16-Year-Old Shot in South Los Angeles

CENTRAL-ALAMEDA, LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25 (KNN) — An investigation is underway into the shooting of a teenager late Friday night in the Central-Alameda neighborhood of South Los Angeles.

Gabriel Pabon / KNN

The Los Angeles Police Department’s Newton Division units responded to reports of a shooting with a victim down in the 1200 block of East 50th Street around 10:19 p.m.

When officers arrived on the scene, they located a 16-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the abdomen, according to a spokesperson for the LAPD.

Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics transported the wounded teen to a local hospital. The spokesperson told KNN that the victim’s condition is unknown.

According to the spokesperson, it’s not known at this time if the shooting was gang-related, and the suspect was only described as a non-Hispanic 19-year-old male.

There is no other information currently available regarding this incident.

Gabriel Pabon, Video Journalist / KNN

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