stabbing: February 2008 Archives

DUARTE - A man was wounded in a possibly gang-related shooting Friday in a residential neighborhood, officials said.

The incident occurred about 9:30 p.m. in the 2500 block of Bloomdale Street, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Mark Flores.

The victim was described as a black man about 25 years old, said Los Angeles County Fire Department Capt. Jeff Myers.

The wounded man was sitting on the curb when rescuers arrived, Myers said, and the injury did not appear to be life-threatening.

Two Latino men with shaved heads were spotted running from the location, Flores said.

One of them was detained late Friday, Flores said, although it was not immediately clear whether he was involved in the shooting.

Officials responded to a call reporting five to six shots fired when they discovered the wounded man.

The sheriff's Homicide Bureau is helping the sheriff's Temple Station with the case, Flores added.

"We are investigating this thing with everything we have," he said.