Crime & Safety

Shooting Left One Wounded in Baldwin Park

A man was shot in the leg Tuesday Afternoon in the corner of Nubia Street and Stewart Avenue.

The Baldwin Park Police Department were looking Tuesday afternoon for one armed suspect that shot and injured a man on Stewart Avenue.

The incident was reported about 5:45 pm, at the intersection of Stewart avenue and Nubia Street.

The man was hit by a bullet in his leg and was transferred to the USC Medical Center hospital in Los Angeles, according to Lt. Joe Bartolotti, from the Baldwin Park Police Department.

Witnesses told police the suspect fled in a black colored honda in an unknown direction.

Suspect was only described as a Hispanic man. No further details were provided.

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