4 Injured in Carson Drive-By Shooting

Gang members in a stolen car sped by a large outdoor party in Carson early Saturday and opened fire, shooting three people and injuring a fourth, authorities said.

Thirty people were attending the party in the front yard of a house at 1 a.m. when the gunmen swept by, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Dan Cox said. One of two men in the car opened fire with a pistol, he said. The car, a 1968 Volkswagen reported stolen in San Pedro Friday, was later found abandoned a few blocks away.

Officials said investigators had the name of a possible suspect and were preparing to obtain a search warrant to be served early next week.

One of the victims, Michael Collins, 22, of Los Angeles, was reported in stable condition Saturday at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center with a gunshot wound in the right foot.

Glen Harris, 23, of Carson, who was struck in the right leg, and Steve Wright, 23, of Carson, who was shot in the left arm, were treated and released. Freddie Gomez, 22, of Carson, who was cut when he fell trying to avoid the bullets, was not treated at the hospital.