SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Two men were shot in the leg in a suspected gang shooting in the Logan Heights area, police said.
It happened about 10:10 p.m. Monday near the intersection of National Avenue and South 32nd Street, San Diego police Officer John Buttle said.
A 22-year-old man and another man got into an altercation with a group of men in an alley off National Avenue, Buttle said. During the altercation, both men suffered gunshot wounds to a leg.
Officers and paramedics responded to the scene and the 22-year-old man was transported to a hospital, where he was treated for injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening, Buttle said.
Witnesses also described seeing a second gunshot victim, but that person was gone by the time officers and paramedics arrived, Buttle said.
The second victim, a man believed to be in his 20s, later arrived at a hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound to his leg, which was not believed to be life-threatening, Buttle said.
No suspect descriptions were immediately available.
Detectives from the San Diego Police Department's gang unit were investigating the shooting.
