Palmdale Shooting Leaves 22-Year-Old Man Dead, 16-Year-Old Boy Wounded
PALMDALE (CBSLA) - A shooting in Palmdale Thursday morning claimed the life of a 22-year-old man and wounded a 16-year-old boy.
The shooting occurred around 11:55 a.m. in the 4800 block of Adobe Drive, near 50th Street East, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Miguel Meza said. A man wearing a "COVID mask" walked along the driveway to a garage where the two victims were, shot them and then fled the scene.
At the scene, deputies found the 22-year-old suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper body and the boy with a gunshot wound to his hand. Both victims were transported by paramedics to the hospital where the man died from his wounds. The boy was treated and released.
The name of the victim who died has not been released.
A motive for the shooting has, so far, not been provided.
Anyone with information on the shooting was asked to call the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).
