HOLLYWOOD (CNS) - A shooting in Hollywood left two homeless men wounded - one critically - and police Saturday are searching for the suspects.
Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's Hollywood Division responded to the intersection of Willoughby and North Highland avenues shortly after 8:30 p.m. Friday to a report regarding shots fired.
According to witnesses, the suspect approached the victims, who were inside a tent near a homeless encampment on Highland, and shot them before getting into a car and driving away from the scene in a white SUV, an LAPD spokesman told City News Service.
Detectives described the suspect as a 6-foot-2-inch, 150-pound, 55- year-old man wearing black clothing who fled westbound on Willoughby.
Both victims, 20 and 50, were taken to a hospital, one in critical condition and one said to be in stable condition, police said.
Highland was closed as police conducted their investigation.