Search On For Two Suspects In Echo Park Shooting

LOS ANGELES, CA — A man was shot and wounded Friday evening in Echo Park.

Officers responded about 8:25 p.m. to a report of a shooting in the 1000 block of Laguna Avenue and found a man about 40 years old suffering from a gunshot wound, according to Officer Tony Im of the Los Angeles Police Department.

The man was conscious and breathing when officers reached him, Im said.

The victim was taken to a hospital. An update on his condition was not immediately available.

Im had no suspect information immediately available, but according to a report from the scene, officers were looking for two suspects.

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