One Killed, One Wounded in Alleged Gang Warfare
One man was killed and another seriously wounded Wednesday morning during an incident described by police as a showdown between rival Los Angeles County gang members.
Police are withholding the names of the victims in the 12:25 a.m. shooting, which took place in the parking lot of a vacant restaurant in the 1100 block of Euclid Street, but they described the dead man as a 20-year-old gang member from Long Beach.
The victim was found slumped in the passenger seat of a car, while the injured man, described as a 19-year-old Torrance resident, was lying nearby on Euclid Street. He was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange where he was listed in critical condition.
“These men are from outside the Anaheim area and we are not sure why they came into the city,” Anaheim Police Sgt. Joe Vargas said. “The men were apparently in the car when they were shot by someone in another vehicle, and we believe it was gang-related.”
The second car was described by witnesses as a white sport-utility vehicle.
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