Crime & Safety

โ€‹Man, Woman Shot at Hollywood Convenience Store

Paramedics rushed both victims to a hospital, where they were listed in stable condition.

Victims told police that six people exited a vehicle and one suspect started shooting at a Hollywood convenience store.
Victims told police that six people exited a vehicle and one suspect started shooting at a Hollywood convenience store. (David McNew/Getty Images, File)

HOLLYWOOD, CA โ€” A 43-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman were expected to survive gunshot wounds suffered Sunday morning at a convenience store in Hollywood, authorities said.

Officers on patrol in the area of the 6500 block of Hollywood Boulevard heard shots shortly after midnight and found the male victim at a convenience store, according to Officer Norma Eisenman of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Officers then located the woman inside the store, also suffering from gunshot wounds, Eisenman said.

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"One of them (shooting victims) stated that six suspects in a vehicle exited the vehicle in front of the location and an unknown suspect in the group fired multiple shots, striking the victims," she said.

Paramedics rushed both victims to a hospital, said Nicholas Prange of the Los Angeles Fire Department. They were listed in stable condition, Eisenman said.

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No further information was immediately available.

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