Manhunt Underway After Downtown Shooting

A shooting in downtown Los Angeles left three people wounded Thursday night, and by Friday morning police were still looking for the gunman. The scene was in Skid Row, near Sixth Street and San Julian Street — an area that already sits under intense pressure from homelessness, street crime, and stepped-up policing. The immediate story is simple but unsettling: three victims, no arrest, and a second shooting nearby later th(cbsnews.com)cbsnews.com) ### What happened? LAPD officers were sent to Sixth and San Julian at about 7:10 p.m. on Thursday, April 30, after reports of gunfire. Three people were hit — two men and one woman — and paramedics took them to a hospital. Early reports said the suspect ran off and had not been found by Friday. Police have not publicly released a motive or a detailed suspect description. (cbsnews.com) most heavily scrutinized parts of downtown Los Angeles. The neighborhood is dense, chaotic, and full of foot traffic, shelters, tents, service providers, and people cycling through crisis. That matters because a shooting here is not just a crime scene — it lands in a place where witnesses can be hard to track down and where fear spreads fast block to block. (cbsnews.com) another shooting too? Yes — and that is why the story got bigger by Friday morning. A separate shooting near Fifth and Crocker, a few hours later, left one man dead. ABC7 said investigators were looking into whether the two shootings in downtown Los Angeles could be connected, but police had not established that publicly as a fact. So right now the honest version is: two shootings, close in time and place, possible link, still unresolved. (abc7.com) ### Why does the “at large” part matter? Because it changes the story from a completed incident into an active public-safety problem. When police do not have a suspect in custody, every detail matters more — witness accounts, surveillance video, vehicle descriptions, even the exact direction the shooter fled. It also means residents and businesses nearby are left with the sense that the danger might not be over yet. (dailynews.com)downtown already on edge? Downtown LA was already seeing more visible police deployment before this shooting. In March, Mayor Karen Bass announced a strategic LAPD deployment downtown that included patrol cars, foot patrols, horse patrols, and undercover units after recent street-safety incidents. So this shooting lands in a neighborhood where city leaders were already trying to show they had a grip on disorder — and now that claim gets tested again. (mayor.lacity.gov) ### What do we still not know? A lot. Police have not publicly identified the victims, explained what led up to the shooting, or said whether the victims were targeted or caught in something broader. They also have not said whether the later fatal shooting is definitively tied to the first one. In other words, the basic outline is clear, but the why is still missing. (cbsnews.com)Row on Thursday night, the shooter was still being sought Friday, and investigators were also trying to sort out a second nearby killing. Basically, the headline is not just “three hurt” — it is that downtown Los Angeles may have had two linked shootings in one night, and police still do not have the person who pulled the trigger. (dailynews.com)