3 Killed, 6 Injured in 2 Drive-By Shootings
Three youths were killed and six others were injured Tuesday in unrelated drive-by shootings, one in Hollywood, the other near USC, authorities said.
Los Angeles Police Officer Dan Cox said the first attack, near Tamarind and Lexington avenues, occurred about 6:35 p.m. when two men in a red Ford truck fired on a group of people sitting in the yard of a house, killing a 15-year-old boy.
Four other bystanders were wounded, Cox said, and were taken to hospitals. The dead youth’s identity was not released pending notification of his family.
Two hours later, a second, unrelated drive-by claimed the lives of two youths and injured two others near the Denker Recreation Center at 36th Street and Denker Avenue, police said.
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