4 shot, one listed as "death imminent" after shooting in Valinda

VALINDA -- Four men were wounded and one of them was listed as "death imminent" at a hospital following an early morning shooting in a residential neighborhood in the unincorporated county area of Valinda, authorities said.
Sheriff's investigators released little information about the shooting, which took place about 2:50 a.m. in the 17100 block of Sam Gerry Drive, near the intersection of Azusa Avenue and Amar Road, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Ed Hummel said in a written statement.
"The victims were transported to a local hospital, where one of the men is listed as death imminent," Hummel said.
All four shooting victims were initially described only as Latino men in their 20s, Sgt. Ken Perry of the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau said.
The other three wounded men were listed in "critical but stable" condition at an area hospital, the sergeant added.
Perry declined to discuss the circumstances of the shooting, which took place in a front yard, or what took place prior to the shooting.
He said the motive remained under investigation.
A suspect description was also unavailable, Perry said, and authorities were looking into whether the shooting involved a sole gunman or multiple attackers.
No further information was released.
Several neighbors said they did not hear the gunshots and were shocked by the violence on the generally tranquil street.
According to sheriff's statistics, Sunday's attack was the sixth fatal shooting reported in the unincorporated county areas patrolled by the sheriff's Industry Station this year, which include Valinda, West Valinda, Bassett, and Hacienda Heights.
This time last year, the same area had also seen six criminal homicides, compared with four in 2005.
David Sua, 37, of Valinda was fatally shot during an argument by 34-year-old Jorge Zavala of West Covina only a block away from Sunday's shooting scene at Sam Gerry and Rimgrove drives, authorities said.
After killing Sua, who was on his way to dinner with his wife and one of his teenage daughters, Zavala then turned the gun on himself, investigators and family members said.
Eight homicides have been reported this year throughout the sheriff's Industry Station's entire patrol area, which includes the cities of Industry, La Puente and La Habra Heights in addition to the the unincorporated county areas, statistics show. The station handled nine homicides last year, as well as in 2005.