Boyle Heights: Gunshot victim dropped off at USC Medical; driver reports shooting
Los Angeles police officers were investigating a reported shooting in Boyle Heights early Friday morning after a gunshot victim was dropped off at a hospital.
Officers were called to USC Medical Center in Boyle Heights at 4:11 a.m. about a gunshot wound victim.
The male adult victim was reportedly dropped off at the hospital at about 4 a.m., according to the LAPD.
The unidentified person who dropped off the victim told medical staff the victim was shot near a Starbucks on Cornwell and Marengo streets. Officers found no evidence of a shooting at that location, police said.
The person who dropped off the victim said he doesn't know the victim. The victim reportedly told the driver he had been shot at the Starbucks location.
The victim was undergoing surgery and his condition was unknown.
The incident was under investigation.
