Two wounded in separate shootings in Baldwin Park

BALDWIN PARK >> Two separate shootings in Baldwin Park left a man and woman wounded early Saturday, less than a week after another shooting claimed the life of a Baldwin Park man, authorities said.
The first of Saturday’s two shooting took place about 1:15 a.m. in the 3200 block of Athol Street, Baldwin Park police Sgt. Mike Hemenway said.
Officers responding to reports of “shots fired” encountered a man who had been shot in the buttocks, the sergeant said. He was hospitalized in stable condition.
Just over an hour later, police received a 9-1-1 call reporting a shooting at Los Angeles and Walnut streets, Hemenway said. There, officers found a woman who had also been shot in the buttocks. Her injuries were also not considered life-threatening.
The motives in both shootings were unclear, and detailed suspect descriptions were not available. It was not clear if the two shooting were connected.
The attacks took place less than five days after the fatal shooting of Jacob Neftali Sosa, 37, of Baldwin Park. He died after he was shot about 8:20 p.m. on April 20 outside his home in the 3800 block of Cosbey Street, about a mile southwest of the scene of Saturday’s Athol Street shooting.

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