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One Man Killed, Another Wounded In Highland Park Shooting; Suspects At Large

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – One man was killed and a second man was critically injured in a shooting in the Highland Park neighborhood of Northeast Los Angeles early Thursday morning.

One Man Killed, Another Wounded In Highland Park Shooting, Suspects At Large
At the scene of a shooting in Highland Park in Northeast Los Angeles in which at least one man was killed. May 20, 2021. (CBSLA)

Gunshots were reported at 2:53 a.m. in the 200 block of South Avenue 50.

Los Angeles police officers responded to find one man dead at the scene. A second man was rushed to a hospital in critical condition, police said. The deceased victim was not immediately identified. The two men were in their 20s or 30s.

The exact circumstances that lead up to the shooting were unclear.

No arrests have been made and there was no word on a motive.

A black-colored suspect vehicle carrying three people was last seen traveling west on Avenue 50, police said.

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