Gunshot victim airlifted from Angeles National Forest to hospital after kidnap report
Multiple agencies responded Wednesday morning to reports of a possible kidnapping in the Angeles National Forest and ended up airlifting a gunshot victim to a hospital.
Los Angeles Police Department officers responded at about 7 a.m. to a “possible kidnap” in the 14800 block of Little Tujunga Canyon Road, LAPD spokesperson Charles Miller said.
“The victim was eventually located with his vehicle” and airlifted to a hospital suffering from gunshot wounds, he said. Miller said police were still holding the crime scene at 11:30 a.m.
Initially, fire officials were called to respond to a traffic collision, with a vehicle on the shoulder or an embankment, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Brian Humphrey.
“Our encounter with the patient was on federal land,” he said. “There may be a crime involved with this.”
“We transported one patient, flown by LAFD helicopter to a regional trauma center,” Humphrey said.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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