3 Wounded When Gunman Opens Fire Outside Restaurant
A loud fight in a restaurant parking lot here ended in a bloody shooting that left three Long Beach men hospitalized, police said Sunday.
What police are calling an apparent gang-related shooting occurred shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday at the restaurant in the 5900 block of Lincoln Avenue.
Police said a man in his mid- to late teens on foot approached a large group of people eating outside the restaurant and demanded to know “where they were from,” police said, a standard gang greeting.
The man pulled a handgun and began firing into the crowd, then fled in a waiting a car.
Police said a 21-year-old man was shot in the throat and was in critical condition at UCI Medical Center. A 20-year-old man shot in the left arm and wrist, and an 18-year-old male shot in the right leg were treated at La Palma Intercommunity Hospital.
Their identities were not released.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Cypress Police Department at (714) 229-6600.
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