Crime & Safety
Man Hospitalized After Being Shot In Botched Hollywood Robbery
A man was hospitalized today after being shot multiple times by assailants in Hollywood during a robbery attempt, police say.
HOLLYWOOD, CA -- A man was in the hospital today after being shot by two assailants in Hollywood.
Officers responded at 12:59 a.m. to Selma and Wilcox avenues where they found a man in his 20s suffering from gunshot wounds, LAPD Officers Annie Hernandez told City News Service.
Witnesses told police two men approached the victim as he was walking and demanded his property. The victim resisted and as he began struggling with one of the suspects the other shot him multiple times, Hernandez said.
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The suspects ran away and the victim was taken to a hospital.
The shooting is under investigation.
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-- City News Service
