Boyle Heights—A 27-year-old man suffered gunshot wounds early this morning during a street takeover in Boyle Heights.

The shooting occurred at about 2:20 a.m. at Whittier Boulevard and Lorena Street, according to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman.

A 30-year-old man reportedly tried to take property from the victim before the shooting, the spokesman said.


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The suspect fled in a vehicle before police arrived, he said.

The condition of the victim was not immediately available.

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