Man Shot While Walking In Los Angeles

A 25-year-old man was shot Sunday night while walking in Los Angeles’ Wilmington area, and the gunman was still at large Monday. (mynewsla.com) Los Angeles Police Department officers responded around 10:50 p.m. to the 1100 block of North Fries Avenue, where they found the man with a gunshot wound, according to City News Service. (mynewsla.com) Police said the victim told officers he had been walking when a male suspect approached on foot and opened fire. He was taken to a hospital, and authorities said his wound was not believed to be life-threatening. (mynewsla.com) Investigators had not announced a motive, a suspect description, or an arrest as of Monday. The case remained under active investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department. (mynewsla.com) The shooting adds to a citywide gun-violence picture that has improved in annual totals but still produces street-level attacks with little warning. Los Angeles Police Department data for 2025 showed 899 shooting victims, down 8% from 981 in 2024. (lacity.gov) The same 2025 report showed 230 homicides in Los Angeles, down 19% from 284 in 2024 and the city’s lowest annual total since 1966. Police officials tied the decline to firearm seizures and violence-reduction efforts, but nonfatal shootings continued across the city. (lacity.gov) Wilmington, the Harbor-area neighborhood where the shooting happened, is policed by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Harbor Division. The department’s public crime-mapping system publishes neighborhood-level incident data and asks residents to report tips directly to investigators. (lapdonline.org) Authorities asked anyone with information about the North Fries Avenue shooting to contact the Los Angeles Police Department as detectives work to identify the shooter and reconstruct what happened Sunday night. (mynewsla.com)