PACOIMA (CNS) - Five people, including a 10-year-old girl, were wounded tonight in a drive-by shooting in Pacoima.
PACOIMA UPDATE: Authorities say 5 people were shot, including a 10-year-old girl; all were taken to a nearby hospital https://t.co/UdSI07UIeG pic.twitter.com/OABCp5SJQe
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) December 16, 2017
Firefighters responded about 7:50 p.m. to the 10800 block of Pala Avenue, near Jouett Street, authorities said.
The victims were standing in their front yard when someone inside of a vehicle fired several rounds at them, said Officer Irma Mota of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Division.
Four men were wounded, two of them suffering critical injuries, Mota said. The girl suffered a graze injury, she said.
A bloody and gruesome scene in Pacoima where police say 5 people were shot including this 10 year old girl who, witnesses say, was grazed by a bullet. We're live at 11 @ABC7 pic.twitter.com/1J0ezt9gVj
— Jory Rand (@ABC7Jory) December 16, 2017
All five patients were taken to a hospital for treatment. Descriptions of the shooter and the vehicle were not immediately available.
