One injured in Boyle Heights drive-by shooting

BY LUCY GUANUNA

BOYLE HEIGHTS — A man is in stable condition after he was struck by gunfire from a passing vehicle as the victim was moving his wife’s car early this morning.

Officers responded to a call of shots fired at around 4:30 a.m. near the intersection of Evergreen Avenue and Fairmount Street, said Sgt. Miguel Lopez with LAPD’s Hollenbeck Division.

The victim, in his 30s, was struck several rounds that were fired from a car that drove up.  The victim, who was transported to a hospital, was struck in the hip and in the arm, said Lopez.

.The investigation is ongoing.

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