LOCAL : Youth Shot From Car in Burbank
A 16-year-old reputed gang member was wounded in a Burbank drive-by shooting that apparently was sparked by an earlier fight, police said today.
The shooting victim, who was not identified by police, was superficially wounded in the stomach and taken to Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena after the attack at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sgt. Don Goldberg said.
The teen-ager had been standing with a friend in the 2300 block of North Fairview Street when shots were fired at him from a passing car, Goldberg said. Police believe that as many as five rival gang members were in the car. No arrests have been made.
Goldberg said investigators learned that the victim had been in a fight with rival gang members at Sherman Way and Vineland Avenue in North Hollywood earlier Wednesday. Investigators believe that the shooting may have been retaliation for the fight.
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