One Person Dead After Two Shot in Tesla
INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 3.5.25 | 10:17 PM
LOCATION: 7635 Greenleaf Avenue (Victim(s) found); Newlin Avenue & Walnut Street (Shooting Scene)
AREA/CITY: Whittier
DETAILS:
- A shooting has left at least one person dead and another possibly wounded Wednesday night, prompting Homicide detectives to respond
- LA County FD paramedics received the call for a shooting patient on Greenleaf Avenue just south of Mar Vista Street shortly after 10:15, only a block away from their fire station
- At least two ambulances were requested to the scene for two possible shooting patients
- At least one of the victims, whom was located in a white Tesla, was injured beyond care and unfortunately pronounced deceased
- It is unclear if the second ambulance transported someone from the scene, though data on Pulsepoint seems to indicate that a second patient was transported from scene
- Family was quick to respond. Screaming could be heard in the background on FD radio chatter as more and more worried family members arrived on scene
- Around 11:45 PM, a third patient, possibly family, was transported from the scene after having a possible anxiety attack
- As of 1 AM, at least 20 to 30 family members have congregated on the corner of Walnut St and Greenleaf Ave
- The original shooting scene took place on Newlin Avenue just north of Walnut Street and south of Mar Vista. Homicide detectives with WPD could be seen surveying the scene there in part 2 along with patrol officers. There are indications that the Tesla was driving north on Newlin when the shooter fired from an apartment area along the west sidewalk of the street. After being struck by gunfire, the victims(s) continued east on Mar Vista and then south on Greenleaf before pulling over just shy of the fire station.
- Further details are not yet immediately available
HANDLING AGENCIES: Whittier PD, LA County FD
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