CENTRAL : GARDEN GROVE : Shooting Victim, 19, Is in Fair Condition
A 19-year-old Santa Ana man who was shot while traveling on the Garden Grove Freeway was in fair condition Sunday, police said.
Giang Nguyen was a passenger in a car about midnight Saturday when a least one occupant of a brown Toyota Camry fired at the vehicle he was riding in, Garden Grove Police Sgt. Mark Byrne said.
Nguyen was struck in the arm, lung and stomach, police said. The shooting occurred on the westbound freeway between Brookhurst Street and Magnolia Avenue while he was riding in a car with a friend, Phil Dang of Westminster.
The shooting is under investigation. No suspects or motive have been identified.
Byrne said Dang and Nguyen had been at a party earlier in the evening and were on their way home when they noticed that they were being followed by another car. The Camry pulled along side and opened fire.
After the shooting, Dang drove Nguyen to the Garden Grove police station, where Dang knocked on a window to get the attention of officers.
Paramedics transferred Nguyen to UCI Medical Center in Orange.
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