspicion of attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. , officials said. The other two men believed to be involved in the shooting were not immediately located. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Palmdale sheriff's station. |
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