Baldwin Park driver survives shooting ordeal
BALDWIN PARK -- A driver was shot at twice by a carload of suspects Wednesday night but wasn't injured.
Baldwin Park police Sgt. Darryl Kosaka said the Baldwin Park man was driving south on Bogart Avenue when for unknown reasons he was followed by another car.
Kosaka said four men inside the second vehicle kept throwing gang signs. Their car pulled alongside the victim's car and one of the suspects fired.
They shot at the victim's car a second time before driving off. The suspects' were last seen eastbound on Pacific Avenue.
The suspects were only described as 18 to 15, possibly Latino.
Kosaka said the Baldwin Park man wasn't hit by gunfire but his car ended up with a bullet hole.
Baldwin Park police Sgt. Darryl Kosaka said the Baldwin Park man was driving south on Bogart Avenue when for unknown reasons he was followed by another car.
Kosaka said four men inside the second vehicle kept throwing gang signs. Their car pulled alongside the victim's car and one of the suspects fired.
They shot at the victim's car a second time before driving off. The suspects' were last seen eastbound on Pacific Avenue.
The suspects were only described as 18 to 15, possibly Latino.
Kosaka said the Baldwin Park man wasn't hit by gunfire but his car ended up with a bullet hole.
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