Crime & Safety
Boy Shot in Leg at Howard Hughes Center in Westchester
The victim "self-transported,'' to a hospital, police say.
By City News Service
A 17-year-old boy was shot in the leg at the Howard Hughes Center in Westchester, a police sergeant said Sunday.
A report came in to police dispatchers at 8:45 p.m. of “shots fired heard'' at the mall at 6081 Center Dr., Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Corbin Rhealt said.
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“There was chaos, everyone running in different directions,'' Rhealt said.
Officers at the scene learned the boy had “self-transported,'' to a hospital with a gunshot wound to one leg, he said.
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“No suspects are in custody and none were detained,'' Rhealt said.
“The mall was evacuated for a short time, then reopened when we determined there was not a suspect in the area,'' he said. The motive for the shooting was not known.
“There were clearly a lot of people there during the crime,'' Rhealt said. Police were asking anyone with information about the shooting to contact them at (877) ASKLAPD (275-5273.)
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