Three wounded in Santa Fe Springs shooting
SANTA FE SPRINGS -- Three men were shot and wounded early Saturday following a car crash, police said.
The incident occurred about 1:40 a.m. in the 12900 block of Los Nietos Road, Whittier police Lt. Carlos Solorza said.
The victims were leaving Señor Charlie's Sports Bar near Santa Fe Springs and Los Nietos roads when they crashed their sedan into a gray, full-sized pickup truck, the lieutenant said.
The men in the car drove away from the crash scene, Solorza said, and were followed by the pickup truck.
"When they noticed the truck was following them, they pulled over," he said. "One of the occupants confronted the driver of the pickup, who produced a handgun and started firing."
The man who got out to confront the pickup truck driver, as well as two people who were still inside the sedan were shot and wounded, Solorza said. A fourth man inside the sedan escaped injury.
Police described the victims as Whittier-area men in their 20s. None of the wounds were believed to be life-threatening.
A description of the pickup truck driver was not available Saturday.
The incident occurred about 1:40 a.m. in the 12900 block of Los Nietos Road, Whittier police Lt. Carlos Solorza said.
The victims were leaving Señor Charlie's Sports Bar near Santa Fe Springs and Los Nietos roads when they crashed their sedan into a gray, full-sized pickup truck, the lieutenant said.
The men in the car drove away from the crash scene, Solorza said, and were followed by the pickup truck.
"When they noticed the truck was following them, they pulled over," he said. "One of the occupants confronted the driver of the pickup, who produced a handgun and started firing."
The man who got out to confront the pickup truck driver, as well as two people who were still inside the sedan were shot and wounded, Solorza said. A fourth man inside the sedan escaped injury.
Police described the victims as Whittier-area men in their 20s. None of the wounds were believed to be life-threatening.
A description of the pickup truck driver was not available Saturday.
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