Compton Man Riding Bike Shot
A Compton man riding his bicycle was shot and critically wounded early today by a gunman who then fled perched on the handlebars of a bicycle pedaled by a second man waiting nearby, police said.
Phillip Oballe, 28, was on his way from a fast-food restaurant on Rosecrans Avenue at Willowbrook Street when he was shot, police said. He was taken to Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital with three gunshot wounds to his upper body. Police said no motive has been established for the attack and no suspects were arrested.
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