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A man was shot and injured in Fontana this afternoon and police are searching for the men he was talking to just before the incident.
No details were immediately known about the victim.
Witnesses called Fontana police at 3:41 p.m. to report that a man had been shot and two vehicles were seen leaving the 15600 block of Reed Drive. Officers stopped one vehicle matching the description and found the victim bleeding in the backseat.
He was taken by a family member to a hospital, where he is being treated for a gunshot wound.
The victim was reportedly talking to three or four men just before the shooting. The suspects are believed to have escaped in a white four-door car resembling a Lincoln town car. The car had a broken rear window, said Fontana police Sgt. Jeff Decker.
Catching up, after a day off Monday . . .
Fontana police are searching for a group of men who reportedly shot a 30-year-old man in the ankle as he was riding a bicycle.
The Fontana man, whom police said was a known Los Angeles gang member, sought treatment for the gunshot wound at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton about 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
He told police that he was riding his bike on San Bernardino Avenue near Poplar Avenue when a purple minivan pulled up alongside him and a man inside fired a small caliber round at him.
A 27-year-old Baldwin Park woman died at a hospital Tuesday night, four days after a shooting in Fontana that killed a man.
Francine Yessenia Figueroa was pronounced dead at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, coroner's officials said.
Fontana police were called at 4 am. Friday on a report of shots fired to the 16500 block of Barbee Street, where they found Figueroa and 29-year-old Anthony Duarte.
Duarte, of El Monte, died at the scene.
No suspects have been identified.
A San Gabriel Valley woman remained on life support today from a shooting that had already claimed the life of an El Monte man.
The Baldwin Park victim, who was not identified, suffered life-threatening injuries in the 4:20 a.m. shooting in the 16500 block of Barbee Street on Friday, said Fontana police Sgt. Jeff Decker.
Anthony Duarte, 29, of El Monte died at the scene and the woman was taken to a hospital.
Police said the shooter was sitting inside the car with the victims when they were wounded.
"We believe the people in one way or another knew each other," Decker said.
He said both victims had no known ties to Fontana and no one living on the street where they were parked knew them.
melissa.pinion-whitt@inlandnewspapers.com
From the breaking news blog:
A person was hospitalized following a shooting in Fontana Wednesday evening.
San Bernardino County Fire responded to the area of Forest and Merrill Avenues at 7:48 p.m. after receiving reports of a shooting victim, a fire official said.
One person was taken by ambulance to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center by ambulance. There were no further details immediately available.
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