Crime & Safety
6 Shot In Gang-Related Attack Near MacArthur Park: Police
Three of the victims were in critical condition and three were stable, police said.
LOS ANGELES — Six people were shot overnight in a gang-related attack in the MacArthur Park area of Westlake, according to police.
The incident occurred around 1 a.m., police said, when five people were struck in the 600 block of South Alvarado Street. A sixth person was shot inside the park at Wilshire Boulevard and South Alvarado Street, according to police.
Five of the victims were men and one was a woman, police said, adding three of the victims were in critical condition following the attack and three were stable.
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No information about the shooter was available and no arrests were immediately made in the incident, according to police.
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